Who Was St. Cyprian?
Cyprian was one of the great heroes of the
third-century Church, because he guided the Christians
in the North African city of Carthage through a period
of frightening persecution, until he himself was
martyred in the year 258.
He was a wealthy fifty-year-old barrister when he
converted to Christianity, and he probably viewed his
baptism as his retirement from public service. But the
Christians at Carthage decided to exploit his social
position and political prestige, and they elected him as
their bishop in the year 248.
The next decade proved to be very difficult for the
Church in North Africa. The pagan government renewed its
persecution of the Church and, on the advice of his
presbyters, Cyprian went into hiding for two years. When
he returned to Carthage, he had to deal with a large
number of people who had lapsed from the faith during
the persecution but, once it was past, wanted to come
back to the Church. Cyprian refused to slam the door of
God’s mercy and the Church’s forgiveness on them,
because he understood the weakness of human will and,
even more, the infinite compassion of God in Christ.
But, by the same token, he was sure that the returning
apostates had wounded Christ anew when they took part in
pagan sacrifices. So, he opened the arms of the Church
to returning apostates, but required them to undergo
public penance in order that they might learn something
of what it cost to love and be loved by Christ.
Cyprian himself was called to fulfill this love when,
early in the year 258, the imperial government began a
new round of persecution. He was banished from Carthage,
but insisted on returning and surrendering himself.
After a brief trial at which he bore unyielding witness
to Christ, he was taken outside the city gates and
beheaded.
Source: For All the Saints
The Diocese of Calgary

Established in 1888 with the city of Calgary as its
base, the Diocese of Calgary is one of thirty dioceses
which make up the Anglican Church of Canada and one of
ten dioceses in the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's
Land.
The Anglican Diocese of Calgary includes approximately
10,000 Anglicans in 71 active parishes in the southern
part of the Province of Alberta. From the Saskatchewan
border in the east to the British Columbia border in the
west and from the U.S. border in the south to an
east-west line running through Lacombe just north of Red
Deer, the Anglican Diocese of Calgary encompasses an
area of approximately 88,000 square kilometres.
Our Windows
The stained glass windows in the nave of St. Cyprian’s
were installed in the 1980s and 1990s. The triptych in
the chancel was installed in 1951 after the church was
moved to its current location. The central window was
commissioned in 1939. The following map locates the
windows.
Triptych Window (1951, 1939)
The chancel includes a large Good Shepherd centre
window (1939). The window is dedicated: “TO THE GLORY OF
GOD AND IN PERPETUAL REMEMBRANCE OF FAITHFUL WORKERS IN
THE W.A.”
The two smaller windows depict a baptismal font (left)
and chalice (right). The former states “THUS IT BECOMETH
US TO FULFIL ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS.” And it is dedicated:
“TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF HANNAH MARY
JONES. FOR MANY YEARS PRESIDENT OF ST. CYPRIAN’S W.A.”
The latter states “THIS DO IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME.” The
window is dedicated: “ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD BY THE
MEMBERS OF THE W.A. OF THIS PARISH.”