Brett Shackles, from England, attended the Feast of Saint Paraskeva in 2026. Two years earlier, he had been baptized into the Orthodox faith and received the name Sophrony. During the feast, Shackles spent 17 hours in the queue for veneration. He said he had never before waited so long for anything.
The account describes two events in sequence: Shackles’s baptism and naming came first, followed two years later by his visit to the feast. The 17-hour period refers to the veneration queue. His comment gives a personal measure of that wait: he had not previously experienced a longer one. This is one attendee’s account, rather than a general statement about the experience of other visitors. The name Sophrony is the name he received at baptism, while Brett Shackles is the name also used to identify him. Keeping those details together makes the sequence clear: a baptism and new name, followed by attendance at a named feast in 2026. His report centers on the length of the queue and his own reaction to it.