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Wessex Chronicle (Blog)
Wessex In Fiction: In The Place of Fallen Leaves
In The Place Of Fallen Leaves is the debut novel by Tim Pears, a coming-of-age tale set on the edge of Dartmoor. It was published in 1993, but set in the drought-ridden summer of 1984, and tells the story of 13-year-old Alison, the youngest daughter of a farming family at the tail end of the …
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Interview: Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia
This interview originally appeared in Wessex Chronicle Volume 14, Issue 1 (Spring 2013). It follows last week’s obituary for Metropolitan Kallistos Timothy Ware was born in Bath and educated at Westminster School and at Oxford University, where he worked as a lecturer until his retirement. Raised as an Anglican, his interest in the Orthodox Church …
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Obituary: Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia
With the passing of Metropolitan Kallistos on 24th August, the Wessex Society loses the last of its original patrons. Born Timothy Ware just outside Bath in 1934, he later converted from Anglicanism to Orthodoxy. In 1982, he became the first Englishman to be ordained as an Orthodox bishop since the Anglo-Saxon era. Metropolitan Kallistos was …
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The Society holds events on the closest Saturday to Barnes Night (22nd February), St Ealdhelm's Day (25th May) and King Alfred Day (26th October).See the blog for details of forthcoming events.