The Wheel #33. Blessed in the Kingdom. Spring 2023

“God’s Special Care”: Monarchy and the Orthodox Church

A constitutional monarch of the United Kingdom, who must by law be a faithful Protestant, carries the titles “Defender of the Faith” and “Supreme Governor of the Church of England.” The oil used for the sacramental anointing of King Charles III was consecrated at the Anastasis, the Church of the Resurrection, by the Orthodox Patriarch[…..]