Queen Elizabeth Attends Royal Maundy Service at Leicester Cathedral

The Royal Maundy Service was held at Leicester Cathedral on Thursday, 13 April 2017, where the Queen distributed Maundy Money in a tradition which dates back to the 13th Century. The Queen distributes special Maundy money to local pensioners every Maundy Thursday when Christians commemorate the Last Supper of Jesus and the commandment he gave…

Saint Charles the Martyr

King Charles I of England, who was executed on 30 January 1649, was canonised by the Church of England in 1662 as a martyr and a saint. He refused to yield to Presbyterianism which cost him his throne. Church of England However, Charles I was the first British monarch, unlike Elizabeth I or James I,…