1,000 British & Celtic Saints Before Augustine: Free PDF Catalogue of the Ancient Celtic Church The Orthodox Church of the Culdees is pleased to release a newly expanded historical catalogue documenting the principal Saints of the ancient British and Celtic Churches before the arrival of Augustine of Canterbury. Download the free PDF here: https://celticorthodoxy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Celtic-Saints-Before-Augustine.pdf This […]
From Mount Athos to Celtic Orthodoxy: Restoring Daily Scripture Teaching in the Orthodox Church The daily reading of Holy Scripture remains at the heart of Orthodox monastic life on Mount Athos. Across the Orthodox world, one of the most beautiful signs of renewal is the return to daily Scripture teaching. Not merely occasional sermons, not […]
The Crosfigell or Cross-Vigil in Celtic Orthodoxy Sources, Theology, and Practice The early Irish crosfigell—usually rendered cross-vigil—is one of the most striking bodily prayers in the Celtic Christian tradition. It unites the cruciform posture with the Lord’s Prayer, Deus in adjutorium, the Gloria Patri, and the Sign of the Cross, offered directionally to the four […]
ADVENT IN THE HISTORIC CHURCH: THE INCARNATION, THE CELTIC TRADITION, AND THE CONTINUITY OF SACRED TIME Institute of Theology — Celtic Orthodox Church / Priory of Salem INTRODUCTION The following article is prepared for the curriculum of the Institute of Theology, and is offered publicly for the edification of visitors to CelticOrthodoxy.com. It presents a […]
Restoring the Penitential Heart of Celtic Orthodoxy Recovering the Confessional Foundation of the Western and Celtic Liturgies I. The Danger of “Starting Over” A new generation seeks to start over with imported post-Bolshevik forms of Eastern Orthodoxy, claiming that Celtic Christianity somehow died out. Yet those same voices make pilgrimages to Iona, Lindisfarne, Glastonbury, and […]
How the Orthodox English Liturgy (the Book of Common Prayer) has come to us. We keep the Book of Common Prayer as a central part of our liturgy together with the *TRUE Hebrew feast services as handed down within the Orthodox Church of the Culdees. These festivals are lightly highlighted in the mainstream version. The […]