Videos tagged with "religion"
Scotland: Edinburgh, The Highlands, Mary Queen of Scots, Westminster Abbey [Mendelssohn's Scottish] [14:06]
A Musical Tour of Edinburgh, the Highlands and the Hebrides With music by Felix Mendelssohn Chapter I The Palace of Holyrood had its origin in a guest-house for an abbey established by King David I of Scotland in the 12th century. The abbey fell into ruin and the palace itself underwent various changes, not least after fire damage under the mid-17th century Protectorate, after which it was significantly restored under King Charles II, by the King's Surveyor-General William Bruce and the King's Master Mason Robert Mylne. Parts of the earlier building that survive, however, the include the North-West Tower, built for King James V of Scotland, father of Mary, Queen of Scots, who died a few days after her birth in 1542. The tragic story of Queen Mary, married to the the French Dauphin and after his death to Lord Darnley and, when he died, to the Earl of Bothwell, had a particular appeal to the romantic 19th century, not least through Schiller's play dealing with her death, executed after imprisonment by her cousin, Queen Elisabeth I of England, whose protection she had sought. St' Giles' Cathedral, in the Old Town, has developped gradually, with protection the medieval Burgh Kirk later provided with a Georgian Gothic casing and a Victorian internal restoration. The 15th century central tower and spire is a familiar element of the sky-line of the Old Town. The Cathedral is more properly known as the High Kirk, since, in the established Presbyterian religion of Scotland, there ...
Tags: Scotland, Highlands, Scottish Symphony, Pitlochry, Mendelssohn, yt:stretch=16:9, yt:quality=high
St Conans kirk [01:58]
A traditional scottish kirk on the banks of loch awe
Tags: St, Conans, kirk, scottish, church, religion, scotland, west, coast, achitecture, loch, awe
Interior Scottish Episcopal Church St Andrews Fife Scotland [02:07]
Tour Scotland video of the interior of the Scottish Episcopal Church in St Andrews, Fife.
Tags: Interior, Scottish, Episcopal, Church, St, Andrews, Fife, Scotland, travel, tourism, religion
Interior St Bean's Church Fowlis Wester Perthshire Scotland [03:43]
Tour Scotland video of interior of St Bean's Church, Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, Scotland. The Earls of Strathearn once held court at Fowlis Wester and it was Gilbert, the third Earl, who gifted the building to the parish at the beginning of the 13th century. The church was dedicated to St Bean, the great-grandson of the King of Leinster, Ireland. He had come to the area to preach in the 8th century. One of seven brothers, who were all ardent Roman Catholic ecclesiastics and founders of churches, St Bean came to Scotland to preach the Gospel among the Picts in the area, who had been converted to Christianity almost two centuries earlier. The standing stones in the area convinced him that this was the best place to begin driving out the dark pagan practices associated with such stones. It is believed there has been a church at the site since those times but what kind of building existed prior to Gilbert's gift is not known. However, the Pictish Cross Symbol Stone , discovered embedded in a wall during renovations in 1927, is thought to date back to St Bean's time. Notable features of the church are the aumbry, recess for church vessels, the eighth century Pictish cross already mentioned, which shows Jonah and the whale, and the lepers' squint which is a special window from where the afflicted could watch Mass without coming into contact with the rest of the congregation. The church also contains a piece of McBean tartan which US astronaut Alan Bean took to the moon and back ...
Tags: Interior, St, Bean's, Church, Fowlis, Wester, Perthshire, Scotland, macbean, Ancestry, Kirk, Religion, Picts, Pictish, Cross, Strathearn, Scottish, travel, tourism, Parish
Canongate Kirk Royal Mile Edinburgh Scotland [01:30]
Tour Scotland video of Canongate Kirk, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland. The Kirk of the Canongate, or Canongate Kirk, serves the Parish of Canongate in Edinburgh's Old Town, in Scotland. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. The parish includes the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the Scottish Parliament. It is also the parish church of Edinburgh Castle, even though the castle is detached from the rest of the parish. The wedding of Zara Phillips, the Queen's granddaughter, and Mike Tindall, took place at the church on 30 July 2011
Tags: Canongate, Kirk, Royal, Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland, Scottish, church, travel, tourism, religion
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