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Welcome to the orthodoxkansas.org blog. This blog is authored by the clergy of the Kansas Deanery of the Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America. The administrators hope the blog will be used for both spiritually edifying posts (whether original or from patristic sources) and parish announcements.

Our Venerable Mother Brigid of Kildare

By FrDanielG, on February 1st, 2012

Born at Faughart near Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland, her parents were Dubhthach, pagan chieftain of Leinster, & Brocca, a Christian Pictish slave baptized by St. Patrick. Brigid was named for one of the most powerful goddesses of her father’s pagan religion. Whether she was raised a Christian or converted in 468 is unknown, but she [...]

February 1st, 2012 | Category: History, Saints | Leave a comment