revealed 10 Might 2024
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A former Moderator of the Common Meeting of the Church of Scotland has been honored by His Majesty King Charles III.
The Very Rev Dr Ian Greenshields was awarded the King’s Medal for his key function on the King’s coronation on Might 6, 2023 at Westminster Abbey, London.
The minister at St Margaret’s Group Church in Dunfermline, Fife, stated: “I used to be very stunned to seek out it.
“It was one thing you do on behalf of the church reasonably than any recognition.”
Dr Greenshields described the medal as “a beautiful memento of an distinctive and historic event for the Church”.
The minister gave King Charles as his first present a specifically made Bible on which to swear, a convention that has been a part of each coronation since Mary II and William III in 1689.
“You knew that providing him the Bible, which he beloved, meant one thing to him,” stated Dr. Greenshields.
“It was one thing that meant rather a lot to me.
“After that you just step again and suppose ‘I simply introduced the Bible to the king and he swore on that Bible’.”
“It was not only a presentation, it was an encouragement to the king, saying that these had been the dwelling phrases of God and admonishing him that there was knowledge in them.”
About 130,000 medals had been issued to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953 and to members of the Royal Household, the federal government, the armed forces and others within the public service.
The custom of issuing the silver Coronation Medal dates again to the accession of King Edward VI in 1547.
With the coronation of King James VI in 1603, silver medallions started to be awarded to ceremonial attendants at Westminster Abbey.
The Crown has shut ties to the Church of Scotland and the signing of a historic oath to uphold the Presbyterian system of church governance in Scotland was after His Majesty was formally proclaimed King following the dying of his mom, Queen Elizabeth, in September 2022.
Every year, the King appoints a Lord Excessive Commissioner to characterize them within the Common Meeting and skim a letter on their behalf earlier than they start public engagements on their behalf all through the week.
HRH Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, will characterize his older brother on the gathering, which runs from Might 18 to Might 23.
Like his mom earlier than him, King Charles is a lay member of the Church of Scotland whereas in Scotland and frequently attends Crathy Kirk close to Balmoral Fortress in Aberdeenshire.
