Welcome to the website of the Church of the 318 Godbearing Fathers of the First Œcumenical of Nicaea, Shrewsbury. We are a church of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain (Œcumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople) serving the Orthodox Christian community of Shropshire, UK.
We are a thriving and diverse Orthodox Church with a regular congregation of over 90 people. We have a busy schedule of services with Matins and Divine Liturgy each Sunday and on feast days. We have children’s activities twice a month, regular catechism for adults wanting to join the Church, twice-weekly study of the scriptures (on Wednesday evenings and Thursday mornings during term time) and weekly training of chanters.
Our Philanthropic committee (the Philoptochos) organise regular events for fundraising for the poor and the needy. Each year we have a summer fete with a barbecue when we invite the local community, we also have an annual festival for Saint Nicholas on the first Sunday in December.
Many of us come from traditionally Orthodox countries – Greece, Cyprus, Romania, Ukraine, Russia etc.; many are British people who have found a home in Orthodox Christianity. Our services are conducted in English because it is our common language but you will also hear some Greek, Romanian and Church Slavonic.
Orthodoxy is quite simply “Christianity”! It is the Church founded by Jesus Christ after his Resurrection. Orthodox Christianity is a wonderful religion, full of joy, hope and excitement. Every year we remember the events of Christ’s life, reflect on the meaning and renew ourselves through experiencing these feasts.
Beauty is essential for us, beauty in the icons, beauty in the church buildings, beauty in the chanting, beauty in the services. We enjoy our Orthodox Christianity and hope that anyone who visits our church will have their minds opened to the ineffable glory and majesty of God, the Holy Trinity.
Orthodox Christianity is something that we LIVE and DO. It affects the whole of our lives and is for every day and hour of the week. Because it is something we do, it is only by joining in with that “doing” that people can understand what it is all about. So, if you are interested, “Come and See!”
11:00 am Church open
7:00 pm Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
10:30 am Vespers & Scripture Study
11:00 am Church open
Forefeast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos
11:00 am Church open
7:00 pm 4th Salutations Akathist
Annunciation of the Theotokos
9:00 am Matins
10:00 am Divine Liturgy (Eucharist) for the Feast of the Annunciation
11:00 am Church open
6:00 pm Great Vespers (Evening Prayer)
Synaxis in honour of the Archangel Gabriel
🍇 Sunday of St. John Climacus
9:30 am Matins (Morning Prayer)
10:30 am Divine Liturgy (Eucharist)
7:00 pm Vespers
7:00 pm Chant training
11:00 am Church open
7:00 pm Scripture Study via Zoom
11:00 am Church open
7:00 pm Matins and Great Canon
10:30 am Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
11:00 am Church open
11:00 am Church open
7:00 pm Akathist Hymn
9:00 am Liturgy in Oswestry
11:00 am Church open
6:00 pm Great Vespers (Evening Prayer)
🍇 Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
9:30 am Matins (Morning Prayer)
10:30 am Divine Liturgy (Eucharist)
10:30 am Divine Liturgy (Eucharist) in TELFORD
Serbian Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas, Barclay Ct, Donnington, Telford TF2 8GA, UK
12:00 pm Children’s Catechesis | Telford
7:00 pm Vespers
7:00 pm Chant training
11:00 am Church open
7:00 pm Scripture Study via Zoom
11:00 am Church open
7:00 pm Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
10:30 am Vespers & Scripture Study
11:00 am Church open
SS. Gwrnerth and Llewellyn
11:00 am Church open
7:00 pm Liturgy of the Presanctified
🍇 Lazarus Saturday
9:00 am Matins
10:00 am Divine Liturgy
11:00 am Preparation of the church for Great Week
11:00 am Church open
6:00 pm Great Vespers (Evening Prayer)
🐟 Palm Sunday
9:30 am Matins (Morning Prayer)
10:30 am Divine Liturgy (Eucharist)
7:00 pm Matins of Holy Monday
☦️ Holy Monday
7:00 pm Matins of Holy Tuesday
☦️ Holy Tuesday
11:00 am Church open
7:00 pm Matins of Holy Wednesday
☦️ Holy Wednesday
11:00 am Church open
7:00 pm Holy Unction
🍇 Holy Thursday
10:30 am Liturgy for the Last Supper
11:00 am Church open
7:00 pm Matins of Holy Friday (Twelve Gospels)
☦️ Holy Friday
10:30 am Royal Hours
11:00 am Church open
12:45 pm Decorating the Kovouklion
5:30 pm Vespers (The Apokatheleos, taking down from the Cross)
7:00 pm Matins of Holy Saturday (The Lamentations)
☦️ Holy Saturday
10:00 am Vesperal Liturgy
11:00 am Church open
12:00 pm Prepare the church for Pascha
11:30 pm Resurrection Service
12:00 am Matins and Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom
Great and Holy Pascha
11:00 am Vespers of Love
Renewal Monday
Renewal Tuesday: The Commemoration of Saints Raphael, Nicholas, Irene, and the Other Newly-revealed Martyrs of Lesbos
11:00 am Church open
Renewal Wednesday
11:00 am Church open
Renewal Thursday
11:00 am Church open
Renewal Friday: Theotokos of the Life-giving Spring
9:00 am Divine Liturgy
11:00 am Church open
James the Confessor; Thomas I, Patriarch of Constantinople; Philemon and Domninos
Old Testament Reading