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Monthly Archives: April 2021
Holy Week & Pascha Bulletin
Click here for the Calendar of services for Holy Week and Pascha. Lent is now over and we now enter the two festive days of the feasts of the rising of Lazarus from the dead and Palm Sunday. These days
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Μεγάλη Εβδομάδα και Πάσχα 2021
Λόγω των υφιστάμενων περιοριστικών μέτρων εξαιτίας της πανδημίας του κορονοϊού και για να διευκολυνθεί η συμμετοχή των πιστών στις ακολουθίες της Αγίας Μεγάλης Εβδομάδας και του Πάσχα, σας παρακαλούμε όπως για κάθε συμμετοχή σας στην εκκλησία έχετε κάνει κρατήση θέσεως
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For the Feast of Palms
Kontakion by Romanos the Melodist Proemium 1 Mounted on the throne in heaven, Christ God, and on the colt on earth,You accepted the praise of the angels and the hymn of the childrenWho cried to you, ‘Blessed are youWho come
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Страстная неделя Пасха 2021
В связи с ограничительными мерами, действующими во время коронавирусной пандемии, а также для облегчения участия верующих в богослужениях Страстной седмицы и Пасхи, просим предварительно резервировать посещение церкви посредством бронирования места через Eventbrite. Вместимость церкви ограничена, поэтому просим бронировать место заранее
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Saptamana Mare si Pastele 2021
Din cauza restricțiilor impuse ca urmare a pandemiei de Coronavirus și pentru a facilita participarea credincioșilor la slujbele din perioada Săptămânii Mari și a zilelor de Paști, vă rugăm ca toți cei care veți dori să participați la aceste slujbe
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Weekly Bulletin | 18 April to 25 April
Schedule of Services The schedule of services for this week is available on our calendar. The readings and sermon for the Fifth Sunday of Lent can be found on the Archdiocese website here. The church is open for public worship under
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The roundels have now been completed
Apostles and Equal to the Apostles Andrew the Apostle († 60) called first by Christ. Commemorated 30 November. Constantine the Great († 337), proclaimed Emperor in York. He also legalised Christianity in the Roman Empire in the Edict of Milan. He called
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Life of our Holy Mother Mary of Egypt
Life of our Holy Mother Mary of Egypt (St. Sophronios of Jerusalem) By St. Sophronios of Jerusalem “It is good to hide the secret of a king, but it is glorious to reveal and preach the works of God” (Tobit
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Holy Week and Pascha 2021
Due to the restrictive measures in place because of the coronavirus pandemic and to facilitate the participation of the faithful in the services of Holy Week and Pascha we ask please that all church attendance is pre-booked through reserving a
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Weekly Bulletin | 11 to 18 April
Schedule of Services The schedule of services for this week is available on our calendar. This week, being the Fifth Week of Great Lent we have Great Compline with the full canon of Saint Andrew of Crete with the reading of
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4th Lenten Vespers
Photographs from Lenten Vespers in Birmingham where there was a large delegation of clergy from the Midlands and members of local communities to share the joy of Lent and to be crowned with the presence of His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas
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On the falling asleep of His Royal Highness Prince Philip
It is with a heavy heart that we learned of the falling asleep of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle. His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas and the entire Greek
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Empresses, Abbesses and Martyrs appear on the walls
Latest photographs of the wall paintings of the Women Saints. Visit our Future Projects page for more information on wall paintings, church extension and new land project.
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Youth club uses Orchard for the first time
When we first used the orchard, it was during mid-March. The children at Varangians were split into small groups. Each group were told to create a specific scene from the bible relating to the cross. Some of us made the
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That this Pascha is a type of the future and eternal Pascha
That this Pascha is a type of the future and eternal Pascha;and about endurance and courage. St Theodore the Studite: Catchesis 66 Brethren and fathers, Lent is already galloping past and the soul rejoices at the imminence of Pascha, because
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Weekly Bulletin | 4 April to 10 April
Schedule of Services The schedule of services for this week is available on our calendar. We will continue to broadcast our services live on mixlr.com when possible. The church is open for public worship under the guidance issued by our archdiocese. Appeal! Appeal! Appeal!
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“Father Noah – How much longer to Mount Ararat?”
“Not long now, dear – we’ll soon be there.” Our “strapline”, ever since the Ark opened in 2008, has been “Helping homeless and vulnerable people to weather the storms of life” and, with everyone else, the Ark has been weathering
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Appeal for Sunday School Teachers!
Appeal for Sunday School Teachers
Do you enjoy working with young people? Are you passionate about your Faith? Do you want to make a positive change to the lives of our children? Can you offer your time and talents to your church community? Continue reading
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That we should conduct ourselves in newness of life
just as we promised through the holy Schema.[1] Theodore the Studite: Catcehesis 40 Brethren and Fathers, just as the hungry long to eat and the thirsty to drink, so we should be enthusiastic to listen to the word of God.
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Church youth club performs radio drama for victory of the cross
The youth club of our community was not able to meet during the last lock down. But that didn’t stop them from getting together for high drama: recording a Kontakion of one the Church’s greatest poets of all time, St
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Tagged cross, drama, kontakion, Orthodox, radio, Romanos, shrewsbury, Youth
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