An illustrated talk by Peter Brooke: What is the purpose of painting? A controversy from the eighth century.

by | Aug 7, 2015 | News

 Peter's talk
 
 
Llaneglwys Village Hall
(near Brecon. Details at http://llaneglwys-village-hall.weebly.com ) Sunday 23rd August at 7.30 pm
 
Towards the end of the eighth century, a church council held in Nicaea, in what is now southern Turkey, ruled that painted images (‘icons’) could be used as objects of veneration. Shortly afterwards a major attack was launched against this Eastern Council under the auspices of Charlemagne, soon to be crowned first Emperor of a renewed ‘Roman’ Empire in the west. This was a major event in the process by which the Western (‘Roman Catholic’) and Eastern (‘Orthodox’) churches separated. But important as the political and theological aspect was, Peter Brooke argues that it also reflected a radical difference between the ‘classical’ art of Greece and Rome and the very different art that had developed in the West and is known as ‘Celtic’ or ‘insular’ art.
 
 

Ecumenical Patriarch

by | Aug 5, 2015 | News

 

Hi sAll Holiness, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I will be paying a visit to the UK in November arriving on Sunday afternoon of the 1st.

The Ecumenical Patriarch will devote a part of his visit to meet and bless His Flock living in the United Kingdom and Ireland and the other part to a series of official contacts with the Leader of the Church of England and his associates. 

Monday, 2 November 2015, 6:00 pm: Great Vespers at the Divine Cathedral of the Divine Wisdom, Bayswater London. His Holiness will preside in the Vespers and preach to the Congregation. All are invited to attend the Service.

19th July

by | Jul 18, 2015 | News

Feast Day of the Fathers of the Sixth Ecumenical Council, St Macrina and the Uncovering of the Relics of St Seraphim of Sarov.

Matins; 09.30

Divine Liturgy 10.45

Congratulations

by | Jun 29, 2015 | News

Congratulations to Michael & Kanchi Edwards on the birth of their son Aidan a brother for Jacob