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Text transcribed from caption: P-30864 CHARRED CROSS -- SYMBOL OF
RECONCILIATION NEW YORK -- In solemn services in the Music Garden at the rear
of the Protestant and Orthodox Center at the New York World’s Fair, the
famed Charred Cross of Coventry Cathedral in England was dedicated as a
reminder of the Christian message of reconciliation. Made from two charred
oak beams that fell from the roof of the cathedral as it was destroyed in a
9140 German bombing raid, the Cross and the adjoining inscription, “Father
Forgive,” will be on exhibit at the pavilion for the two years of the Fair.
Dr. H.C.N. Williams (at far left), provost of Coventry Cathedral, presented
the cross and a smaller Cross of Nails, made from 14th-century hand-forged
nails, as symbols of the Christian message that “crucifixion must always be
followed by resurrection.” Others taking part in the service (from left to
right) were: Dr. James W. Kennedy, rector of the Episcopal Church of the
Ascension, New York, and chairman of the committee of the U.S. Conference for
the World Council of Churches which arranged for display of the Cross; Dr.
Arthur Lee Kinsolving, rector of St. James Episcopal church, New York, and
president of the Protestant Council of the City of New York, sponsor of the
world’s fair pavilion; Dr. Cynthia C. Wedel of New York, assistant general
secretary for program, National Council of Churches; Greek Orthodox
Archdeacon Polycarp; Archbishop Iakovos, Primate of the Greek Orthodox
Archdiocese of North and South America and a WCC president; Charles C. Parlin
of New York, Methodist layman and a WCC president, and Protestant Episcopal
Bishop Horace W.B. Donegan of New York. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS
SERVICE PHOTO (BS-NY-4C-64-NBM)
Creator:
Sifford, Bruce. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., New York World’s Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.), Iakovos, Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America., Williams, H. C. N., Kennedy, James W. (James William), 1905-1999., Kinsolving, Arthur Lee., Wedel, Cynthia., Parlin, Charles C. (Charles Coolidge), 1898-, Donegan, Horace W. B. (Horace William Baden), 1900-1991., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., World Council of Churches. United States Conference.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--New York (State)--New York., Interdenominational cooperation--New York (State)--New York., Crosses--England--Coventry., Exhibitions--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.), Queens (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348370