The Trendle

The custom of hanging a trendle in the chancel during the Christmas/Epiphany

season derived from the Middle Ages in England, when parish churches and

cathedrals hung a ring of candles in the chancel, symbolizing the star which

guided the shepherds to the Christ child at Christmas and the Wise Men at

Epiphany. The trendle in Christ Church is in loving memory of Margaret Murtagh

Gray, George Doczi, a well-known architect and  former parishioner, designed

this beautiful wrought iron ring surmounted by brass angels holding 10 candles

and it was made in the studio of Samuel Yellin, internationally known metal craftsman.