AngloSaxon & Celtic Orthodoxy: Varangian Defenders of Byzantium

Friday, 27 April 2012

Varangian Defenders of Byzantium

A soldier of the Varangoi the Varangian Guard of the medieval Roman Empire made up of Norsemen, and Anglo-Saxons they were the bravest of the brave the fiercest fighters under the double-eagle standard of the Orthodox Roman Emperor (most of them perished gallantly in battle against the treacherous papist aggressors in 1204). May their memories be eternal!

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Antony26 July 2021 at 23:52
Indeed that is a very apt description.
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Anglo-Saxon & Celtic Orthodoxy is about the Orthodoxy of The British Isles, Low Countries and parts of France, Scandinavia in the first millennium and how it might be developed now. "The Church in The British Isles will only begin to grow when She begins to again venerate Her own Saints" (Saint Arsenios of Paros †1877)
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