“Churches in the Celtic west
Cleared of chalice and candlesticks,
Chant and saga
In red blood scrawled…”
George Mackay Brown (1987)
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THE CATEGORY IS: DERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND!
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Just along the road from the hotel sits Keil Cemetery. It is still the burial place for local communities, but it’s also where St Columba supposedly first set foot in Scotland on his way to Iona in 653CE. The ruined chapel is C13, and hidden by thriving vegetation!
#keilcemetery #stcolumba #kintyre
thecatenians.uk/following-in... Have you seen the new blog post about the April 2026 pilgrimage following in the footsteps of Saint Columba? Click through for more information
#Catenians #Pilgrimage #StColumba
On This Day, Aug 22, 565—St. Columba reportedly encountered the Loch Ness creature, blending legend with his mission in Scotland. #christianhistoryproject #StColumba #ChristianMissions
Sight-Seeing: Grace – the gift that just loves to give. NILS VON KALM says grace gives good things, regardless of whether we are deserving or or not… @sightmagazine.bsky.social #SightSeeing #grace #love #Iona #U2 #Liverpool #StColumba
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Vita Columbae — written in 697 AD by Adomnán — tells the story of St Columba: missionary, miracle-worker, and (allegedly) the first person to face the Loch Ness Monster.
A bold life of faith that still inspires us today at St Columba’s, Pont Street.
#StColumba #ChristianHistory #ScottishSaint
Today's blog post features a set of prayers for use with an Anglican rosary that uses a compilation of beautiful Celtic prayers attributed to St Columba (or Colmcille) from the 6th century.
Read the full post at: bestillbeads.com/praying-with...
#prayer #stcolumba #celticprayers #anglicanrosary
New episode: Seeds of the Divine—How St. Columba saw God as the “First Seeder.” Listen & reflect:
“We are seeds, planted to grow into the fullness of God.”
youtu.be/UMPkrewJuhQ
#StColumba #IrishSaints #Christopagan
New episode: Seeds of the Divine—How St. Columba saw God as the “First Seeder.” Listen & reflect:
“We are seeds, planted to grow into the fullness of God.”
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#StColumba #IrishSaints #Christopagan
New episode: Seeds of the Divine—How St. Columba saw God as the “First Seeder.” Listen & reflect:
“We are seeds, planted to grow into the fullness of God.”
youtu.be/UMPkrewJuhQ
#StColumba #IrishSaints #Christopagan
New episode: Seeds of the Divine—How St. Columba saw God as the “First Seeder.” Listen & reflect:
“We are seeds, planted to grow into the fullness of God.”
open.substack.com/pu...
#StColumba #IrishSaints #Christopagan
New episode: Seeds of the Divine—How St. Columba saw God as the “First Seeder.” Listen & reflect:
“We are seeds, planted to grow into the fullness of God.”
youtu.be/UMPkrewJuhQ
#StColumba #IrishSaints #Christopagan
New episode: Seeds of the Divine—How St. Columba saw God as the “First Seeder.” Listen & reflect:
“We are seeds, planted to grow into the fullness of God.”
open.substack.com/pu...
#StColumba #IrishSaints #Christopagan
New episode: Seeds of the Divine—How St. Columba saw God as the “First Seeder.” Listen & reflect:
“We are seeds, planted to grow into the fullness of God.”
youtu.be/UMPkrewJuhQ
#StColumba #IrishSaints #Christopagan
On Sunday, we celebrated the feast day of St. Columba.
Founder of the Iona monastery, Columba’s legacy lives on in our community—shaped by prayer, hospitality, and deep connection to creation.
May we walk in his footsteps with courage, faith, and compassion.
#StColumba #CelticChristianity #diocal
New episode: Seeds of the Divine—How St. Columba saw God as the “First Seeder.” Listen & reflect:
“We are seeds, planted to grow into the fullness of God.”
open.substack.com/pu...
#StColumba #IrishSaints #Christopagan
Iona Abbey. The image shows an abbey with sea in the background. The abbey church is seen end-on on the right and other buildings are to its left. There is mown grass with paths in the foreground and an outcrop of rock on the lower left of the frame. The scene is in sunlight.
1,428 years ago today. St Columba died in the monastery he had built on the island of Iona on 9 June 597. It would subsequently become one of the most important in Europe. More about St Columba: www.undiscoveredscot... More about Iona Abbey today: www.undiscoveredscot...
#Scotland #StColumba
St John's Cross, Isle of Iona
#photography #Iona #Celtic #Cross #StColumba #Chapel #religion #Abbey #shadow #light #shrine #tomb #Scotland #WesternIsles
Text at top of meme: “Irish Missionaries asking Columba why he keeps hanging out with pagans in Scotland” Photo of Mark Scout character from Severance with subtitles saying: “The work is mysterious and important”
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Credit: Pictish Memes on FB (hopefully they’ll join us here at some point): www.facebook.com/share/p/18zT...?
#scotland #picts #history #archaeology #religion #stcolumba #prechristian #pagan #humour 🏺 🗃️
St Columba Composite
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To the Secret Chamber
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Columba's Bay, Iona
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"My friend's claim seeks to apply a worn out law to a new reality. Books are different to other chattels (possessions) and the law should recognise this. Learned men like us, who have received a new heritage of knowledge through books, have an obligation to spread that knowledge, by copying and distributing those books far and wide. I haven't used up Finnian's book by copying it. He still has the original and that original is none the worse for my having copied it. Nor has it decreased in value because I made a transcript of it. The knowledge in books should be available to anybody who wants to read them and has the skills or is worthy to do so; and it is wrong to hide such knowledge away or to attempt to extinguish the divine things that books contain. It is wrong to attempt to prevent me or anyone else from copying it or reading it or making multiple copies to disperse throughout the land. In conclusion I submit that it was permissible for me to copy the book because, although I benefited from the hard work involved in the transcription, I gained no worldly profit from the process, I acted for the good of society in general and neither Finnian nor his book were harmed."
In a speech at the High Court of King Diarmaid in 6th Century Ireland, St. Columba aka Colmcille advocated for the right to copy books ~1500 years before the Budapest Open Access Initiative (Ray Corrigan, 2007 […]
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The beautiful and peaceful St Columba's Bay on the Isle of Iona.
#Iona #IsleofIona #Columba'sBay #StColumba #Pebble #Beach #Photography
They say: "Iona is a thin place where only tissue paper separates the material from the spiritual." And no more so than at St Columba's Bay. This is where attempts are made to build towers to heaven with the patience of the Saints.
#Iona #IsleofIona #StColumba #Tower #Stones #Photography
We went for a daunder at Skeabost yesterday. It was lovely. I forgot the dug’s packed lunch and he was devastated. #spring #springinskye #visitscotland #visitskye #stcolumba #exploring #dachshundsofbluesky
Our Rector Fr Stuart is on sabbatical pilgrimage, following the footsteps of #StColumba across #Ireland to #Iona in Scotland. He's had his hair shaved off & it's raining in Derry. He's blogging daily about rain, sore feet, spirituality & thanksgiving:
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Marker stone in St Columba's Church Derry, known to everyone as "The Long Tower"
Comcille Centre Gartan Co Donegal.
Statue of St Columba in the park that bears his name, near the ruins of the Church of St Brecan, said to have been founded by St Patrick.
Cover of Souvenir Book of the centenary celebrations in honour of St. Columba in the Long Tower Church Derry 1897-99
Happy birthday to #StColumba, born #OTD in Gartan Co #Donegal though he fell in love with #Derry and became our patron saint. Even though he didn't found the city, as the legend has it, he loved it and you'll find him all over the city, from churches to holy wells to statues to publishers.
