![]() ![]() More Sergius and Bacchus images are at the end of this post, including the work of British photographer Anthony Gayton and American iconographers Nancy Jackson and Robert Lentz. O’Neill is the author of Passionate Holiness: Marginalized Christian Devotions for Distinctive People. Dennis O’Neill, pastor, believes it is the first window dedicated to Sergius and Bacchus in any church in the United States. Martha’s Church in Morton Grove, Illinois, as a gift from its LGBT members. The new Sergius and Bacchus window (above) was dedicated in September at St. The couple was openly gay, but secretly Christian - the opposite of today’s closeted Christians. ![]() They were killed around 303 in present-day Syria. Sergius and Bacchus were Roman soldiers, Christian martyrs and gay men who loved each other. Bacchus - Gay saints Sergius and Bacchus honored in new art One of the newest images of 3rd-century gay saints Sergius and Bacchus is a stained glass window donated this year to an Illinois church by its LGBT parishioners. ![]()
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