Welcome to the website of the Church of the Holy Fathers of Nicaea. We are a thriving and diverse Orthodox Church. Many of us come from traditional Orthodox countries – Greece, Cyprus, Romania, the 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.
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 very important 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 that we do, it is only by joining in with that “doing” that people can really understand what it is all about. So, if you are interested “Come and See!”
5th Monday (strict fast)
5th Tuesday (strict fast)
5th Wednesday (strict fast)
7:00 pm Great Compline with canon of St Andrew of Crete
5th Thursday (strict fast)
10:30 am Presanctified Liturgy
7:00 pm Scripture Study via Zoom
5th Friday (strict fast)
7:00 pm Small Compline with Akathist
5th Saturday of Lent: The Akathist Hymn (wine & oil)
6:00 pm Great Vespers (Evening Prayer)
Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt (wine & oil)
9:30 am Matins (Morning Prayer)
10:30 am Divine Liturgy (Eucharist)
12:00 pm Children’s Catechesis | Varangian Guard Youth Club
6th Monday (strict fast)
6th Tuesday (strict fast)
6th Wednesday (strict fast)
7:00 pm Presanctified Liturgy
6th Thursday (strict fast)
10:30 am Lenten Vespers
7:00 pm Scripture Study via Zoom
8:00 pm Archdiocese Sunday School teachers meeting
George the Great Martyr and Triumphant
6th Friday (strict fast)
7:00 pm Presanctified Liturgy
Lazarus Saturday (wine & oil)
9:00 am Divine Liturgy (Eucharist)
6:00 pm Great Vespers (Evening Prayer)
Palm Sunday (fish, wine & oil)
9:30 am Matins (Morning Prayer)
10:30 am Divine Liturgy (Eucharist)
7:00 pm Bridegroom Service (Matins of Holy Monday)
Holy Monday (strict fast)
7:00 pm Bridegroom Service (Matins of Holy Tuesday)
Holy Tuesday (strict fast)
7:00 pm Bridegroom Service (Matins of Holy Wednesday)
Holy Wednesday (strict fast)
7:00 pm Holy Unction (Euchelaion)
Holy Thursday (strict fast)
9:00 am Mystical Supper (Vesperal Divine Liturgy)
7:00 pm Matins of Holy Friday (Crucifixion / 12 Gospels)
Holy Friday (strict fast)
9:00 am Royal Hours of Holy Friday
2:00 pm Decoration of the Epitaphios
5:30 pm Vespers of Holy Saturday (Apokathelosis)
7:00 pm Matins of Holy Saturday (Lamentations / Epitaphios)
Holy Saturday (strict fast)
10:30 am Vespers of Pascha with Divine Liturgy of St Basil
11:30 pm Resurrection Service
12:00 am Matins and Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom
Great and Holy Pascha
7:15 am NO MORNING SERVICE TODAY
11:30 pm Resurrection Service
Holy and Great Martyr George the Trophy-bearer
Renewal Tuesday: The Commemoration of Saints Raphael, Nicholas, Irene, and the Other Newly-revealed Martyrs of Lesbos
Renewal Friday: Theotokos of the Life-giving Spring
Synaxis of the Holy Powder (or manna) which emitted from the tomb of Saint John the Theologian
6:00 pm Great Vespers (Evening Prayer)
9:30 am Matins (Morning Prayer)
10:30 am Divine Liturgy (Eucharist)
Old Testament Reading