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**flowersnewacq** · 06-17-2009, 07:33 PM

To God be the Glory! How wonderful! I spent a couple of incredible weekends on Iona in 1987-8. I pray it works out and becomes a regular event, an opportunity for Iona to return to it's true roots!

Herman

Many thanks for your encouraging words! In fact, this vision belongs to Reader Ignatios Bacon, who has longed for an Orthodox presence on Iona for many years. He was one of the original founders of the group "Friends of Orthodoxy on Iona", which organises an annual pilgrimage to ancient Celtic Christian sites in Britain and Ireland: this pilgrimage is on Iona every second year (see http://www.orthodox-iona.co.uk ).

I am merely assisting Reader Ignatios by putting up the website and publicising it around the Internet.

The cooking will be done by an Orthodox friend of Reader Ignatios, possibly assisted by his wife. The programme is largely undefined as yet, but there will certainly be Orthodox worship each day (though no Liturgy, unless perhaps a priest comes to stay). Otherwise, the programme is very much up to each guest. It's the first time this kind of thing has been done, so it's all a little experimental at the moment.

Yours

Ninian

06-17-2009, 07:33 PM	#4
flowersnewacq Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 337 Senior Member	To God be the Glory! How wonderful! I spent a couple of incredible weekends on Iona in 1987-8. I pray it works out and becomes a regular event, an opportunity for Iona to return to it's true roots! Herman Many thanks for your encouraging words! In fact, this vision belongs to Reader Ignatios Bacon, who has longed for an Orthodox presence on Iona for many years. He was one of the original founders of the group "Friends of Orthodoxy on Iona", which organises an annual pilgrimage to ancient Celtic Christian sites in Britain and Ireland: this pilgrimage is on Iona every second year (see http://www.orthodox-iona.co.uk ). I am merely assisting Reader Ignatios by putting up the website and publicising it around the Internet. The cooking will be done by an Orthodox friend of Reader Ignatios, possibly assisted by his wife. The programme is largely undefined as yet, but there will certainly be Orthodox worship each day (though no Liturgy, unless perhaps a priest comes to stay). Otherwise, the programme is very much up to each guest. It's the first time this kind of thing has been done, so it's all a little experimental at the moment. Yours Ninian
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