Botel Abbey & the Orthodox Shrine of
Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland
Service Times
Public Services on normal Week-Days at Botel Abbey
Matins and Lauds - 5am
The offices of Night and Morning Prayer are said daily according to the Benedictine Tradition.
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Angelus, Sext, and Paternoster - noon
The Angelus and Sext recited, followed by two decades recitation upon the Paternoster Beads.​
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Vespers & Compline 6pm
The office of Vespers & Compline is said daily according to the Benedictine Tradition.
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Compline - 10pm
The office of Compline is sung according to the Use of Sarum in Latin. An English translation is provided.
Monastic Life
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The Monastic Brotherhood of Saints Alban and Æthelwold is a community of Orthodox monastics following the Rule of Saint Benedict. The monastics live in hermitage style cells on the grounds of Buittle Castle, in the manner of Holy Cross Hermitage in its early days, and, indeed, the Abbey of Cluny. The Brotherhood meet together several times a day for the Divine Office in the Orthodox Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Undercroft, located on the ground floor of the medieval tower of the Castle. We have exciting plans for the further development of the monastic enclosure, including the construction of a new church, offering further space for the monastic community. Our daily ordo and the liturgical material we use, which is a compilation of the medieval Benedictine offices translated into English, have been kindly provided to us by our brother Antiochian monastics at the Monastery of Our Lady and St. Lawrence (Ladyminster) in Colarado.