Carlos III is anointed in the most sacred ritual of the coronation

He King Charles III was anointed this Saturday with oil consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of the Anglican churchthe most solemn religious rite of the coronation liturgy, which requires the monarch to be temporarily hidden from the public.

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The 74-year-old sovereign was veiled by a panel of cloth embroidered with angel motifs and a tree with 56 leaves representing each of the Commonwealth countries, blessed in the Chapel Royal of St James’s Palace a week ago.

During the anointing, the choir sang the piece “Zadok the Priest” made of Georg Friedrich Handel for the coronation of George II, in 1727.

As a reflection of the king’s passion for sustainability, the 2.6 by 2.2 meter screen he hid from him was made from the wood of an oak tree planted by the Duke of northumberland in 1765 on the estate of Windsor and that it was blown down by the wind.

The decoration of the screen was personally commissioned by the monarch to the iconographer Aiden Harta member of the Greek Orthodox Church, who over the course of a forty-year career has created Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox liturgical art.

The Archbishop of canterburyassisted by the Dean of Westminster and Archbishop of York, He anointed his hands, chest, and forehead with oil. Charles III, who ascended the throne when his mother, Elizabeth II, died on September 8, and today he officially receives the symbols of his power.

Under the king’s feet, during the sacred anointing, a pavement of cosmatesque style represents the Doomsday, which in the Christian tradition symbolizes the moment in which Christ judges mortals, including kings.

Source: Elcomercio

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