Songs of Praise: Edinburgh’s Religious Treasures

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Claire McCollum

Matt McCann

Matthew Napier

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Edinburgh’s Religious Treasures

BBC One - Songs of Praise, Edinburgh’s Religious Treasures

Claire McCollum discovers some of Edinburgh’s fascinating religious places and people.

Claire McCollum discovers some of Edinburgh’s fascinating religious places with a tour of some of its oldest churches to see why and how they inspire our faith to this day.

Claire McCollum finds out what makes Edinburgh’s religious buildings and history so special with a tour of some of the city’s churches to see why and how they inspire our faith to this day. She visits St Cuthbert’s Church, believed to be the oldest Christian site in the city before taking a walk up to the world-famous castle and Edinburgh’s oldest surviving building, St Margaret’s Chapel. There she hears from members of a guild who maintain the chapel with fresh flowers and have a very unique membership criterion.

On the edge of the city, Claire uncovers the story of the capital’s own ‘secret garden’ in the grounds of an ancient church and how it creates a sense of peace and spirituality.

And back in Edinburgh’s Old Town, Claire discovers some of the chapels and churches linked to one of the most influential people in Scotland’s Christian history, John Knox, who changed the face of Christianity in the country with the Scottish Reformation.


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