Prayer and contemplation will accompany pomp and celebration on Saturday when King Charles III is anointed with vegan holy oil consecrated in Jerusalem and a crown is placed on his head by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The coronation service liturgy, taking place at London’s Westminster Abbey, will both echo and depart from the ceremony Charles’ mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, underwent 70 years earlier.
At the start, Charles will be greeted by Samuel Strachan, a 14-year-old male chorister at the King’s Chapel Royal at St. James’s Palace, officials said, and the king will reply, “I come not to be served but to serve.” Charles is also the supreme governor of the Church of England and bears the additional title “defender of the faith.”
The oil is perfumed with sesame, rose, jasmine, cinnamon, neroli , benzoin and amber, along with orange blossom, Sky News said. Another innovation of the 2023 coronation is the involvement of Roman Catholic and other non-Anglican Christian leaders in the ceremony.
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