According to the Celtic-Varangian legend ... that they bear similarities with the tradition of Byzantium, from where Orthodox Christianity came to Russia. “The shape of [these] crosses comes ...

with the poetic “ode to Celtic saints” by Monk Nicodemos. Icon of All Saints who shone forth in the lands of Britain and Ireland. Photo: Pravoslavie.ru 1. How Did Orthodoxy Reach Ireland? How did ...

This time last year, I started working to found our Monastery of All Celtic Saints. We had nothing at the time, except what God had offered us – the Church of Sts Ninian and Cuthbert on the Isle of ...

A CHURCH in North Wales could be decorated with frescoes of hundreds of Welsh saints to cement its links with ancient Celtic Christianity ... who founded the Wales Orthodox Mission more than ...