In our own day, however, some Orthodox Christians—especially those who venerate the saints of the British Isles—have begun to regard Harold as being truly a saint, that he and his men died defending their land from invasion by a foreign faith. Perhaps we may someday see a service written to him and popular veneration grow in the Orthodox Church, especially among English-speaking Orthodox Christians.

==Sources==

*[[Wikipedia:Harold II of England]]

* ''1066 The Year of the Conquest'' (1977) by David Howarth (ISBN 0880290145)