Some extracts from Pope Benedict XVI’s address on September 16th 2009 on Symeon the New Theologian (Translation by ZENIT). Symeon the New Theologian was born in 949 in Galatia, in Paphlagonia (Asia Minor), of a noble provincial family… …Symeon focuses his reflection on the presence of the Holy Spirit in those who are baptized and [...]
Archive for September, 2009
St Symeon the New Theologian
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Byzantine on September 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
St Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anglo-Saxon, Celtic on September 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today (September 4th) is the feast of the Translation of St Cuthbert (born c. 635; died 20 March, 687). Probably born near Melrose in the Scottish/Northumbrian borders, Cuthbert was inspired from an early age by the monks of the local monastery where St Eata was abbot and St Boisil prior. In 651 he experienced a [...]
St Aidan of Lindisfarne
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anglo-Saxon, Celtic on September 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday (August 31st) was the memoria of St Aidan and the Saints of Lindisfarne, who have a special significance for the Church here in the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle. The kingdom of Northumbria first embraced Christianity under St Edwin (d. 632/3) and his Kentish wife Æthelburga, but the conversion never went far beyond the [...]
