Inscription
In Memory of
Thomas Brown
Age 96 years
Farewell Dear Father We Now Turn Away, No More To Meet Till The Great Judgement Day,
Though Absent In Body We're With You In Prayer, And Will Meet You In Heaven,
There's No Parting There, Blessed Are The Dead Which Die In The Lord.
The Christogram IHS is a monogram symbolizing Jesus Christ.
From Greek it is an abbreviation of the name IHΣΟΥΣ (Jesus).
In Eastern Orthodox Church the Christogram is composed with letters X, P, I and X arranged into the cross. They are the first letters of one from two words in Greek language: Christ and Jesus Christ.
In the Western culture there exist the compositions: "IHS" and also "IHC" being the first letters (iota-eta-sigma) of the name Jesus in Greek alphabet: ΙΗΣΟΥΣ (Ίησοῦς or ΙΗϹΟΥϹ with lunated sigma). The abbreviation in form "IHS" appeared in first time on the coins of Justinian II on the turn of the 7th and 8th centuries.
The order of Jesuits, in other words the Society of Jesus (Societas Iesu), adopted IHS as its fixed emblem - the symbol in 17th century. There appeared also Latin interpretations of the abbreviation IHS, among others:
Iesus Humilis Societas - Humble Society of Jesus,
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Abandoned Cemetery - The King’s Cove St. James church was deconsecrated Friday, June 20, 2018 - Kings Cove- Bonavista Bay Newfoundland
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