“That’s why we stood in the rain last night, making present a world that, in
God’s purposes, has yet to be and looking for the rainbow.”
Queen’s Birthday Honours
Two leading musicians in the Scottish Episcopal Church have been
recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours:
Dr John Kitchen, Director of Music at Old St Paul’s Church, Edinburgh and
City Organist for Edinburgh has been awarded an MBE for services to
music.
Mr Alastair Chisholm, Lay Chaplain and Director of Music at the Cathedral
of the Isles in the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles has been awarded the
British Empire Medal for services to music and culture on the Isle of
Cumbrae.
Across the Dioceses
For news of activities and events across the seven dioceses of the Scottish
Episcopal Church, check out the diocesan websites:
Aberdeen & Orkney
Argyll & The Isles
Brechin
Edinburgh
Glasgow & Galloway
Moray, Ross & Caithness
St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane
www.aberdeen.anglican.org
www.argyll.anglican.org
www.brechin.anglican.org
www.edinburgh.anglican.org
www.glasgow.anglican.org
www.moray.anglican.org
www.standrews.anglican.org
SAINTS DAYS COMMEMORATED IN JULY/AUGUST
3 July St Thomas (First Century)
Thomas is known from 3 episodes in John's Gospel, the third is one of the
best known passages in the New
Testament, "doubting Thomas". He becomes the only one of the disciples to
make a full confession of faith in Christ's divinity. His role is therefore of vital
importance, it has been suggested that he is 'the beloved disciple', not John.
After that, all his life is tradition. Eusebius wrote that Thomas went to preach
to the Parthians, which is now in Iran. Most persistent is the tradition that he
went to Southern India. The Syriac Christians of Malabar still call themselves
'Christians of St Thomas'. They claim that he was martyred there in 72 and
his body is buried in Mylabore near Madras. An account of his work in India
is in the “Acts of Thomas” (3rd century). In 1940 a Coptic manuscript of a
Gospel of Thomas was discovered, also an 'Infancy Gospel of Thomas' tells
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