Category Archives: Photography

November Churches…

Posted on November 23, 2023 by Gerry Lynch

November churches in Wiltshire, great and small… Salisbury Cathedral and St Peter’s, Poulshot. Continue reading →

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Photo Recharge for Your Soul – NI September 2023

Posted on September 16, 2023 by Gerry Lynch

A baker’s dozen of the best shots I took while back home this month Continue reading →

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Dublin and Kilkenny

Posted on January 7, 2023 by Gerry Lynch

The last days of 2022 saw me make my first visit to Dublin since 2013 and to Kilkenny since, I think, 1995! A trip to interview the delightful (and Most Rev’d) John Neill for my doctorate. I did a day … Continue reading →

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A Clergyman’s Diary: Photos of Jersey

Posted on July 30, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

Six beautiful photos of the sunny isle of Jersey – and links to find even more of them! Continue reading →

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A Clergyman’s Diary: A Wiltshire Transfiguration

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

When the sun transfigures the 1500 year old Wansdyke, it calls to mind the Transfiguration of Christ: ‘Tis Good Lord, to be Here. And we are as clueless as the apostles. Continue reading →

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A Clergyman’s Diary: Sunset at St John’s

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

St John’s provided the context for a stunning St Matthew’s Day sunset, as I walked home from the Tuesday evening Mass at St Mary’s. What a lovely town Devizes is. I am lucky to have ended up here for curacy. … Continue reading →

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A Clergyman’s Diary: A Day-Off Walk to Avebury

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Gerry Lynch

The ideal clerical day off – a ten mile walk followed a good pub lunch! Continue reading →

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Twilight View of the Kyiv Pechersk-Lavra Monastery Complex

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Gerry Lynch

Viewed here from the Paton Bridge is the enormous and ancient Pechersk Lavra monastery complex in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. This is the crucible in which East Slavic Orthodoxy was formed and is arguably the third most important religious community … Continue reading →

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Devizes Market Square, West Side

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Gerry Lynch

Early morning photo of the west side of the Market Square of Devizes in Wiltshire including The Bear Hotel and The Corn Exchange. Continue reading →

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The Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Gerry Lynch

The Sheldonian Theatre, located in Oxford, England, was built from 1664 to 1669 after a design by Christopher Wren for the University of Oxford. The building is named after Gilbert Sheldon, chancellor of the University at the time and the … Continue reading →

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