Notre Dame de Rouen. The façade of the Gothic Church in France. Photographer: Hippo1947. Licence: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Thursday, 20 June 2013

Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire, England. Abbess Hilda of Whitby.



File:Whitby Abbey at sunset.jpg


Whitby Abbey, 
Yorkshire, England, 
at Sunset.
Photo: 12 April 2009.
Source: Own work.
Author: Ackers72.
(Wikimedia Commons)


Within the beautiful Abbey at Whitby, from the 7th-Century to the 16th-Century, many Divine Prayers and Hymns were said and sung by the Community of Monks and Nuns (it was a Double Monastery). Initially, the Head of the Double Monastery was a woman, Abbess Hilda.


MATTHAEUS HAS A WONDERFUL PRAYER AID AT
his Blog, Sub Umbra Alarum Suarum

Why not pop over and say a Prayer ?


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  1. Gatepost productionsThursday, 20 June, 2013

    Nice to see it without the usual silly reference to vampires!

    Trying to catch up on your recent postings!

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