St. John the Baptist with Advent Quote Keramisch Ornament

Front: Stained glass roundel of St. John the Baptist, the forerunner of Jesus the Messiah, from Malchow Abbey. The Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery located on the eastern shore of Lake Malchow in northeast Germany. + Back: The Saint's Advent exhortation to prepare for Christ's coming, taken from the Gospel of St. Matthew (Malchow Abbey) in a stained glass roundel adapted from the window on the front. + Image Credit: St. John the Baptist roundel from a stained glass window, Falco via Pixabay.