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Post by ClassicalRepublican on May 11, 2017 12:29:17 GMT
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Post by Maolsheachlann on May 11, 2017 13:19:38 GMT
Thanks for that, ClasiscalRepublican. I was rather surprised to hear they didn't have him already! I know so little about Orthodoxy.
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Post by rogerbuck on May 12, 2017 7:36:55 GMT
Well, I don't know as much about Orthodoxy as I certainly would wish. But I guess I know enough that this surprised me. And I would be interested to understand: why NOW? Could this possibly (??)point to any deepened interest in the Saints of the Western Church or is it a very isolated phenomenon?
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Post by servantofthechief on Jun 10, 2017 22:29:38 GMT
The Orthodox consider St.Patrick a saint, as I believe he was canonised prior to the Great Schism between East and West, I think he is even given the title Apostolikos (Equal to the Apostles) in Orthodox tradition, which is not far from the pious tradition of naming St.Patrick one of the Apostles of Ireland. (In a similar vein, St.Bridget, the one everyone knows about and thinks about and makes those little St.Bridget's crosses on her feast day, there were a LOT of popular saints named Bridget back in the day, was called Mary of the Gaels) I didn't think they would consider him popular enough to their calender in Russia, would have thought it would only be the Irish Orthodox Church that would have done so.
In any case, this is a welcome development. Hopefully our Orthodox brothers will give him more reverence than, sadly, his adopted children have been doing as of late.
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