During the Summer of 1997 I was blessed to spend two weeks in Durham, England, for a seminar on Celtic spirituality and modern mission. We stayed in the Bishop's Castle, which is now a dormitory for University College of the University of Durham. Across the green from us sat Durham Cathedral, site of the shrine of St Cuthbert of Lindisfarne and the tomb of the Venerable Bede. The entire complex has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
We had day trips to Lindisfarne (Holy Island), Hexham Abbey, Wearmouth and Jarrow, Hadrian's Wall, and other sites related to Northumbrian history and the Celtic and Saxon saints who flourished during a rich age of cultural and spiritual cross-fertilization.
The timing of posts related to this extraordinary pilgrimage is related to my having a new scanner and being able to scan the photographs I took back then, along with having a bit of down time to do it. The posts themselves are at the blog for St Cuddy's and I am merely providing links here, but I wanted friends of the Byzigenous Buddhapalian to have easy access to them.
May blessings from the Creator abound in your lives and the prayers of St Cuddy support you.
The BB
Lindisfarne / Holy Island
Lindisfarne Priory-Part 1
Lindisfarne Priory-Part 2
Hobthrush Island
Lindisfarne & Durham Architecture-Part 1
Lindisfarne & Durham Architecture-Part 2
St Mary's Parish Church-Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne / St Mary's
The Chi Rho Page of the Lindisfarne Gospels
St Cuthbert foretells a death
Cuthbert becomes a bishop
I will update this if and when I have some more. Happy journeying to all weblog pilgrims!
