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Kibogora Methodist Hospital - World Church News
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Norman Adams - Christ's entry into Jerusalem
Pink Crucifixion - Craigie Aitchison
The Empty Tomb - Richard Bavin
The son of man is come - Ralph Beyer
Untitled - Pentecost - John Brokenshire
Nathaniel (asleep under the fig tree) - Mark Cazalet
Fool of God (Christ in the Garden) - Mark Cazalet
The five thousand - Eularia Clarke
Storm over the lake - Eularia Clarke
Noli me tangere (Touch me not) - Roy de Maistre
The supper at Emmaus - Roy de Maistre
The cross over the city - Michael Edmonds
Pietà - Elisabeth Frink
Annunciation - Eric Gill
Natus Est (He is Born) - Philip Hagreen
Good Friday: Walking on water, 2006 - Maggi Hambling
Ecce Homo - Susie Hamilton
Pentecost - Dennis Hawkins
Epiphany - Albert Herbert
Christ writes in the dust - the woman taken in adultery - Clive Hicks-Jenkins
The washing of the feet - Ghislaine Howard
Christ walking on the water - Peter Howson
Nativity polyptych - Francis Hoyland
Holy communion predella - Francis Hoyland
Crucifixion polyptych - Francis Hoyland
The Elements of the Holy Communion - Jacques Iselin
Three Kings - David Jones
The stripping of our Lord - Philip le Bas
Crucified tree form - the agony - Theyre Lee-Elliott
Judas Iscariot betrayed our Lord Jesus for R.3.00 - John Muafangejo
Israel, Jews, Christians, Heathen, Our God for all People - John Muafangejo
Rest on the flight to Egypt - Nicholas Mynheer
Cain and Abel - John Reilly
The feeding of the five thousand - John Reilly
The healing of the lunatic boy - John Reilly
The raising of Lazarus - John Reilly
The supper at Emmaus - Ceri Richards
The crucifixion - William Roberts
The mocking of Christ - Peter Rogers
The ascension - Peter Rogers
Jesus meets his blessed mother (from a set of Stations of the Cross) - Frank Roper
Jesus falls for the second time (from a set of Stations of the Cross) - Frank Roper
The deposition (from a set of Stations of the Cross) - Frank Roper
The entombment (from a set of Stations of the Cross) - Frank Roper
Dalit Madonna - Jyoti Sahi
The crucifixion - Francis N Souza
The raising of Lazarus - Euryl Stevens
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Christ enters Jerusalem - Sadao Watanabe
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