Plans are underway for the Christening in three months time of the latest members of the Danish Royal Family. Born on January 8th to Princess Mary and Prince Frederik, the twins are currently called Lille Pige and Lille Dreng for “little girl” and “little boy”. Their names will not be revealed until the Christening, but [...]
Archive for January, 2011
Christening Speculation – Will it be Gorm or Knud?
Posted in Christening Story, tagged Christening, Christening Story on January 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
7,000 Godchildren and 500 Christenings in one day
Posted in Christening Story, tagged Christening, Christening Story on January 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to Orthodox Patriarch of Georgia, Ilia II, on successfully Christening more than 500 children on one day, whilst celebrating Epiphany at the Orthodox Holy Trinity cathedral in Tbilisi. Families with three or more children could have their youngest child Christened in this annual ceremony celebrated on the new Orthodox date of epiphany – January 19th. [...]
Entente and the meaning of Marraine
Posted in Christening Story, tagged Christening, Christening Story on January 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Just returned from across The Channel where I attended my first French Christening. The lady wife’s youngest sister is married to a charming French chap and we were invited across to fly the flag and keep the British end up. Interesting …. very interesting. The service was a scream (in all senses of the word) [...]
