{"id":26398,"date":"2025-01-09T09:40:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T09:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/who-is-st-thorlak-the-patron-of-iceland\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T09:40:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T09:40:23","slug":"who-is-st-thorlak-the-patron-of-iceland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/who-is-st-thorlak-the-patron-of-iceland\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0645\u0646 \u0647\u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u062f\u064a\u0633 \u062b\u0648\u0631\u0644\u0627\u0643\u060c \u0634\u0641\u064a\u0639 \u0623\u064a\u0633\u0644\u0646\u062f\u0627\u061f"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>[ad_1] Cathedral of Christ the King in Reykjavik, Iceland. \/ Credit: Wirthi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Newsroom, Dec 23, 2024 \/ 04:00 am (CNA). The Scandinavian island nation of Iceland celebrates its national patron, St. Thorlak Thorhallsson, on Dec. 23.Although Iceland\u2019s national assembly declared him a saint in 1198, only five years after his death, this &quot;unofficial\u201d canonization did not become an official part of the Church\u2019s liturgical calendar until Pope John Paul II confirmed him as\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Cathedral of Christ the King in Reykjavik, Iceland. \/ Credit: Wirthi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Newsroom, Dec 23, 2024 \/ 04:00 am (CNA). The Scandinavian island nation of Iceland celebrates its national patron, St. Thorlak Thorhallsson, on Dec. 23.Although Iceland\u2019s national assembly declared him a saint in 1198, only five years after his death, this &quot;unofficial\u201d canonization did not become an official part of the Church\u2019s liturgical calendar until Pope John Paul II confirmed him as\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-26398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22560,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/pope-francis-st-lucy-is-an-example-of-female-leadership-in-the-church\/","url_meta":{"origin":26398,"position":0},"title":"Pope Francis: St. Lucy is an example of female leadership in the Church","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u062f\u064a\u0633\u0645\u0628\u0631 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Statue of St. Lucy at the New Chapel of St. Lucy in Pampanga province, Philippines. \/ Credit: Judgefloro, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Dec 13, 2024 \/ 15:35 pm (CNA). 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