X for St. Andrew

For the past 30 years, I've stared at these windows which rise above the altar in my church.

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Until one day last summer---when I sneaked ino the church's sanctuary to take these photos---I had never taken a close look at the details in these stained-glass windows. For thirty years I had no idea that the little white squares had petal-like designs in them. I did not know that parts of the circles and X's were interwoven, over and under each another. And, I didn't even realize that the color purple was part of this stained-glass design; it doesn't show up from a distance. Could I have been any more ignorant?

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Well, no matter.......I have always enjoyed gazing at these colorful, quilt-like windows which from a distance appear to be full of X's enclosed in circles. Today, November 30, is St. Andrew's Day. Tradition says that St. Andrew was crucified on an X-shaped cross.......if you take the previous link and scroll down the page aways, you will see a painting of St. Andrew on the Saltire, which is the name for the X-shaped cross used on flags and in heraldry.
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My church's name is not St. Andrew's Lutheran........but, I think it could be called that because of these windows.
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Have a blessed St. Andrew's Day!
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