Tag: culdees liturgy

King Gregor, Founder of the MacGregor’s Clan, Protector of the Culdees

Giric, King of Scots, of Northern Pictland, Fortune (AKA King Gregor, or “Gregory the Great”) Mural at Edinburg Castle (1 of 2 depicting Eochaid and Giric at the center) Royal Protector of the Culdees, Founder of the Pictish Clan Dynasty of the MacGregors Giric or Gregor mac Dungal was crowned as King of the Scots […]

Order of Culdees Twelve Beatuses (Blessings)

The Twelve Beatuses as sung by the Culdees during the daily Psalms at the canonical hours. The twelve blessings or beatuses are a series of blessings that begin with the word “beatus”, which means “blessed” or “happy” in Latin. They are found in various sources of Christian literature, such as the Bible, the writings of […]

Free book: “Primitive Worship and The Prayer Book”, Appreciating Our (BCP) English Orthodox Liturgy

Dear Friend, Please enjoy this highly uplifting book that expounds upon the value and origins of our English liturgy (Book of Common Prayer). This PDF is now in public domain (as it was published in 1917) and so is freely re-distributable such as found below. You can best get it as a book in print from amazon […]

Benedictions Surrounding “the Shema Israel” Prayer of Christendom

The Four Surrounding Shema Blessings from Ezra the Scribe and the Great Assembly (our same Bible Authors HAGGAI, ZACHARIAH, MALACHI, MORDECHAI, NEHEMIAH, EZRA) and as recorded in the Mishnah ie Ber. 1, 2, 3. The Blessings themselves are also Scriptural quotes. These each used the tetragramaton (YAHWEH) found in Masoretic and pre-masoretic 2nd Century BC […]