Drawing on the ancient spiritual devotion of the Stations of the Cross, we invite you to participate in a journey of reflection and discovery in the city of Oxford.
Drawing on the ancient spiritual devotion of the Stations of the Cross, we invite you to participate in a journey of reflection and discovery in the city of Oxford.
Lazarus
Jacob Epstein, 1947 - 1948
New College Chapel
Lazarus by Sir Jacob Epstein (1880–1959) was installed in New College, Chapel in 1952. This is no sentimental resurrection. It shows Lazarus, awakened from death and struggling to free himself from the cloths that bind him (John 11.1-45).
Reproduced by kind permission of the Warden, Fellows and Scholars of New College, Oxford.
Listen to a reflection by the Revd Dr Erica Longfellow, Dean of Divinity, New College, University of Oxford