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An Address at a Brief Service Honouring Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Delivered at Souda Bay Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery, Souda, Crete, GreeceSeptember 16, 2022, 10:00 am We are gathered here on hallowed ground – ground that is holy not because of consecratory prayers made by a vicar or chaplain, or because … Continue reading
I Commend My Spirit
A sermon preached on The Patronal Feast of St Thomas the Apostle (transferred from July 3) at The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Crete on July 5, 2020 11:00 am The readings were: Habakkuk 2.1-4, Psalm 31.1-6, … Continue reading
Highways in Isaiah and the Gospels
Day Twenty of “Through Advent with Isaiah” As is well known, the synoptic gospels quote Isaiah 40 in reference to John the Baptist. In Isaiah 40 we read: 1 Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly … Continue reading
God’s Story
A Sermon Preached On The Second Sunday Before Advent Sunday, November 17, 2019, 11:00 am also being The Third Sunday in a Season of Visioning at the Anglican Church of St Thomas, Kefalas, Crete, Greece. Somewhat expanded and changed since … Continue reading
A Common History
A Sermon Preached On The Feast of All Saints and All Souls (transferred from November 1 & 2), Sunday, November 3, 2019, 11:00 am also being The Second Sunday in a Season of Visioning at the Anglican Church of St … Continue reading
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Tagged History of St Thomas Kefalas, History of the Church, Visioning Process
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Notes on the Canadians Buried at Suda Bay Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery
Among the over 1700 graves at the Suda Bay Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery there are five Canadians. All five were airmen. While the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Army functioned as discrete units in operations during the Second World … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Issues, Crete, Greece, War
Tagged Canada, Canadians Killed in WW II, Crete, Greece, Souda Bay War Cemetery, Suda Bay War Cemetery
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Spring Cleaning and the Ordination of Deacons
A Sermon Preached by the Reverend Christine Saccali, Deacon of the Anglican Church of St. Paul, Athens, Greece (Diocese in Europe, Church of England) at the Ordination of Julia Bradshaw to the Diaconate by the Right Reverend David Hamid, Suffragan … Continue reading
The Territorial Expansion of Modern Greece
I recently finished A Concise History of Greece, Third Edition by Richard Clogg (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013). Clogg is a now a retired professor of modern Greek history, but previously lectured in London and Oxford. The book is just … Continue reading
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Tagged A Concise History of Greece, Greece, Richard Clogg, Territorial Expansion of Modern Greece
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It’s All Greek To Me: The Origins of the Greeks
In the eighteenth century, when many classically educated Englishmen and Germans made the long journey to Greece and Anatolia, they were struck by what they found to be a major disjunction between the glories of ancient Greece and the Greek-speaking … Continue reading
The Island Parson 