Wishing everyone a very merry Christmas from the Ecclesiastical History Society 🎄 Image: The Nativity by Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia (1403-83); Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City.

Let's open the final door of our 2025 Scottish Churches Advent Calendar, our snowiest year of images yet, and have a peek at an absolutely gorgeous view of Glasgow Cathedral 😍 (Image: Andrew Forbes)

The programme for our Winter Meeting 2026 'Creeds, Councils and Canons' is up on our website: ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26-winter-me... Check it out and register for your place to attend by 5 Jan 2026! #SkyStorians #ChurchHistory

🎄CHRISTMAS BLOG POST!🎄 A silly gift for you all: I dug through The National Archive wills looking for Christmassy names. There were a lot, inc: Mr 🎅 Christopher 🍮 ❄️ Green Thomas 🦃 Theophilia 🛷 sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult... 📜 #EarlyModern 🗃️ @leverhulme.ac.uk @uoearchhist.bsky.social

CfA 📢Explore the short-term research fellowships in Reformation Studies - especially Calvinism - offered by the H. Henry Meeter Center 🌍Calvin University, Michigan ⏰Deadline: 1 January 2026 🔗 calvin.edu/meeter-cente... #ReformationStudies #Calvinism #EarlyModern #Fellowship #CallForApplications

Today's @arascot.bsky.social  #ArchiveAdventCalendar theme is #bells. So we are sharing this image of the historic bells of St. Olave's Church in Marygate, taken c.1900 The bells were originally cast in 1789.🔔 #york #archives #christmas

Calling all #postgrads: make sure to send in your paper submissions for our online PG conference by this Friday 19 December! Theme: 'Theories, Frameworks and Concepts' Plenary by Prof Miri Rubin Date: 30 March 2026 ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/pg-symposium... #SkyStorians #cfp #history

Did you know the modern figure of #SantaClaus derives from St Nicholas of Myra (c.270–343CE)? Traditions associated with his secret gift-giving later entered European folklore through Sinterklaas, forming the basis of today's Santa Claus! #churchhistory

Join us in 2026 for our new @ihr.bsky.social Discovery Courses! - Historic Maps: Interpreting Stories of Place - Townscape & Architecture in History - Archaeology for (Local) History Each 2 days + optional free extra day of guided research @ihrlibrary.bsky.social. www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...

Registration is now open for our Online Winter Meeting on 10 January, 'Creeds, Councils & Canons'. All are welcome to attend. Please complete your registration by 5 January. We look forward to seeing you there! More info & programme: ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26-winter-me...

How is it December already?! ❄️ Cosy up and enjoy a history read today with our latest blog post by PhD student Yaling Peng ( @yalingpeng.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk ). She explores how William Laud's policies in the 1630s were driven by economic as well as religious considerations: wp.me/p7o0HV-ro

Painted ceiling panels by Mabel Royds for #Woodensday feature at our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, St Mary's Episcopal in Hamilton, and the pulpit is richly carved. There are also several fine stained glass commemorative windows. More here 👇 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel_A...

#AdventAngels Walking into St Margaret's, Kings Lynn, this stone carved pairing of a beautiful angel and a very strange critter (seemingly trying to eat its own paws, right) greeted me. What a wonderful start to my first visit. @chartresfi.bsky.social @carolineirwin3.bsky.social

Calling all #postgrads: We're looking for paper submissions for our postgraduate symposium on 'New Directions in Church History' Date: Monday 30 March 2026 Location: Online only Abstract deadline: 19 December 2025 ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/pg-symposium... #SkyStorians #Historyconference

Upcoming conference from the Canadian Church Historical Society: 'Anglican Missions and Missionaries, 1701–1965' Huron University College, London, Ontario May 28–30, 2026 Registration is $250 cchso.ca

The programme for our Winter Meeting on 10 January 2026 is now available. Make sure to register to attend our online event by 5 January: www.tickettailor.com/events/eccle... #SkyStorians

Grateful to EHS for featuring my piece.

For #WindowsOnWednesday, Dundonald Parish, #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, has some fine Pre-Raphaelite stained glass, particularly John Henry Dearle’s magnificent ‘Last Supper’ window which is part of a larger window, and from the workshop of Morris & Co. The windows were all restored in 2005-6. 🧵1/2

How is it December already?! ❄️ Cosy up and enjoy a history read today with our latest blog post by PhD student Yaling Peng ( @yalingpeng.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk ). She explores how William Laud's policies in the 1630s were driven by economic as well as religious considerations: wp.me/p7o0HV-ro

"Hidden well in cathedral crypt shines blue after mosaic transformation" Having recently completed the archaeological excavation and evaluation of a long-covered well in the crypt of Glasgow Cathedral a new artwork has now been installed inside it. Read more here 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The 1178 Ranshofen Gospels give big Monday energy: three evangelists turn up to work missing key tools: no pen, wrong ink, no parchment.... only St John is prepared for the day. A medieval reminder that some Mondays haven’t changed! MS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 60 #MedievalMonday

William Cotton died #OTD 1 Dec 1866. Governor of Bank of England from 1842-46, he invented a machine to weigh gold sovereigns. He was co-founder of National Society 1811 & Church Building Society 1818. He lived at Wallwood House, Leytonstone & helped build church of St John the Baptist, Leytonstone.

Did you know the Syon Abbey Collection has the longest date range of any of our collections? Items date from the early 15th century to the 21st century! This book of hours dates to c 1430s and includes a prayer for Syon Abbey's founder, Henry V. 📷 EUL MS 262/2 #ExploreYourArchive #EYAMedieval

Postgraduate Symposium 2026, ‘New Directions for Church History: Theories, Frameworks and Concepts’ Date: Monday 30 March 2026 Location: Online only Abstract deadline: 19 December 2025 ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/pg-symposium... #SkyStorians #CfP #History

Come to our Winter Meeting on Saturday 10 January 2026 (online). Registration is now open: www.tickettailor.com/events/eccle...

New blog post! 📜✨ Dr Harriet Lyon (Cambridge) dives into the Dissolution of the Monasteries and why it might make you rethink what 'early modern' really means in England. A must-read for our #Reformation lovers! 👀 eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/a... #SkyStorians #Tudorhistory

Join our Committee! 🎉 We're looking for a new conference secretary. Applications, comprising a CV and cover letter outlining relevant experience should be made by 30 January 2026 to the EHS President, Professor Sara Parvis ([email protected]). ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/vacancies/

UPCOMING CONFERENCE: The United Reformed Church History Society Conference: 28-30 Sept at Sarum College, Salisbury This is an open and welcoming conference, for those with a general interest through to professional historians/theologians. TO BOOK: forms.gle/KxceRMcVXbqk...

Have you published a book on the history of #Christianity in 2025? We're looking for new monographs on an aspect of church history for our 2026 Book Prize! #SkyStorians

Registration is now open for our 2026 Winter Meeting! Join us on online on Saturday 10 January to learn more about 'Creeds, Canons and Councils'. Book your place before 20 December 2025: www.tickettailor.com/events/eccle... #SkyStorians #churchhistory

New blog post! 📜✨ Dr Harriet Lyon (Cambridge) dives into the Dissolution of the Monasteries and why it might make you rethink what 'early modern' really means in England. A must-read for our #Reformation lovers! 👀 eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/a... #SkyStorians #Tudorhistory

Registration is now open for our 2026 Winter Meeting! Join us on online on Saturday 10 January to learn more about 'Creeds, Canons and Councils'. Book your place before 20 December 2025: www.tickettailor.com/events/eccle... #SkyStorians #churchhistory

A blog post by my excellent PhD supervisee @irvlewis.bsky.social!

Calling all early career scholars! Our 2026 #BookPrize recognises the best first book on #ChristianHistory published in 2025. Nominate your work or a colleague’s and help spotlight emerging voices in the field. Deadline: 28 Feb 2026 ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/prizes/ #Skystorians

The CFP for the Society of Reformation Studies' Annual Conference has been released! The theme is 'Lay Relgion in the Reformation' but topics outside this are very welcome. Please share! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lay-religi... #churchhistory #skystorians #nuntastic #earlymodern #history #theology

#Historians, mark your calendars! Our 2026 Summer Conference will be held on 13-15 July at @royalholloway.bsky.social. The Call for Papers will open in January 2026. #churchhistory #Skystorians #cfp

The Kintyre peninsular is home to our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, Southend Parish. The church was built in 1774 and is the third building on the site. Designed by mason James Stirling, it is a simple harled kirk. Read more on our website 👇 www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/south... 🧵1/2

📢 Invitation to tender: we are inviting tenders for a consultancy to advise on the replacement of our current collections management system for archives and manuscripts. Deadline for applications: Closing date: 23:00, Thursday 27th November 2025 www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/about-lambet...

Isabella Lewis (@leedsims.bsky.social) writes our latest blog post about St Andrew the Fool. Looking at Andrew's hagiography from the 10c., Isabella explores the intersection of sexual violence and race in the Christian East #churchhistory #skystorians eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/s...

Call for papers: PG Symposium 2026 on 'Theories, Frameworks and Concepts' Submit any applications to organisers via email: [email protected] and [email protected] Plenary lecture by Professor Miri Rubin (QMUL) Abstract deadline: 19 December 2025 #History #CFP #ChurchHistory

Isabella Lewis (@leedsims.bsky.social) writes our latest blog post about St Andrew the Fool. Looking at Andrew's hagiography from the 10c., Isabella explores the intersection of sexual violence and race in the Christian East #churchhistory #skystorians eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/s...

Make sure to get your paper submissions in for our Winter Meeting by this Friday 31 October! ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26-winter-me... #churchhistory #skystorians

New essay prize for #medieval #churchhistory 🚨 The Iuris Canonici Medii Aevi Consociatio has a new prize dedicated to the memory of Christopher and Mary Cheney. The prize of £500 will be awarded once every 4 years, beginning in 2028 for the best essay on medieval church history published 2024-28.

✨Deerhurst, Gloucestershire. A kitchen in the nave and a bedroom in the chancel hid within plain sight an Anglo-Saxon chapel built by Earl Odda (a relation to Edward the Confessor). Re-discovered in 1865, it is the most complete surviving Saxon church in England. #thread

For #31DaysofGraves: Crosses - crosses on tomb carvings post-Reformation in England and Wales were technically disapproved of but we have any number in south-east Wales, from simple to highly intricate. A bit more at pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/publicati...

Upcoming #London event: The Friends of Mount Athos (www.athosfriends.org ) are delighted to announce their November Meeting which will be on the ‘Romanian Presence on Mount Athos’, with particular reference to the two newly canonised Romanian Athonite saints. #churchhistory

Call for papers for @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social's upcoming Winter meeting!

Upcoming conference: English Catholic History Association ⏰ Saturday 1st November 2025, 11:00-16:00 📍Challoner Hall, Our Lady and St Gregory, Warwick St, Soho W1B 5LZ 💲Members £8 Non-members £12 Please email: [email protected] indicating if you are attending and how many are coming

We are looking forward to our online Winter Meeting on 'Creeds, Councils and Canons' on 10 January 2026. If you would like to present a paper, please make sure to send in your submission application by 31 October: ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26-winter-me...

Exciting news about the restoration of monuments at Tong - has anyone got more details?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9861md97rgo