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THE CONSTANTINE SERVICE AND PROCESSION (York) - Mithras - 07-21-2006
Tuesday 25th July, York, England. The Minister.
The date is the 1,700th anniversary of the acclamation of Constantine the Great by his army in York. This is an important occasion for the city, the church, and for Late Roman re-enactment! It really is a once in a lifetime experience. But what the experience will be is rather hard to judge! But using our discipline and Latin orders we should be able to cope with anything. And we think it’s going to be fun.
There will be a Service at the Minster (2:00pm onwards) lead by the Archbishop of York, with local dignitaries and lots of ordinary York citizens attending. Our Constantinian soldiers will provide an honour guard during the service, then lead the congregation and the Dean out past the statue of Constantine outside the Minster, down Stonegate, to the Museum Gardens and the Constantine exhibition. At various points the procession will stop and pick-up local artists and school children, who will be exhibiting works of art based on artefacts from the exhibition. On arrival at the Museum Gardens all the performance artists will do their bit once again, and we all go home.
Re: THE CONSTANTINE SERVICE AND PROCESSION (York) - Robert Vermaat - 07-22-2006
Sounds great! Have fun and have someone shoot some pictures if possibl?
Re: THE CONSTANTINE SERVICE AND PROCESSION (York) - Mithras - 07-24-2006
Certainly! My camera is never far away!
Quote:Sounds great! Have fun and have someone shoot some pictures if possibl?
Re: THE CONSTANTINE SERVICE AND PROCESSION (York) - Mithras - 07-27-2006
![[Image: constant.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/lord_mithras/constant.jpg)
For those with broadband, you can see some of the procession at the bottom of this page: http://www.comitatus.net/movies.htm
Re: THE CONSTANTINE SERVICE AND PROCESSION (York) - Opifex - 07-28-2006
Ave !
Mithras are you going to be in York during this weekend? (28-30 July 2oo6)
Who else can I meet with tomorrow? :roll:
Opifex
Re: THE CONSTANTINE SERVICE AND PROCESSION (York) - Mithras - 07-28-2006
Sorry, no! I won't be there. But you should receive a warm welcome, I was lucking forward to meeting up with you
Re: THE CONSTANTINE SERVICE AND PROCESSION (York) - Theodosius the Great - 07-28-2006
Mithras, great show. You did a fantastic job with your helmet, I must say ! That was a very ingenious way you came up with for attaching your crest.
I wish I could've been there with my chi-ro shield.
Theo
Re: THE CONSTANTINE SERVICE AND PROCESSION (York) - Viventius - 07-28-2006
Here's the event as reported in the local press. About four of us can be seen in the main photo, along with our chi rho banner:
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/search/displ ... empire.php
Before anyone asks: yes, Constantine is artistically green; I think the actor was painted that colour to mimic the statue of the emperor outside the Minster
Opifex, you probably won't see this message, but it's very likely you'll be visited by various members of Comitatus during the weekend
Re: THE CONSTANTINE SERVICE AND PROCESSION (York) - Robert Vermaat - 07-28-2006
Quote:For those with broadband, you can see some of the procession at the bottom of this page: http://www.comitatus.net/movies.htm
You certainly attracted a lot of positive attention! Good for you guys!
Re: THE CONSTANTINE SERVICE AND PROCESSION (York) - Mithras - 07-31-2006
Thanks Theo ... I don't wear it very often because the feathers are so fragile. Also, there was quite a breeze at times and it pulled my head around if I wasn't careful!!
Plus it will get mangled when I'm on the bottom of the testudo formation
Thanks again for positive comments.
Quote:Mithras, great show. You did a fantastic job with your helmet, I must say ! That was a very ingenious way you came up with for attaching your crest.
I wish I could've been there with my chi-ro shield.
Theo