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Texas
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Texas Painted
Churches
Saints Cyril
and Methodius Church
Shiner,
Texas
100 St. Ludmilla
St., Shiner, Lavaca County
Type: Romanesque Revival
Architect: F. Wahrenberger
Interior paintings by Edmond Fatjo
Date: 1920
Photos courtesy Barclay
Gibson |
Saints Cyril
and Methodius Church in Shiner
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, August 2003 |
A red brick rectangular
building with cut stone buttresses and buff and gray brick designs.
The square tower supports an octagonal spire.
The interior has a vaulted ceiling with pressed metal over the nave.
Painted Greek crosses, gold fleur de-lis, and other stencils were
used throughout the building. Over the entrance of the apse, a painting
of angels resting on clouds surrounds a cloud-supported ciborium.
Beneath the painting, the Latin inscription Ecce Panis Angelorum appears
- or "behold the bread of angels." Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane
is another focal point. Another mural of angels playing musical instruments
is located in the choir loft at the rear of the building.
In 1890 two acres of land were bought for construction of a church.
The first wood frame church was completed the following year and was
damaged in a tornado in1892. By the early twenties, the congregation
had long outgrown the original church and the present church was built
near the first. In 1954 the building underwent a restoration and it
is believed the interior was painted shortly thereafter. The artist,
Edmond Fatjo was trained in Berlin and specialized in painting church
interiors.
Source: The Texas Historic Commission's Atlas of Historic
Texas Places |
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Christ in the
Garden of Gethsemane
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, April 2004 |
The church's
musical angel mural by Edmond Fatjo
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, April 2004 |
Another view
of Shiner's Saints Cyril and Methodius Church
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, April 2004 |
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