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Westminster Abbey

Christianity Did you know? Europe

Anglican Church
Architecture

Westminster Abbey

Westminter Abbey, photo by JMorton

Westminster Abbey, photo by JMorton

Did you know?

  • 2025: To date, 40 monarchs had been crowned in the abbey since 1066. The first one would have been William the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy, after overpowering the English army under King Harold Godwinson.  This historical skirmish became known as the Battle of Hastings. The coronation was held on Christmas Day 1066.
  • The abbey is known as a Royal Peculiar, it is independent from any archbishop or bishops’ authority.  It is directly under the jurisdiction of the  Sovereign, who is the Defender of the Faith.
  • To Date, there have been 14 Royal Weddings which included, The Queen marrying Prince Philip (the Duke of Edinburgh) in 1947.  The most recent was Prince William to the then Catherine Middleton in April 2011.
  • Some Famous People buried in the abbey:
    • Sir Isaac Newton
    • Robert and Elizabeth Browning
    • Ernest Rutherford
    • Joseph Addison
    • Clement Attlee
    • Sir Robert Moray
    • Charles Dickens
    • George Frederic Handel
    • David Livingstone
    • William James
    • Thomas Telford, the founder and first president of Institute of Civil Engineers.
    • Laurence Olivier
    • Stephen Hawking
    • A commemorative marker with the Dirac Equation was finally allowed in the Abbey after a five-year persuasion to the Dean that Paul Dirac was not an anti-Christ.🤣

HM Queen Elizabeth II Has Passed

Emperors (Kings & Queens) Europe

British Royalty

RIP Queen Elizabeth II

6 February 1952 –
8 September 2022

Queen Elizabeth II
BBC Photo

Queen Elizabeth died today, 8 September 2022, at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle.

She reigned for 70 years making her the longest reigning monarch in the UK and the second in the world.

A long life well lived!

God save the Queen.

Did you know?

The Royal Standard is never lowered into a half mast even if the reigning monarch has passed away.

Charles is now the king, King Charles III

The Queen’s Funeral.

19 September 2022

  • The Brits are the best in staging pomps and ceremonies and they have made the Queen proud.
  • On her casket, her Crown, scepter which symbolises fairness and justice, and orb which symbolises Christianity around the world, were placed.
  • The funeral is attended by most of the world leaders.
  • Prince George (9) and Princess Charlotte (7) may have been the youngest attendees.
  • The acoustic at the Westminster Abbey is spectacular.  It might have been like angels were singing.
  • The Lord is my shepherd was sung.
  • The single bagpiper was really poignant.
  • This is the first funeral of a monarch at Westminster Abbey since 1760.
  • The flowers for the wreath were collected from Buckingham Palace, Highgrove, and Windsor.
  • The national and commonwealth soldiers, guards, armies, and militaries had their arms/rifles backwards to symbolise mourning.
  • The mall is just a scene to behold.
  • The word to describe this event is MAJESTIC.
  • At Windsor Castle, where the Queen will be interred, there will be a Wand of Office ceremony where the Lord Chamberlain will break a wand which symbolizes the end of a reign and then the start of another reign.
    • The wand breaking was not as dramatic as I thought.  It was already cut in half and just gently pulling it apart.
  • The 64 drummers and pipers did such a good job.
  • People lining up the street from London to Windsor threw flowers at the Queen’s hearse.
  • It has mild early autumn weather.  Brilliant colours especially along the countryside.
  • Who is that eye-catching 7’2″ man walking in front of the hearse?
  • The funeral ceremony started at 10:45 am to 5 pm and apparently there is a close family only ceremony that would not be shown to the public.
  • The Queen was laid to rest at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.

Basilica of St John Lateran (Cathedral)

Christianity Did you know? Europe

Religious Building
Roman Catholic
 

Basilica of St John Lateran (Cathedral)

Most Holy Lateran Church, Mother and Head of all the Churches in the City and of the World.”

In Profile

  • Feast Date: 9 November
  • Building: Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano
  • Location:  Rome
  • In 313, the Edict of Milan granted religious freedom, including the Christians, within the Roman Empire. Before 313, religious followers were persecuted.
  • Emperor Constantine became the first Christian emperor.  He donated the Lateran Palace to become the seat of the Bishop of Rome, who is the Pope.  It houses the cathedra (chair) of the Pope.
  • The Church was founded in honour of St John The Baptist and St John The Evangelist.
  • It is considered the most important among the most major and prominent churches in Rome; it is called Arch Basilica.  The other three Churches are St Peter’s, St Paul’s and St Mary Major.

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Beef Goulash Recipe

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Beef Goulash, photo by JMorton

I think the best way to eat beef is by slow cooking it in stew or casserole to make every sinew mouth-wateringly soft especially when using cheap cuts of meat.

Goulash is a Hungarian national dish. This dish is a history in itself.

During the 9th century, goulash or rather gulyas was a staple of Hungarian herdsmen, looking after the cattle.  They used to eat cuts of beef boiled with vegetables.  The word gulyas actually means herdsmen.

Then came the 15th century and the invasion of the Ottoman Turks.  The Turks introduced paprika to Hungary.

Hungary loved paprika.

They embraced paprika into their cuisine in such a big way.   Gulyas got the paprika treatment, which we know now as goulash.

To cook an authentic goulash, be generous with the paprika.

Recipe to follow and the postulant cook is experimenting!