This postcard shows the Peterborough Cathedral Cloisters. You can go to it via a huge door from the Cathedral's right side. If you wish to go directly to it there is a pathway to the right of the Cathedral in which you can go to.
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Showing posts with label Peterborough Cathedral. Show all posts
2 December 2011
Postcard Friday #6: Peterborough Cathedral Cloisters
This postcard shows the Peterborough Cathedral Cloisters. You can go to it via a huge door from the Cathedral's right side. If you wish to go directly to it there is a pathway to the right of the Cathedral in which you can go to.
25 November 2011
Postcard Friday #5: Peterborough Cathedral from top
Peterborough Cathedral is one of the finest Norman buildings in Europe today and is a UK landmark.
As seen from the top, you will see that Peterborough Cathedral is shaped like a cross. Personally, this postcard is very interesting to look at. I'm imagining myself hovering at the top and looking down below. The cathedral is just as amazing from the top as below.
The origins of the Cathedral can be traced back to King Peada of the Middle Angles who founded the first monastery on the site in 655AD. The monastic settlement was almost entirely destroyed by the Vikings in 870 and rebuilt as a Benedictine Abbey between 960 and 970. The Abbey church then survived Hereward the Wake’s attack on the Abbey in 1069, and remained intact until an accidental fire destroyed the second Abbey here in 1116. It was rebuilt in its present form between 1118 and 1238. It became the Cathedral of the new Diocese of Peterborough in 1541 and it is now known as the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew.
Source: Peterborough Cathedral
18 September 2009
Peterborough's Filipino Catholics joined One Mass celebration
The small Filipino Catholic community in Peterborough contributed to the One Mass celebration held in Peterborough last July.
Graphic Tees thanked me recently for sharing the story of Filipino Catholics from the eyes of a foreigner. Then, I remembered the SMS or "text" my kumpare sent relaying to us our local parish priest's message of thanks to all Filipinos who joined the One Mass celebration held in Peterborough Cathedral.
The One Mass was held to mark the rich cultural mix of the Catholic religious community in the city. More than a thousand people of 50 different nationalities attended the celebration. In particular, the small Filipino community was asked to provide the choir. Apparently, the parish priest was impressed with our singing during a mass he celebrated for the local Filipino Catholic community a while back. Unfortunately, our family was unable to attend One Mass. Still, I was proud of the others who attended and provided some of the angelic singing during the mass.
There is a news article from the local Evening Telegraph that reported about this event, which you can read here. In the main picture, the Filipino girl holding a red and white flag is my son's classmate at his primary school.
Graphic Tees thanked me recently for sharing the story of Filipino Catholics from the eyes of a foreigner. Then, I remembered the SMS or "text" my kumpare sent relaying to us our local parish priest's message of thanks to all Filipinos who joined the One Mass celebration held in Peterborough Cathedral.
The One Mass was held to mark the rich cultural mix of the Catholic religious community in the city. More than a thousand people of 50 different nationalities attended the celebration. In particular, the small Filipino community was asked to provide the choir. Apparently, the parish priest was impressed with our singing during a mass he celebrated for the local Filipino Catholic community a while back. Unfortunately, our family was unable to attend One Mass. Still, I was proud of the others who attended and provided some of the angelic singing during the mass.
There is a news article from the local Evening Telegraph that reported about this event, which you can read here. In the main picture, the Filipino girl holding a red and white flag is my son's classmate at his primary school.
23 November 2008
Peterborough holiday souvenir
As promised a while back (better late than never), here is my take on substituting the tourist spot with that of a souvenir depicting it. I used a fridge magnet for this photograph of the Peterborough Cathedral, using my 3.2 megapixel mobile phone.
12 March 2008
Cathedral Church in Peterborough
It is considered as the most beautiful Norman Cathedral in England and is dedicated to Sts Peter, Paul and Andrew.
A monastic church was founded in Peterborough by King Peada in 655 AD, destroyed by the Danes in 870, rebuilt as part of a Benedictine Abbey and reconsecrated in 972, burned down in an accidental fire in 1116 and re-built in its present form between 1118 and 1238. The porch was added about 1380, the eastern extensions around 1500 and the central tower was re-built in the mid 1300's and again in the 1880's. In 1539 the monastery was closed by Henry VIII, but eighteen months later in 1541, the church became the Cathedral of the new Diocese of Peterborough, with the last abbot as the new bishop, and Peterborough became a city.
The information above was taken from the Peterborough Cathedral website. In it, there is also a link that describes a short history of the Cathedral. Aside from its huge and beautiful structure, both inside and outside, the Cathedral's other claim to fame is that it is where two queens during the Tudor period were buried: Katherine of Aragon (one of the wives of Henry VIII) and Mary Queen of Scots. The latter's grave, however, is now empty as she was re-buried in Westminster in 1612. The Abbey's most valued relic - St Oswald's Arm, disappeared from its chapel about the time of the reformation but the chapel still has its newel staircase or watch-tower where monks kept guard over it day and night.
Nowadays, the Cathedral still follows its centuries old pattern of daily worship. However, the medieval monastic pattern of eight sessions per day has been reduced to morning prayer, daily Eucharist and evensong on most days of the week.
Note: the text of this post are mostly taken from the Peterborough Cathedral website (http://www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/).
A monastic church was founded in Peterborough by King Peada in 655 AD, destroyed by the Danes in 870, rebuilt as part of a Benedictine Abbey and reconsecrated in 972, burned down in an accidental fire in 1116 and re-built in its present form between 1118 and 1238. The porch was added about 1380, the eastern extensions around 1500 and the central tower was re-built in the mid 1300's and again in the 1880's. In 1539 the monastery was closed by Henry VIII, but eighteen months later in 1541, the church became the Cathedral of the new Diocese of Peterborough, with the last abbot as the new bishop, and Peterborough became a city.
The information above was taken from the Peterborough Cathedral website. In it, there is also a link that describes a short history of the Cathedral. Aside from its huge and beautiful structure, both inside and outside, the Cathedral's other claim to fame is that it is where two queens during the Tudor period were buried: Katherine of Aragon (one of the wives of Henry VIII) and Mary Queen of Scots. The latter's grave, however, is now empty as she was re-buried in Westminster in 1612. The Abbey's most valued relic - St Oswald's Arm, disappeared from its chapel about the time of the reformation but the chapel still has its newel staircase or watch-tower where monks kept guard over it day and night.
Nowadays, the Cathedral still follows its centuries old pattern of daily worship. However, the medieval monastic pattern of eight sessions per day has been reduced to morning prayer, daily Eucharist and evensong on most days of the week.
Note: the text of this post are mostly taken from the Peterborough Cathedral website (http://www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/).
Peterborough Cathedral
A must-see attraction for every visitor to the city of Peterborough!
This shot is taken from my Sony Ericsson W850i and then published through mobile blogging. It's cool, huh! In the future, some of my posts (shorter and with pictures) will be published through my mobile phone (or as it is most commonly known in the Philippines, celphone).
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