Annunciation to the Shepherds panel

This scene shows the Annunciation to the Shepherds (Luke 2:8–14), from the narrative of the Nativity of Jesus Christ. Here an angel in a white robe with a red halo stands before three shepherds with their sheep, informing them that they will “find a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”

Lawrence Saint, who had his own stained-glass studio just down the road from Bryn Athyn Cathedral in Huntingdon Valley, worked as a glass artist for the Cathedral early in his career. He later became nationally recognized for his stained-glass work on the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. This Christmas window was originally located in Bryn Athyn Cathedral, but was later placed in storage, where it remained until it was rediscovered in the late 1980s.