Great steps were built up to the new carved high altar which was commissioned from Oberammergau by the Rector, the Revd Arthur Chandler, later Bishop of Bloemfontein.
The reredos in the chapel, dating from 1897, was designed by Kempe, its figures being carved by Joseph Mayer of Oberammergau.
This is the site of seasonal annual outdoor performances of "The Great Passion Play", styled after that of Oberammergau, Germany.
Detachment R (also known as the U.S. Army Russian Area School) was a special U.S. Army School initially located in a former Wehrmacht garrison in Oberammergau and later moved to Regensburg, Germany, where it remained from 1950 to 1954, when it was moved back to Oberammergau.
The idea surges after his readings in a magazine about a German city (Oberammergau) who was doing something similar called Passion Play.
He has been a visiting lecturer at Oak Hill Theological College, London; at Ridley Hall, Cambridge; at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford; and Guest Lecturer at the NATO school, Oberammergau, Germany.
It consists of 20 pictures and 69 statues, all of which were carved in the German town of Oberammergau, noted worldwide for its woodcarving tradition.
The best known example of a religious pageant in this style is at Oberammergau, Germany.
She has represented the United States in a number of coalition and NATO forums, and completed Senior Courses at the NATO School in Oberammergau, Germany.
Great Rail Journeys has also developed a range of ‘Special Interest Holidays’ featuring visits to Viennese Balls Europe’s major carnivals including Venice and Nice and, for 2010, tours to Oberammergau to see the world famous Passion Play.