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St. George's Church, Cambridge Bay, at noon in January. No, the pictures are real; that is all the daylight one gets in January at noon. The rest of the day is night, if you understand what I mean. Above you can see the sun rising and setting, which it does within one hour each day. |
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Thanks to the work of a previous rector, The Rev. Paul Bachmann and his wife, these beautiful stained glass windows surround the nave, many of which have an Inuit theme. |
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Noah's Ark caught in the ice with the Rainbow (Covenant) in the background, showing a northern cariboo and snow goose. |
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The Chi Rho (first 2 greek letters of CHRist) plus the Inukshuk, & a tent summer home on the tundra. |
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The word igloo means "house". Furs are spread on the sleeping platforms of packed snow and the people wear their parks inside as well as out as inside it is never above freezing. |
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The three intertwined circles remind us of the Holy Trinity and over it is the dove representing peace, the peace that only Christ can give us. |
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Over a house, an igloo, shines the Big Dipper whose two stars at the end of the bowl, Merek and Dubhe, point to the North star, Polaris. The Little Dipper whose handle end is Polaris, has been a sign for mariners and travellers for generations across the barren lands and oceans. |
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An Inuk angel wearing an amauti, a special parka. |
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The North is a land of mountains and snow over which shine the Northern Lights, the Aurora Borealis, but the light of the cross of Christ is the greatest light for the Inuit. |
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Church Army Captain Cyrus Blanchet was here for 8 years and left in the summer of 2006. No full time priest as of 2008, until the arrival of the Ven. Fr. John Tyrrell in January 2008.
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This Inuk angel is holding the cross and wearing a man's parka with kamiks, the high warm boots. Note the fur trim around the parka hood which protects the face from the blowing snow and will not freeze with the moist air from our breathing. |
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On the left of the altar, the Inuinnaqtun reads "Jesus feeds us". On the right, "Jesus heals us". The altar itself is quite old. The dedication reads: To the Glory of God and in Loving Memory of William Syer entered into rest Dec 3, 1913 in his 84th year.
The decoration on the three panels are at left, the Alpha, and at the right, the Omega, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, reminding us that Jesus said he was the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end.
In the centre panel we see the first three letters of Jesus name written in Greek capital letters IHS. Intertwined as they are they are often mistakenly said to represent other words or phrases. |
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This banner was made by Munika whose name is in Inuktitut syllabics on the bottom left. |
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January in Cambridge Bay around noon time |
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The sun just rises over the horizon beyond the Mission House for about 1/2 hour in January 2008 |
