Category Archives: Youth

Visit of His Grace Bishop Maximos of Melitene to Shrewsbury for his name day

On Sunday, 21st January 2024, His Grace Bishop Maximos of Melitene presided at Matins and celebrated the Divine Liturgy. The Very Reverend Protopresbyter Stephen Maxfield and Presbyter Panteleimon Maxfield served with His Grace. We were honoured to have His Grace

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Youth club’s radio drama for the victory of the Cross

Listen to the Youth Club’s radio dramatisation of St Romanos the melodist’s kontakion of the victory of Cross:

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Camp Saint Sophrony Bursary Appeal

Thank you for your contributions so far to the Church of the 318 Holy Fathers Camp Saint Sophrony bursary fund. We have raised £300 so far. This is excellent! Please help us to meet our fundraising target. Ten children from

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West Midlands branch of Christian Orthodox Thyateira Youth to be launched

The Archdiocese’s youth ministry organisation, Christian Orthodox Thyateira Youth (COTY), is establishing a “hub” in the West Midlands. With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain, Christian Orthodox Thyateira Youth is established as a Ministry for Young People

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Christian Orthodox Thyateira Youth

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain, the Archdiocese is pleased to introduce a ministry specifically created to serve young people from the approximate age range of 16-35. This official youth program of our

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Register now for Camp Saint Sophrony

Camp Saint Sophrony is part of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain children and youth ministries.  The aim of the camp is to bring children from across the archdiocese together for a fun-filled week of outdoor activity

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Camp Saint Sophrony Fun Day

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira Camp Saint Sophrony is organising a fun day for campers. A fun filled day… a reunion for 2022 campers… a taster for 2023 campers… an opportunity for parents to meet

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Saint Sophrony Camp

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain, the inaugural Camp Saint Sophrony was successful. It brought children from many churches across the archdiocese together for a week of fun in an Orthodox Christian setting.

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Saint Nicholas celebrations

Scores of children turned up to enjoy festivities at our annual Saint Nicholas Festival on 4 December. Each year our community holds a Saint nicholas Festival at the Serbian church of Saint Nicholas in Donnington, Telford. Saint Nicholas (aka Santa

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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

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Enrolment for Camp Saint Sophrony is now open.

​For children entering UK School Years 5 to 13 in September 2022 (Ages 8-18) ​Registration is open ​Camp Saint Sophrony is part of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain children and youth ministries.  The purpose of the

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Supraśl 2022 | A world gathering of Orthodox Youth

July 18-24, 2022, Supraśl, Poland “Go and bear fruit” John 15:16 Supraśl 2022 is a one week gathering of Orthodox youth from around the world coming together to experience the unity and universality of our Holy Orthodox Faith, to be

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Youth Fun Day

On 11 June members of our youth club, the Varangian Guard, joined other Shropshire youth clubs at a youth fun day at Ironbridge. The fun day was organised by the Shropshire Youth Association (SYA) and attended by around 100 children

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Presvytera receives long service award

On 11 June 2022, at a youth fun day, Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire presented Presvytera Catherine with an award from the Shropshire Youth Association for her long term commitment and dedication to the Greek Orthodox Youth Club. Richly deserved!

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Report on community youth work for AGM 2020/2021

Looking back over the last couple of years 2020 and 2021 it seems that the youth and their families have in fact risen to the challenges and come out stronger and more committed. Our Varangian Guard has really lived up

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Archdiocesan Family Fun Day

On Saturday, October 23, 2021, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain the Archdiocese held a Family Fun Day.  This event was organized by Mr. Christos and Mrs. Alexia Papalexandrakou in coordination with Archimandrite

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Family Fun Day

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas there will be a Family Fun Day on 23 October at Tolmers Activity Centre, Hertfordshire with activities for all ages including adults like pedal carts, photo hunt, archery, outdoor games, etc. We

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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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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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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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