A place of worship was founded on the site of the present church in 635 by Saint Aidan. St Aidan was called to Bamburgh from Iona by King Oswald to establish Christianity in his newly united kingdom of Northumbria.
No trace of that wooden building can now be seen – other than perhaps a beam in [...]
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St Aidan’s Church
4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 27th 2014
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
One thing arises from all things, and all things arise from one thing.
Heraclitus, Fragment 10
Footnote – A short passageway near the entrance of Melrose Abbey features this ceiling boss ‘The carved Head of Christ’.
2 Comments CherryPie on Mar 23rd 2014
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The Presbytery Ceiling
An intricate pattern of ribs and bosses adorns the vaulted ceiling of the presbytery. The central boss positioned directly above the high alter is a representation of the Holy Trinity attended by two angels. To the west is St Andrew holding the cross and reading clockwise are St Bartholomew holding the flaying knife, St Peter [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Mar 22nd 2014
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Melrose Abbey
Melrose Abbey, in the heart of the beautiful Scottish Border country, was founded in the twelfth century by the Cistercian order of monks. They were drawn to this fertile spot beside the River Tweed through its intimate associations with the holy men St Aidan and St Cuthbert. The Abbey grew to be one [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 21st 2014
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
The further one travels, the less one knows.
Lao-Tzu
18 Comments CherryPie on Mar 2nd 2014
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Step Inside…
… St Cuthbert’s Church
18 Comments CherryPie on Feb 6th 2014
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St Cuthbert’s Church – Norham
NORHAM is the place where St Aidan crossed the Tweed on his way from Iona to establish his monastery at Lindisfarne or Holy Island in A.D. 635.
It is said that when a stone church was built at Lindisfarne the wooden structure was transferred to Norham. the preaching cross on the village green may be on [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 5th 2014
