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| Emperor Constantine the Great. Reigned from 306 till his death in 337 |
Well I mentioned in the blog on Roman practice camps at Cawthorn a couple of days ago, that the Roman soldiers were probably settled at Malton which was a few miles from York/Eboracum.. York was the Roman headquarters here in the North, and the father of the above (to be) emperor was killed fighting in the city and the army immediately called for Constantine to be made emperor which he duly was. He looks a handsome fella in his recently made statue in York. He ruled for a long time and became a Christian but lived the life of an Emperor fighting all over the continent.
My interest lies in the fact that he became St. Constantine and has become the object of a plea for an Antiochian Orthodox community to have their own church in York. So when 'The Abbey of Misrule' email came through with the funding plea, I watched the following video with great interest. Not only for the beautiful portrayal of York but for the lesson in religious worship of the group.
The group was sincere and also simple, and when my non religious hackles rise up, it is time to question my feeling towards religious worship. Here though I loved the nobility of the need for a church, a rather disused but beautiful one seemed to be the one chosen. They do have a chapel in I think the university but it is temporary and the wooden framing for the altar all has to be removed and stored elsewhere. So a record of an unusual group worshipping in York.
The statue outside the Minster of Constantine is crying out for a cigarette in his right hand. Lesley
ReplyDeleteWell his sword was kicked free by a homeless man in 2016. Just seeing that and he has the sword in his left hand, I wonder if he was L/H Lesley. I think he got gagged at one stage in the cause of devolution.
DeleteNo thanks. Why do they have a screen up so the congregation can't see? All priests are men? I can't imagine what Jesus would think about all of the pomp and ceremony and decorations that have evolved from his simple message. Treat others the way you want to be treated. Love one another.
ReplyDeleteAll very true Ellen but let us forgive priests for being so pushy and secretive ;) it just adds to the solemnity of ritual. And not all priests, vicars or bishops are men, women are making a great inroad there!!
DeleteThere are many ways to worship, some simple, others more elaborate.
ReplyDeleteI was sorry to hear about David Hockney. I like his work.
I have always loved going to Salt Mill and seeing Hockney's work displayed. This great, and I mean very large mill reflected an industrial past lost to time.
DeleteMy daughter, years back sent me the story of the divine sign of Constantine. Then she sent me a picture of the sign he claimed to have seen. "That's interesting," I said. She asked me what I thought of the symbol. "It's interesting." I said.look closely, she wrote. So I did...and realized I was looking at her tattoo.
ReplyDeleteSome people's kids!!!!
Children have no sense of decency. In the good old days.............................. ;) I shall have to go and look that sign up.
DeleteA few years a friend in the country visited and the three of us visited a brilliant Hockney exhibition at our local gallery. I didn't know much about him then, and so I learnt a lot more. A few years ago was actually over nine years ago. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20170220114603/http://highriser.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-visitor.html
ReplyDeleteGosh I had to go through a website called Trove to see that. But the exhibition is in a similar format at the mill. Only it wasn't a wood portrayed but a long country lane visually displayed.
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