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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!”

For Your Diary
Tue, 19 Mar 2024
  • Alchmund of Derby

  • 7:00 pm Great Compline with Canon of Saint Andrew

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Wed, 20 Mar 2024
  • Cuthbert the Wonderworker, Bishop of Lindisfarne

  • 7:00 pm Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

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Thu, 21 Mar 2024
  • 10:30 am Lenten Vespers & Scripture Study

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  • 7:00 pm Great Compline with Canon of Saint Andrew

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Fri, 22 Mar 2024
  • 7:00 pm Compline & 1st Stanza of Akathist Hymn

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Sat, 23 Mar 2024
  • 🍇 First Saturday of Lent: The Commemoration of the Miracle of Kollyva wrought by Saint Theodore the Tyro

  • 6:00 pm Great Vespers (Evening Prayer)

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Sun, 24 Mar 2024
  • Forefeast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos

  • 🍇 Sunday of Orthodoxy

  • 9:30 am Matins (Morning Prayer)

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  • 10:30 am Divine Liturgy (Eucharist)

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Mon, 25 Mar 2024
  • Annunciation of the Theotokos

  • 9:30 am Matins & Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Annunciation

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Tue, 26 Mar 2024
  • Synaxis in honour of the Archangel Gabriel

  • 7:00 pm Adult Catechism

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Wed, 27 Mar 2024
  • 7:00 pm Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

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Thu, 28 Mar 2024
  • Martyr Eustratios of the Kyiv Caves

  • 10:30 am Lenten Vespers & Scripture Study

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  • 7:00 pm Chant training

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Fri, 29 Mar 2024
  • 7:00 pm Compline and 2nd Stanza of Akathist Hymn

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Sat, 30 Mar 2024
  • 10:00 am Divine Liturgy

    Forbury Chapel, Church St Leominster HR6 8NQ

  • 6:00 pm Great Vespers (Evening Prayer)

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Sun, 31 Mar 2024
  • 🍇 Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas

  • 9:30 am Matins (Morning Prayer)

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  • 10:30 am Divine Liturgy (Eucharist)

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Mon, 01 Apr 2024
  • ☦️ Mary of Egypt

Tue, 02 Apr 2024
  • 7:00 pm Adult Catechism

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Wed, 03 Apr 2024
  • 10:30 am Church cleaning

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  • 7:00 pm Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

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Thu, 04 Apr 2024
  • 10:30 am Lenten Vespers & Scripture Study

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  • 7:00 pm Chant training

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Fri, 05 Apr 2024
  • 7:00 pm Compline & 3rd Stanza of Akathist Hymn

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Sat, 06 Apr 2024
  • 6:00 pm Great Vespers (Evening Prayer)

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Sun, 07 Apr 2024
  • SS. Gwrnerth and Llewellyn

  • 🍇 Sunday of the Holy Cross

  • 9:30 am Matins (Morning Prayer)

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  • 10:30 am Divine Liturgy (Eucharist)

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Tue, 09 Apr 2024
  • Theodore of Crowland

  • 7:00 pm Adult Catechism

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Wed, 10 Apr 2024
  • 7:00 pm Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

Thu, 11 Apr 2024
  • Guthlac of Crowland

  • 10:30 am Lenten Vespers & Scripture Study

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  • 7:00 pm Chant training

Fri, 12 Apr 2024
  • 7:00 pm Compline & 4th Stanza of Akathist Hymn

Sat, 13 Apr 2024
  • 6:00 pm Great Vespers (Evening Prayer)

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Sun, 14 Apr 2024
  • 🍇 Sunday of St. John Climacus

  • 9:30 am Matins (Morning Prayer)

    St Julian's Church, Fish St, Shrewsbury, SY1 1UH

  • 10:30 am Divine Liturgy (Eucharist)

    St Julian's Church, Fish St, Shrewsbury, SY1 1UH

Wed, 17 Apr 2024
  • 7:00 pm Matins with the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

Thu, 18 Apr 2024
  • 🍇 5th Thursday of Lent: The Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete

  • 10:30 am Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

  • 7:00 pm Chant training

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