Arrival of Orthodoxy:
1st Century: Saint AristobulusRekindling of the faith:
17th Century: Greek Diaspora and Mission in Wales and the West Country18th/19th Century: Father Stephen Hatherly & Missionary Efforts in Wales
Now we must praise the Guardian of Heaven,the might of the Lord and His purpose of mind,the work of the Glorious Father; for He,God Æternal, established each wonder,He, Holy Creator, first fashionedHeaven as a roof for the sons of men.Then the Guardian of Mankind adornedthis middle-earth below, the world for men,Everlasting Lord, Almighty King.Nú scylun hergan hefaenrícaes Uard,metudæs maecti end his módgidanc,uerc Uuldurfadur, sué hé uundra gihwaes,éci dryctin ór ástelidæhé ǽrist scóp aelda barnumheben til hrófe, háleg scepen.Thá middungeard moncynnæs Uard,eci Dryctin, æfter tíadæfirum foldu, Fréa allmectig.
-Saint Caedmon of Whitby, the First Poet of the English Tongue
Patron Saint
Saint Edmund the Martyr
Most Recent Saint
Saint Sophrony of Essex
Popular Veneration
King Alfred the Great, Alcuin the Monk
Date: d. 805
Region: Louth, Canterbury
Ministry: Abbot of Louth, Archbishop of Canterbury
Feast Day: May 12
Hymnography:
Troparion
Date: b. 953, d. 1012
Region: All England
Ministry: Heiromartyr, Archbishop
Feast day: April 19
Hagiography: Available
Hymnography: Available
Matins
Vespers
Date: d. 780
Region: Hexham
Ministry: Bishop
Feast day: 7 September
Date: c. 3rd century
Region: England
Ministry: Priest
Feast day: 25 June Date: b. 564, d. 601
Region: Kent
Ministry: Queen
Feast day: 25 February Date: d. 664
Region: Northumbria & Scotland
Ministry: Monk
Feast day: 23 February Date: d. 1016
Region: Dorchester
Ministry: Bishop
Feast day: 19 October Date: d. 685
Region: Hexham
Ministry: Bishop
Feast day: 26 October Date: b. 597, d. 650
Region: East Anglia
Ministry: Monk
Feast day: 16 January Date: d. 690
Region: Lincolnshire
Ministry: Abbot
Feast day: 14 December Date: 8th Century
Region: Westcountry
Ministry: Martyr
Feast day: 8 July
