Welcome to the website of Shrewsbury Orthodox Church, worshipping at St Julian’s Church, Shrewsbury, on Sundays and the Church of the 318 Holy Fathers, Shrewsbury, on weekdays.
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 100 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) organises regular events to raise funds 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!”
The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple
9:30 am Matins & Liturgy for the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple
6:00 pm Thursday evening fortnightly gathering
6:00 pm Great Vespers
🐟 13th Sunday of Luke
9:30 am Matins
10:30 am Divine Liturgy
12:00 pm Memorial for Archbishop Gregorios
Apodosis of the Presentation of the Theotokos into the Temple
Catherine the Great Martyr of Alexandria
7:00 pm Scripture Study via Teams
10:30 am Morning Prayer & Scripture Study
7:00 pm Great Vespers for the the Feast of Saint Andrew
Andrew the First- Called Apostle
6:00 pm Great Vespers
🐟 14th Sunday of Luke
9:30 am Matins
9:30 am Matins & Divine Liturgy
Serbian Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas Donnington, Telford, TF2 8AP, England
10:30 am Divine Liturgy
12:00 pm St Nicholas Festival
Serbian Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas Donnington, Telford, TF2 8AP, England
Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia
7:00 pm Scripture Study via Teams
7:00 pm Vespers for the Feast of Saint Barbara
Saint Barbara the Great Martyr Orthodox Church, Chester CH4 7HW, UK
Barbara the Great Martyr & John of Damascus
Patronal Festival of Church of Saint Barbara, Chester
Saint Barbara the Great Martyr Orthodox Church, Chester CH4 7HW, UK
10:30 am Working Party at Church of the 318 Holy Fathers
Sabbas the Sanctified
10:30 am Morning Prayer & Scripture Study
1:00 pm Working party at St Julian’s
6:00 pm Thursday evening fortnightly gathering
Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra
6:00 pm Great Vespers
9:30 am Matins
10:30 am Divine Liturgy
The Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos
7:00 pm Scripture Study via Teams
Spyridon the Wonderworker of Trymithous
9:30 am Matins & Divine Liturgy for the Feast of St Spyridon
10:30 am Morning Prayer & Scripture Study
Thyateira Midlands Ecclesiastical Seminary
6:00 pm Great Vespers
Eleutherios the Hieromartyr, Bishop of Illyricum, and his mother Anthia
9:30 am Matins
10:30 am Divine Liturgy
12:00 pm Children’s Catechesis | Varangian Guard Youth Club
9:30 am Working party at St Julian’s
7:00 pm Scripture Study via Teams
10:30 am Morning Prayer & Scripture Study
Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ begins
Ignatius the God-Bearer, Bishop of Antioch
7:00 pm Vespers for the Feast of St Juliana
Saints Feasts and Readings for 11/21/2024
The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple
Gospel Reading
Matins Gospel Reading
Epistle Reading