🍇 5th Saturday of Lent: The Akathist Hymn
8:45 am Matins and Divine Liturgy with ordination
Church of the 318 Holy Fathers
6:00 pm Great Vespers (Evening Prayer)
Church of the 318 Holy Fathers
Beuno, abbot of Clynnog Fawr
🍇 Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
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
12:00 pm Children’s Catechesis | Varangian Guard Youth Club
7:00 pm Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Church of the 318 Holy Fathers
Mark the Apostle and Evangelist
10:30 am Lenten Vespers & Scripture Study
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7:00 pm Chant training
Church of the 318 Holy Fathers
7:00 pm Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Church of the 318 Holy Fathers
🍇 Lazarus Saturday
9:00 am Matins
Church of the 318 Holy Fathers, SY2 6FB
10:00 am Divine Liturgy
Church of the 318 Holy Fathers
6:00 pm Great Vespers (Evening Prayer)
Church of the 318 Holy Fathers
7:00 pm Receptions into the Church
Church of the 318 Holy Fathers
🐟 Palm Sunday
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
7:00 pm Matins of Holy Monday
Church of the 318 Holy Fathers
☦️ Holy Monday
7:00 pm Matins of Holy Tuesday
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James the Apostle and brother of St. John the Theologian
☦️ Holy Tuesday
7:00 pm Matins of Holy Wednesday
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☦️ Holy Wednesday
10:30 am Church cleaning
7:00 pm Holy Unction
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Removal of the Relics of St. Athanasius the Great
🍇 Holy Thursday
10:30 am Liturgy for the Last Supper
7:00 pm Matins of Holy Friday (Twelve Gospels)
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☦️ Holy Friday
8:30 am Royal Hours
4:30 pm Confessions
5:30 pm Vespers (The Apokatheleos, taking down from the Cross)
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7:00 pm Matins of Holy Saturday (The Lamentations)
Church of the 318 Holy Fathers
☦️ Holy Saturday
10:00 am Vesperal Liturgy
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
Synaxis of the Holy Powder (or manna) which emitted from the tomb of Saint John the Theologian
Synaxis of the Holy manna which emitted from the tomb of Saint John the Theologian
7:00 pm Scripture Study via Zoom
Renewal Thursday
10:30 am Morning Prayer & Scripture Study
7:00 pm Chant training
Church of the 318 Holy Fathers
Renewal Friday: Theotokos of the Life-giving Spring
Simon the Zealot & Apostle
Renewal Saturday
6:00 pm Great Vespers (Evening Prayer)
Church of the 318 Holy Fathers
Thomas Sunday
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
7:00 pm Scripture Study via Zoom
Brendan the Navigator (d577)
10:30 am Morning Prayer & Scripture Study
7:00 pm Chant training
Church of the 318 Holy Fathers
6:00 pm Great Vespers (Evening Prayer)
Church of the 318 Holy Fathers
Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women
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
12:00 pm Children’s Catechesis | Varangian Guard Youth Club
On 30 January His Grace Bishop Maximos of Melitene moved to the Midlands to assist His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas with pastoral and episcopal duties in the region. We warmly welcome Bishop Maximos to the Midlands and look forward to his first visit to the Church of the 318 Godbearing Fathers very soon. AXIOS! WORTHY! You can read more about Bishop Maximos here.
On 23 February we celebrate the Feast of our venerable Mother Milburga. Saint Milburga Saint Milburga is one of the patrons of our Church. There will be a Divine Liturgy for the Feast at 9.00am in the morning of the feast.
Father David Somalis of the Community of Saint Haralambos, Luton has composed a full Akolouthia for the Saint. Click here to read the service.
You can read the history of Saint Milburga by Christopher Jobson on our website here.
On Cheesefare Sunday (Forgiveness Sunday) 6 March there will be a bring and share lunch in after the Divine Liturgy in Telford (no meat).
To learn more about Cheesefare Sunday: the biblical story, the icon of the day, the gospel reading, the reading from the apostle and the Orthodox celebration follow this link here.
On 20 March a local re-enactment group of Varangian Guard will visit the Varangian Guard Youth Club of our church. The Varangian Guard were the household guard of the emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire in Constantinople. In the later years of the Eastern Roman Empire before the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks the Varangian Guard included Anglo Saxon refugees and mercenaries from Britain. The local re-enactment group will demonstrate tell us about the Varangian Guard, demonstrate some of the fighting techniques. All are welcome to join take part in the event.
The Archdiocese has confirmed that there will be a summer camp this year for children from academic Year 5 to Year 13. The dates will be the last week of July. More details will be confirmed in due course. If you would like to know more about Saint Sophrony’s Camp please talk to Fr Dcn Panteleimon or Diakonissa Panayiota.
Our Archdiocese is appealing for funds to support its vitally important work to support the ministry of all of the churches of the Archdiocese. We are looking for at least twenty families of our community who will be willing to support the Archdiocese with a monthly donation of at least £10 per month.
Please talk to Fr Stephen or Fr Dcn Panteleimon if you are willing to step forward to make this commitment. For more information about the appeal please visit the Archdiocese website
