Few churches are as gorgeously situated as All Saints Church, perched on a hillside overlooking Ullswater. This grade II-listed building serves the community of Watermillock, along with the scattered farmsteads and hamlets in the surroundings. The church dates back to the 13th century but the building in its current form was constructed in 1881.

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April 25, 2024

It is not so common for a Christian place of worship – which encompasses the whole of heaven – to be dedicated to “ALL SAINTS”. Usually it is one (or occasionally two) named saints who hold the patronage of a church – and thus usually also of the community or town in which it is located.

But to find the origin, you have to go far back in history, because the model for this practice of dedication to ALL SAINTS can be seen as a pagan custom, according to which there were already central temples in pre-Christian times that were dedicated to all deities (PANTHEON). The probably most famous Pantheon, formerly a pagan temple and now a Christian place of worship, is located in the Italian capital.

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