After the unexpected death of our Bishop, David, the Cusworth community were missing a church leader to pick up the day-to-day duties that fell on the shoulders of Abba David for so many years. Due to providence and the foresight of Abba David a successor was in training and was in the process of advancing from Sub-Deacon to Deacon with the expectation to become Priest later after more tutorage from Abba David.| The British Orthodox Church
Abba David Seeds was born at Codnor, Derbyshire, on 7 October 1939 and was educated at Swanwick Grammar School. He graduated from Manchester University with a B.Sc. in 1960 and from the University of Birmingham with a post-graduate Certificate of Education. He studied at Linacre College, Oxford University and Ripon Hall Theological College, where he graduated with a B.A. in Theology (1967) and was later awarded an M.A. (1987). He taught for a number of years in boys’ secondary schools and a...| The British Orthodox Church