Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Symbolism, tagged alpha and omega, buffalo, cleveland, forest lawn cemetery, grave art, lake view cemetery, new york, ohio, sculpture, symbolism on December 20, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Recently, I wrote about the Christian symbolism associated with the combination of the Greek letters alpha and omega. I’ve found even more photos that include this and wanted to share them with you.
The Holley family in Lake View Cemetery has them intertwined.
The Smiths of Forest Lawn Cemetery included the alpha and the omega symbols on their marker.
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Symbolism, tagged alpha and omega, cleveland, grave art, lakeview cemetery, ohio, sculpture, statues, symbolism on March 24, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The combination or juxtaposition of the Greek letters alpha and omega in the cemetery is one of my favorite obscure symbols. In the chapter 22 of the Book of Revelations of the Bible, Jesus states “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end.” For those who have neither a) studied Greek or b) participated in the Greek system in college, alpha and omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. This seems to be the concept that is referenced when cemetery monuments use these two letters.
The Chambers monument has the letters in flowered rondelles on either side of the central cross.
The two letters are intertwined on the statue base of the Bowler-Burdick monument.
The Perkins monument also displays the letters interlaced.
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |
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