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St Thomas Becket: 5th Day of Christmas

On this day in 1170 Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral. The attack came just as Vespers was starting so today during 3.15pm evensong at Canterbury Cathedral there is a procession to the Martyrdom site. His shrine inspired the great pilgrimage in England which has been compared with the camino of St James […]

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St Thomas Becket: 5th Day of Christmas

On this day in 1170 Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral. The attack came just as Vespers was starting so today during 3.15pm evensong at Canterbury Cathedral there is a procession to the Martyrdom site. His shrine inspired the great pilgrimage in England which has been compared with the camino of St James […]

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Holy Innocents: 4th Day of Christmas

Today we look ahead to the Three Kings arriving on Twelfth Night at the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas. We remember the innocent male babies put to death on orders of King Herod who was trying to kill the Christ Child. The Three Kings, or Wise Men, had visited Herod on their way […]

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Holy Innocents: 4th Day of Christmas

Today we look ahead to the Three Kings arriving on Twelfth Night at the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas. We remember the innocent male babies put to death on orders of King Herod who was trying to kill the Christ Child. The Three Kings, or Wise Men, had visited Herod on their way […]

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St John’s Day: 3rd Day of Christmas

Today we remember St John who was with Jesus at crucial moments in his adult life and ministry such as the Transfiguration and the arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane. John was the first to find that Jesus had risen from the dead. He is believed to have written one of the Gospels and so […]

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St John’s Day: 3rd Day of Christmas

Today we remember St John who was with Jesus at crucial moments in his adult life and ministry such as the Transfiguration and the arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane. John was the first to find that Jesus had risen from the dead. He is believed to have written one of the Gospels and so […]

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Boxing Day: Still Christmas

Today is Boxing Day and St Stephen’s Day. This morning there will be major church services in St Stephen’s Church Gloucester Road in London, St Stephen’s Bournemouth, St Stephen’s-on-the-Cliffs Blackpool, Cathedral Church of St Stephen Vienna and many other places. For churches dedicated to Stephen today is their patronal festival. Boxing Day, the second day […]

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Boxing Day: Still Christmas

Today is Boxing Day and St Stephen’s Day. This morning there will be major church services in St Stephen’s Church Gloucester Road in London, St Stephen’s Bournemouth, St Stephen’s-on-the-Cliffs Blackpool, Cathedral Church of St Stephen Vienna and many other places. For churches dedicated to Stephen today is their patronal festival. Boxing Day, the second day […]

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Christmas Day: St Mary of the Crib

Today is Christmas Day when famous churches suddenly receive media coverage. St Peter’s Rome and Church of the Nativity Bethlehem will probably bee seen in news bulletins. In Rome there is another is another focus today. The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, once called St Mary of the Crib,  holds what is claimed to be […]

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Christmas Day: St Mary of the Crib

Today is Christmas Day when famous churches suddenly receive media coverage. St Peter’s Rome and Church of the Nativity Bethlehem will probably bee seen in news bulletins. In Rome there is another is another focus today. The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, once called St Mary of the Crib,  holds what is claimed to be […]

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