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Orthodox Christianity in Wales - Then and Now | Interview with Fr. Jacob Siemens

Dcn. Seraphim is joined by Fr. Jacob Siemens, a priest in Cardiff, Wales under the Archdiocese of Orthodox Churches of Russian Tradition in Western Europe (MP). Fr. Jacob, an expert on the early Welsh church as well as the life and ministry of St. Theodore of Tarsus, talks to us about the Celtic Church, its myths and misconceptions, and tells us about the important missionary work going on there today. Find Fr. Jacob's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@orthodoxexchange Music used: "Across The Fields Of Gold" Yagull Music - Sasha Branislav Markovic, Mayu Saeki

The Apostle to the North - St. Aidan of Lindisfarne

The Venerable Bede knew Aidan's disciples personally — and he wrote about Aidan with a warmth he showed almost no one else, even though they disagreed on the Easter question. In this episode, Dcn. Seraphim tells the story of the monk from Iona who became the Apostle of Northumbria, not through force or spectacle, but through a gentle, walking, giving-everything-away kind of holiness. Link to The Orthodox Pilgrim: https://www.youtube.com/@TheOrthodoxPilgrim

The Psalter of the Quatrains, Canto III - The Angels

Dcn. Seraphim reads us the third Canto of the Saltair na Rann, which describes the heavenly orders -- the nine ranks of the angels and the tenth rank as redeemed humanity takes their place in the cosmic dance. Watch the first episode on the Psalter to learn the history of these psalms and why they are important to ancient Celtic Christianity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRR4m9Zh4cY&t=32s Music used: "Across The Fields Of Gold" Yagull Music - Sasha Branislav Markovic, Mayu Saeki

The White House - St. Ninian of Whithorn

Dcn. Seraphim tells us the story of St. Ninian, Apostle to the Picts, Scotland's first recorded saint and a great healer and wonderworker. In doing so, he draws on an epic poem written about the saint's life and miracles which has never before been translated into English. Walk with Dcn. Seraphim to Ninian's "wondrous cave of darkness," where he sought solitude amid his episcopal labors, and experience the wonders of his many miracles, especially to lepers and those struggling with mysterious skin conditions. After all, St. Ninian's suppliants include none other than Robert the Bruce himself! Music used: "Across The Fields Of Gold" Yagull Music - Sasha Branislav Markovic, Mayu Saeki Licensed through Envato

St. Columba, the Dove of the Church

Dcn. Seraphim tells us the story of Saint Columba of Iona — the aristocrat-monk whose name means "dove" but whose life was shaped as much by penance as by prayer. Born of royal blood in Donegal, foretold by saints from the age of Patrick onward, Columba trains under Finnian at Clonard before a catastrophic quarrel over a copied psalter leads to the Battle of Cooldrevny and his exile from Ireland. Drawing on Adomnán's Vita Columbae, Dcn. Seraphim follows Columba from the green shores of Ireland across the sea to the windswept island of Iona, where the Dove of the Church founds the monastery that will become the spiritual heart of Scotland, faces down the beast of Loch Ness, and spends thirty-four years in unceasing prayer. The Life of St. Oran, and Poem Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0o3O4Kgylk Music Used: Across the Fields of Gold - Yagull Music Licensed through Storyblocks