One of the many places I visited while visiting my daughter on Crete in 1993 (which I wrote about here) was the ruins of the Church of St. Titus, located at Gortys. What remains of the church is located in a complex with other most interesting ruins. The link to Gortys, above, has photos and descriptions not only of the church ruins, but of the other archaeological sites near it. My visit here was both thrilling and humbling, when I realized that I might be walking on ground also tread upon by a saint of the Christian church.
Titus was a companion of St. Paul and, according to tradition, was ordained by Paul to be the bishop of Crete, specifically the church at Gortys. Paul's letter to Titus is one of three pastoral letters written by Paul, and is found in the Christian New Testament.
I read with interest that the early Roman church did not establish a feast/commemoration day for St. Titus in the original Tridentine Calendar. His name was added in 1854 and his feast day was assigned to February 6 -- which happens to be today's date. That's no longer the case, however, since in 1969, the date was changed to January 26.
Note: my decision to post about St. Titus today was not influenced by the foregoing information; I didn't discover that particular tidbit until I was reading the Wikipedia article about Titus.
That having been said, I shall close. Tomorrow is also a day.
Titus was a companion of St. Paul and, according to tradition, was ordained by Paul to be the bishop of Crete, specifically the church at Gortys. Paul's letter to Titus is one of three pastoral letters written by Paul, and is found in the Christian New Testament.
I read with interest that the early Roman church did not establish a feast/commemoration day for St. Titus in the original Tridentine Calendar. His name was added in 1854 and his feast day was assigned to February 6 -- which happens to be today's date. That's no longer the case, however, since in 1969, the date was changed to January 26.
Note: my decision to post about St. Titus today was not influenced by the foregoing information; I didn't discover that particular tidbit until I was reading the Wikipedia article about Titus.
That having been said, I shall close. Tomorrow is also a day.
