Orthodox revival on Western isles

A small Romanian Orthodox community has (re)established monastic houses on Mull and Iona, framed locally as the fulfillment of a St. Columba prophecy and described by its founders as part of a post‑Covid turn toward experiential, tradition‑based Christianity in the UK. The development is minor in raw numbers but symbolic because Iona occupies outsized cultural and ecclesial meaning in British Christian memory. — If replicated or amplified by media and pilgrim flows, such symbolic religious revivals can shift local cultural identity, affect inter‑denominational relations, and become a barometer of broader post‑pandemic religious realignment in Europe.