Why Should we care?

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Why should we care? Traditions of Orthodoxy will be on full display May 6, 2023, at King Charles’ coronation. Orthodox Tradition is a living entity and vibrant element of the coronation of Charles III. Not only the ancient ties emanating emulated by the British monarchy for centuries.

I wanted to take a moment and relish the participation of so many friends and the impact Orthodoxy unfolds before our eyes, even as we are blind to our own inheritance. Byzantium is on full display for the world to see and for the most part, the Orthodox world is blind to our presence in the ceremony. I am grateful to the Royal Trust, the Textile Research Institute, the Royal School of Needlework, London The Orthodox Arts Journal, and several other sources for the source material to make this introduction possible for us to connect the dots.

For us Orthodox symbolism is rich and the connections to Orthodox Traditions and connection to the imperial Roman empire known as Byzantium. 

Royals throughout history have attempted to emulate the magnificence and awe inspiring pageantry on display during the coronation of King Charles III. Though few monarchies can repeat the ceremony of the Byzantine court in Constantinople with Agia Sophia as backdrop, the hippodrome celebrations before and after coronations, the Roman Palaces, coupled with the majestic Orthodox rituals. That said, May 6 Westminster Cathedral will be a glimpse into the mysterious solemnity and pageantry of a royal coronation. Here are connections based on the preliminary accounts by Buckingham Palace:

The Holy Roman imperial coronation in Rome evolved over the thousand years of the empire's existence from an originally very simple ritual which by its very simplicity paralleled and most clearly demonstrated its origins in its Byzantine counterpart. 

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