Schedule of Services
Please visit our Calendar Page of this website for a schedule of services for the coming week.
Wednesday Scripture Study
Wednesday Scripture study takes place each Wednesday. We are reading the life of our God-bearing Father Luke of Simferopol. The link for joining is as follows:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81629854019?pwd=UzN5b3NTL1h0STJMd2E2ZW1kSHlJZz09
Meeting ID: 816 2985 4019 | Passcode: 926265
Adult Catechism Classes
Adult Catechism Classes will be starting led by Father Stephen will begin during the Nativity Fast. This is especially for those who want to learn more or are on a journey to the Orthodox Christian Faith. To register please email Fr Dcn Panteleimon at info@shrewsburyorthodox.com.
Latest News
- TURKEY-SYRIA EARTHQUAKE APPEAL
How you can help people in Turkey and Syria Following the earthquake in Syria and Turkey, we have launched an emergency appeal. On Monday at 4:17am local time a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey near the city of Gaziantep, devastating parts of Turkey and Syria. It was followed by a series of powerful aftershocks. Then at 13:24 local time, a second earthquake (M7.5) hit the Elbistan - 2023 Wall Calendars for sale
2023 wall calendars are now on sale in the church for £10. We have printed some beautiful and useful wall calendars for 2023. The calendars include all of the major feasts of the church along with the fasting rules for each day of the year. We hope that you find this calendar helpful. It is to be used by the faithful to plan their lives around the - Positive Pre-application response to Church Extension Project
Shropshire Council and Historic England have responded positively to a pre-application submission by the Community Board for the church extension. In Autumn 2022, the Community board engaged Shropshire Council and Historic England in pre-application discussions concerning a proposed extension to the church. Pre-application discussions are informal and are held ahead of a full planning and listed building application. They help to inform the planning application and listed - Subdeacon David Walker ordained to the Holy Diaconate
On Saturday, December 3, 2022, at the Archdiocesan Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Divine Wisdom Subdeacon David Walker was ordained to the Holy Diaconate by His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain. Concelebrating during the Divine Liturgy was His Eminence Archbishop Zenon, Protopresbyter Stephen Maxfield, Oeconomos Kristian Akselberg, Presbyter Gregory Wellington and Presbyter Dionysios Higgs. - Archdiocesan Christmas Concert
- Ten new members received into the Church
Glory to God! With great joy, on 24 September ten new members were received into the Holy Orthodox Church. Many years to Milburga, Edmund, Nicholas, Samantha, Joseph, Elizabeth, Thomas, Elizabeth, Daniel and Steve. - Saint Nicholas Festival • 4 December 2022
Our annual Saint Nicholas Festival will take place after the Divine Liturgy on 4 December at the Serbian Church in Telford. This festival, occurring annually on the first Sunday in December, has become one of our most popular events of the year for our children. Saint Nicholas visits each year to give the children presents, much to their delight! This year, there will be many craft activities - Michael Asser – Memory Eternal!
Memory Eternal! Christ is risen! Michael Edward Asser’s 80th birthday was on May 22nd, 2022; he died on October 10th, 2022. Michael was born in Tottenham, London and grew up in Bedfordshire. He left school at 16, worked in Luton Libraries and then trained as a librarian. He rose to be County Librarian of Berkshire at the age of 34 (one of the youngest ever at that