Travelling to Asia and back
The Dardanelles - Europe on the right, Asia on the left © Ricky Yates It is a month and a day since I’ve published a blog post and I’m sure some of my regular visitors will be beginning to think that...
View ArticleThe Eastern Archdeaconry Synod in Izmir
The seafront Izmir, Turkey © Ricky Yates The 2009 meeting of the Eastern Archdeaconry Synod of the Diocese in Europe took place in the Kaya Prestige Hotel, Izmir, between 17.00 on Thursday 8th October...
View ArticleCappadocia – Land of Underground Churches
Old Testament Prophet with scroll © Sybille Yates Along with Fairy Chimneys, the other unique attraction in Cappadocia is a whole series of Underground Churches, carved into the soft rock. Most have...
View ArticleThe Islamization of Turkey
Aya Sophia in Istanbul © Ricky Yates. Originally built as a Church, it was converted to a mosque with the addition of minarets, after the fall of Constantinople in 1453. In 1935, under the government...
View ArticleTurkish women wearing the hijab
Blue Mosque in Istanbul at sunset © Ricky Yates Over the past fifteen or so years, there has been a marked increase in the number of women from Muslim families living Western societies, who have taken...
View ArticleFarewell to Turkey
Galata Tower, Istanbul from the Bosphorus © Ricky Yates. Christ Church Anglican Church is located in a street leading off the square that surrounds the Galata Tower. After our three nights in...
View ArticleŠt’astný nový rok! – Happy New Year
In my last post of 2009, I did promise to start blogging again about ex-pat life in the Czech Republic rather than our October journey to Turkey and back. However, this afternoon, I had a brainwave as...
View ArticleHappy third birthday to my blog!
Snowdrop flowering in Stromovka Park © Ricky Yates Today my blog is exactly three years old. My first ever blogpost was published here on 4th February 2009. So today is both a time for a little...
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