Church

About us

We are a church entirely in the tradition of ancient Celtic Church that regards man and creation as fundamentally good. We celebrate the annual cycle with the liturgies from the early days of Christianity and use every opportunity to reconnect with nature. We support our members in developing an authentic, Celtic-Christian spirituality and in building churches. Our organization is organic and avoids unnecessary hierarchies and titles, as was customary in the ancient Celtic Church. Anyone who feels they have been called to a priest or other office will find uncomplicated ways to fulfill their calling with us.

The celtic church originated in the 3rd to 5th centuries on the British Isles. It has developed largely independently and developed its own tradition in contact with the old Celtic religion, in which the concrete closeness to God and nature, Celtic art and poetry is expressed.
Celtic church

One winter afternoon a man went into a nearby forest
To collect pinecones and light a small fire.
Advancing into the thicket, blackberries and gorse, he sensed an old way.
Every day from then on, he worked to restore it.
This way of bygone days is certainly not in everyone and for everyone.
But those who take it upon themselves
the land of our ancestors will find
will breathe the pure air as it was then
find the shade there at warm hours,
refreshing springs and nights so wonderful
all woven from moon and stars,
which our forefathers already saw with certainty.
Whoever understands this also understands what the Spirit spoke to the Church of the West.
Holy Tugdual - Hermit
(1917-1968)


The Ancient Celtic Church takes its name from Archbishop St Tugdual, Jean-Pierre Danyel (1917-1968), and his Hermitage of the Ancient Celtic Church. Mar Tugdual received his ordinations in the Orthodox Church of the British Isles and contributed to the foundation of other Celtic churches. In Britain, the Ancient Celtic Church was established by Philip Peter Ross Nichols, who was ordained Archdeacon for the British Isles by Mar Tugdual in 1963.


We are a community of Closeness to nature and part of the movement to reconstruct Celtic Christian spirituality. The Ancient Celtic Church is an open, inclusive, progressive, equal, Celtic community. The clergy of the Ancient Celtic Church, like its founder St. Tugdual, live as regular clerics and hermits alone or with their families. A regular cleric is a synonym for a religious priest who does not work full-time for a community. We understand training for ministry as part of the spiritual path that every man and woman can walk. The Spiritual Path of the Ancient Celtic Church introduces the secrets of Christian teaching and symbolizes the search for the Holy Grail. In the Grail tradition of Arthurian legend, the paths of knightly, Christian and Celtic mythologies cross. You can tread all these paths together with us, to which we cordially invite you.


Our church


Our congregations

You can find our mission congregations and orders in Germany in Düsseldorf, Lindlar and Wiesbaden. A house church is being set up in Leipzig.

Our orders

In our Orders and communities the spiritual life of the Ancient Celtic Church becomes concrete.
Services online
During the pandemic, we broadcast a service live on YouTube once a month. The dates can be found on this page below.

We on Facebook
On our Facebook site we inform regularly about current events and topics. In the international Facebook group you can network with our members and friends.

Our services


Divine service or Mediation, every Thursday, 8 PM (EU),

Contact us for prayer requests and healing and blessing services for loved ones and animals. Contact

Our spirituality


Faith & Spirituality

The Ancient Celtic Church stands in the tradition of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church and the ancient, Celtic piety of closeness to nature.

Prayer

Prayer is at the centre of Christian life. With the Breviary of the Ancient Celtic Church, we offer an opportunity to structure private prayer and the reading of Scripture.

Meditation

In silence we find ourselves and God and come to rest. With the Jesus Prayer we follow a path of ecumenism and at the same time to the early days of Christianity.

Pastoral seminary

The pastoral seminary offers courses and seminars for the assumption of spiritual ministries and for personal further education.

Contact us

Are you interested in joining our church? Come on over!
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