THE FALL OF ORTHODOX ENGLAND

romanitas.ru ^ | Second Edition, 2000 | Vladimir Moss

[Destro]

Celtic and Old English Saints of the Orthodox Church

[AmericanVictory]

For a good short account of Harold, read "the Golden Warrior."

[Destro]

Golden Warrior by Hope Muntz

[MikalM]

Interesting post, but the piece ignores the fact that the Christian Church thrived in Britain centuries before St. Augustine. Two British bishops (representing hundreds of others) were at the Council of Arles in 314 AD. Britain's Promartyr, St. Alban, is generally believed to have been martyred in 209 AD.

And for the diehard romantics, there's always that legend about St. Joseph of Arimathea establishing the Church in Glastonbury just a few years after the Ascension...

[Destro]

This article does not ignore the Celtic Church: Thus ended the nearly five-hundred-year history of the Anglo-Saxon Orthodox Church, which was followed by the demise of the still older Celtic Orthodox Churches in Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

Also check out the link to the revived Celtic Orthodox Church:

[FormerLib]

King Harold's family later fled to Kiev where his daughter would marry Vladimir Monomakh, Prince of Kiev.

[AmericanVictory]

Thank you. I read it over 40 years ago and could not recall the author's name.

[MarMema]

Thanks Destro. And Many Years to you also!

[happygrl]

Bookmarked!

[Wordsmith]

bookmarked!

[RedWhiteBlue]

bump for a later read

[longtermmemmory]

bump for later reading

[MikalM]

Guess I missed that sentence. Yet it implies that the Church wasn't in Albion until the Saxon invasion, which again, is contradicted by St. Alban's martyrdom and other evidence.

On a related note: I belong to an Anglo-Catholic American Episcopal church, and have noted that in the last couple of years, the liturgy and general tone have gotten increasingly "Orthodox," especially during Easter weekend. Wonder if we're due for a revival of the Sarum Rite?

[RonF]

On a related note: I belong to an Anglo-Catholic American Episcopal church, and have noted that in the last couple of years, the liturgy and general tone have gotten increasingly "Orthodox," especially during Easter weekend. Wonder if we're due for a revival of the Sarum Rite?

I too belong to a fairly Anglo-Catholic ECUSA parish. The ECUSA has multiple litugical options, and it's up to the the pastor as to which one the parish uses. Although the pastor will keep the Vestry happy, if he or she is smart.

[TomSmedley]

bump

[Pahuanui]

....for since 1052 the English archbishop had been banned and denounced as schismatic by Rome. The result of the Norman Conquest was that the English Church and people were integrated into the heretical “Church” of Western, Papist Christendom, which had just, in 1054, fallen away from communion with the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church, represented by the Eastern Patriarchates of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem.

One thing major branches of religions never seem to tire of are turf wars.

[Destro]

Got you to read it though!

[msdrby]

thanks for the ping. Pinging PE.

[Destro]

I see the old links are gone. Here is the new one.

Articles and resources relating to the history of the Orthodox Church in Ireland and throughout the British Isles

[Destro]

Western Saints Icon Gallery

Icons of St. Brendan the Navigator, Founder of Clonfert Abbey, Father of 3,000 Monks, Patron of Sailors

Icons of St. Patrick, the Apostle of Ireland

St. Augustine of Canterbury, Apostle of England