Mass – Feast of Saint Basil and Gregory

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Saturday 2nd January 2021 St Basil the Great (330 – 379) Basil was born in 330AD at Caesarea in Cappadocia, of a Christian family. A brilliant scholar and a virtuous man, he started by becoming a hermit but was made bishop of Caesarea in 370. He fought against the Arians and wrote many notable works, in particular the monastic rule …

Maltese Mass in Perth

Maltese, Mass

On Sunday 2nd February, members of Scotland’s Maltese community gathered in St Mary’s Monastery in Kinnoull, Perth, to celebrate the feast of the Shipwreck of St Paul. The feast – traditionally celebrated on the 10th of February in Malta – is a national holiday on the island and remembers the event when St Paul, in the year 60AD, was shipwrecked …