tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702498547782657636.post1521073682174259114..comments2023-02-15T00:15:50.873-08:00Comments on Soul Search: St Matthew's, Rosslyn ChapelSoul Searcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484611864233206491noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702498547782657636.post-22885130020372706692015-10-24T18:18:49.853-07:002015-10-24T18:18:49.853-07:00I don't add to the blog any more, but I still ...I don't add to the blog any more, but I still get notified when someone comments, so thank you for doing so. Soul Searcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484611864233206491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702498547782657636.post-74170708041355423412015-10-23T07:57:20.045-07:002015-10-23T07:57:20.045-07:00Hello - not sure if this blog is still active but ...Hello - not sure if this blog is still active but thought I'd be in touch! We very much welcome your comments and hope that you have attended again since then? As the Rosslyn Trust site and our site (St Matthew's) points out it is a working church and we have a regular congregation. We are always delighted to have visitors and I hope nobody felt rushed out the door?? At Evensong this summer (2015) we have had a regular stream of visitors attending and have improved out website, social media etc so hopefully it is better known that we are a working church and not just an historic building. St Matthew's - Rosslyn Comms Grouphttp://www.stmatthews-rosslynchapel.org.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702498547782657636.post-49615810271864433492013-05-01T07:09:50.062-07:002013-05-01T07:09:50.062-07:00I believe that both sides are kept seperate. I am ...I believe that both sides are kept seperate. I am descended from William Sinclair's youngest son, so I am not at all aristocratic.Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09396016590610037737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702498547782657636.post-37758420734204604402013-04-29T12:05:35.197-07:002013-04-29T12:05:35.197-07:00I didn't realise I had an aristocrat following...I didn't realise I had an aristocrat following my blog! Your ancestors certainly had a taste for the florid. <br /><br />By contrast with the very quiet service, the place was absolutely thronged with visitors earlier in the afternoon. When the wardens came to hurry us along because the chapel was about to close, I asked, "What if we want to stay for the service?" Ah, well in that case I'd be allowed to stay. Maybe if they just let the last of the visitors linger there would be a bigger congregation of an evening ... and a few more coppers in the collection bowl. I don't know how separate the St Matthew's parish side of things is kept from the visitor attraction, but you'd think any church would want to cash in on the Da Vinci Code connections. Soul Searcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484611864233206491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702498547782657636.post-3162526867713002162013-04-29T10:44:10.004-07:002013-04-29T10:44:10.004-07:00Bizarrely the chapel was built by my great, great ...Bizarrely the chapel was built by my great, great etc grandfather 12 generations back, William Sinclair. I have not ever visited twice and never for a service. It was built so mass could be said for my dead ancestors who are buried under it.Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09396016590610037737noreply@blogger.com