{"id":3035,"date":"2025-01-20T14:57:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T14:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3035"},"modified":"2025-01-31T10:04:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T10:04:02","slug":"the-monks-return-for-the-great-blessing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3035","title":{"rendered":"The Monks Return For The Great Blessing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Once again, on the Epiphany, the Saint Edward Brotherhood Monks returned to my home town of Chertsey for the Great Blessing Of The Waters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

There was a great turn out this year, as the Epiphany fell on a Sunday, with plenty of worshippers, onlookers and dogs! I’ve written before about the history behind the Great Blessing and you can read more in this post from last time<\/a>, and this one from the time I visited the monastery<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was very busy on the bridge so I chose to stand on the bank below again, which was quite limiting in terms of viewpoint and having a restricted view caused by the wooden bridge side, but better than the backs of a lot of heads!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the service was concluded the congregation were all blessed with water from the River Abbey, before retiring to the barn for a light lunch, including some home made wine which I tried as I was walking home!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s not much to add so I’ll let the photos do the talking – just click on any image to open the gallery and see them large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The blessing of the River Abbey in Chertsey, Surrey, by the monks of the Saint Edward Brotherhood on the date of the epiphany in the Julian calendar, 19\/01\/2025. \u00a9Douglas Kurn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Once again, on the Epiphany, the Saint Edward Brotherhood Monks returned to my home town of Chertsey for the Great Blessing Of The Waters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[106,104],"tags":[96,4,5,14,176],"class_list":["post-3035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-with-a-lens","category-reportage","tag-chertsey","tag-douglas-kurn","tag-photography","tag-reportage","tag-the-great-blessing-of-the-waters"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/reportage-photography-Kurn_250119-8137.jpg?fit=1800%2C1440&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2y0F3-MX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3035"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3125,"href":"https:\/\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3035\/revisions\/3125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}