The Order of St Daniel

[Birdnerdy 1539]

The Order of St Daniel

    

 

 

Saint Daniel  of Al’ Khazar is the patron saint of pilgrims, cities, travels and peace.  He was the king of Oren for 20 years but abdicated from his throne in order to roam the lands and to spread the word of God. Though never officially ordained in the Temple of the Faith, many contemporaries dubbed 'Good King Dan" as a missionary due to his nature of converting countless peoples in his voyages.

 

With this in mind Abbot Enoch and High Pontiff Everard II refounded the order of Saint Daniel, based on the premise that its monks would abdicate from all of their earthly possessions and take up the role as travelers and missionaries, dedicated to spread the love of God and his word.  These monks will walk the roads wielding the wooden staff of St Daniel in one hand and a copy of the scripture in the other.

 

History

 

The order of Saint Daniel began as an ambitious project envisioned by the High Pontiff Sixtus III. During Sixtus’ time as a deacon in the church he witnessed the peaceful vassalisation of all the Elven states under the Kingdom of Oren and their transformation into provinces. With the vassalisation came the commitment by the Elven leadership to abandon their old faith and take up the true faith of the canon.  This experience molded the young deacon and when he took up the mantle of high pontiff he promised to spread the faith to the Elf folk.

 

With this in mind he assigned the only non-Human in the church and promising missionary, Radovid of Blaviken,  the role of creating a monastic order dedicated to the conversion of the non-Humans. Radovid became Abbot Radovid, and he founded the Order of St Daniel.

 

After the untimely death of Abbot Radovid at the hands of elven separatists, another nonhuman clergymen with ideals similar to the late Abbot, Father Ecthallion of Haense, deemed Enoch by the High Pontiff, has taken up the staff of St Daniel once more. After being ordained as an Abbot by Everard II, Enoch made his return to the abandoned Malinor Mission, where he began to administer to the citizenry of Laureh’lin. He soon built a small band of followers, who continue to aid him in his mission to bring the Canonist Faith to their kin.

 

Vows of the Order

 

         -To never to wield a sword nor try to convert someone by force of arms.

         -To spread the love of God and his word.

         -To help all those in need.

         -To roam the roads like our patron Saint.

         -To convert all possible non believers.

 

Ranks

 

                - Abbot: The Abbot is considered peer to the Bishops of the clergy; however, their role is more specialized to reflect their monastic vows. Abbots often are master theologians who train both priests and monks in ways of secular and clerical intellectual traditions. The Abbot of the Order of St Daniel is the head is the chief of conversion and is responsible for training all new monks and teaching them the ways of missionary. He also is responsible for assigning tasks to all monks. The Current Abbot is Enoch of Haense.

               -Monk: Monks are the backbone of the learned institutions of the Church, the monks of the order of St Daniel dedicate most of their time to spreading the word of God and converting pagans and heathens.They are required to wear their uniform at all times, and they wear brown. They are to be addressed as 'Brother'. The current brothers of the order are: [To be added]

              -Novice: Novices are apprentice monks, they are under the care of the Abbot and spend their time learning the ways of St Daniel and about life as a missionary.Given they have taken no vows, they do not wear any particular uniform and are addressed by their given name. The current novices are: [To be added]

 

Missions

 

Missions are focus points of missionary work, the monks of St Daniel will work to build up a small communities in the lands ruled by pagans. These communities are dedicated to converting pagans through teaching them the ways of the faith and spreading the love of God. The current missions are:

-The Laureh'lin Mission, currently being revitalized.

 

Oath of Ordainment

 

“I swear to be true to the Church, God and his realm, to the Archons of our faith, and most bindingly to the Head of the Faith. I swear to spread the word of God through peace and love and not through the sword and I swear to help all innocents in need of help.”

 

Edited October 24, 2015 by Birdnerdy

[Birdnerdy 1539]

To Join

 

For one to join the Order of St Daniel one must go through a similar process than that of becoming a priest of the church, the order is looking for individuals who wish to spread the faith and those who are willing to throw away their past lifes for the life of a monk,the first step involves filling out the following application:

 

Name:

Birthplace:

Race:

Criminal Record:

[MC Name:]

[Skype (send privately)]:

[Gridlock 1033]

Name: Carn

Birthplace: Linniel

Race: Wood elf

Criminal Record: N/A

[MC Name:] _Gridlock

[Skype (send privately)]: You have it.

[Birdnerdy 1539]

Name: Carn

Birthplace: Linniel

Race: Wood elf

Criminal Record: N/A

[MC Name:] _Gridlock

[Skype (send privately)]: You have it.

Accepted.

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