Posts from June 2019

Christian Classics Study Group: St Basil on Fasting – THIS FRIDAY 14 June

Saint Basil the Great (also called Basil of Caesarea) lived from 330 to 379 AD.  He was born into a wealthy family and with four siblings, all of whom were later declared saints in the Orthodox Church.  He, his brother, Gregory of Nyssa, and his lifelong friend Gregory of Nazianzus, were declared 3 of the 4 “Doctors of the Church” by the Eastern Orthodox Church. Basil was influential in the development of the doctrine of the…

Psalms of Jerusalem in the Stiltecentrum

The Stiltecentrum will bring Kerkennacht 2019 to a close with the singing of Psalms of Jerusalem in the chapel of the Stiltecentrum Sunday afternoon 23rd June 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm The Psalms of Ascent (Hamalaäloth) will be sung as they are traditionally sung in the Jewish Synagogues and in the Monasteries, bus also as they are sung in the Anglican and Protestant churches. Tirtzah Middleton, Schola Ambrosiana, the choir of Sola Scriptura and the…