Recent content by Viv

This is so terribly sad!

Maybe not, but they pray to them!. “Worship” was the best English word I could come up with in this context! To a Dane it’s an English word that - in the broadest sense - covers the religious practices of other confessions! Many Danish medieval churches have kept their names from the RC era, but...

IMO the Cathedral of Aarhus is a beautiful, serene building! Contrary to the RC church and the Greek/Russian orthodox churches, the churches of the Reformation don’t worship saints. The reformers thought that medieval murals featurings saints would “ distract” the congregation from the spoken...

The lessons belonging to this particular Sunday: Isaiah 2, 2-5 and Collosians 1,25d- 28 and the gospel: John 12,23-33. I don’t remember whether Isaiah was read, however Collosians definetely was. As for the sermon, I don’t have it in print right now, but a short summary, according to my...

You got that right :flowers:QMII designed the bishop’s capes belonging to the dioceses of Helsingør, Haderslev, Aarhus, Viborg and Aalborg!

All the bishops are present, because it’s a service embracing the Danish Commonwealth. The Danish Roman-catholic bishop was there as were representatives from the Methodist church, the Jewish and the Muslim communities! The Church of Denmark is rather good at “ pulling out the stops” at...

Sophie25, a coronation is superfluous in a hereditary monarchy! The new monarch is - figuratively speaking - wearing the crown from the moment a) the predecessor dies OR b) abdicates officially. In the case of a): there will be no celebrations as the proclamation takes place in a period of...

I agree, there's no point in looking for hidden agendas! HM said that she's abdicating for health reasons, it's been clear for all to see, so why not accept it at face value? If you insist on speculating, the only thing I could come up with is that by abdicating now, she's also trying to avoid...

Well, I’m a big question mark regarding the statement of Thomas Larsen! He’s known as a respected author, not prone to any wild, tabloidlike speculation! So what exactly made him say, what he said?

I don’t think anything will happen in the foreseable future! However HMs court will no doubt be reduced at some point, and that might affect her living arrangements, especially regarding Fredensborg. She spends a lot of time at the “ big house” of Fredensborg, while the crown princely family...

What I found most interesting happened on the Public tv Channel DR’s panel discussion leading up to the New Year’s speech: royalty pundit Thomas Larsen, author of the acclaimed book “Monark og Menneske” ( monarch and Human being) said that the health of HM was worse than we had been told! He...

It wasn’t a family event as such! The main focus was on the youngsters from Denmark and our “ Commonwealth” and the future heads of state of our neighbouring countries. Thus, the banquet hall was filled to capacity. Most of Prince Christians godparents were there, as were representatives of...

I scan the headlines of the British tabloids from time to other and try to take especially the royalty related news with a grain of salt……. Question: was the late queens promise of a G&F home in Windsor Park - or anywhere else for that matter - ever communicated by official RF channels...

In the Lutheran church any minister can carry out a confirmation! The current confessionarius happens to be the bishop of the diocese of Aarhus. A royal confessionarius need not necessarily be a bishop, however they usually are!

:previous: I agree, I think we’ll see her more often in Denmark.