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!”
10:30 am Working Party at Church of the 318 Holy Fathers
10:30 am Morning Prayer & Scripture Study
1:00 pm Working party at St Julian’s
6:00 pm Michaelmas eve gathering
Synaxis of the Archangel Michael & the other Bodiless Powers: Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Salaphiel, Jegudiel, & Barachiel
Tyssilio, Abbot of Caer Meguaidd
Thyateira Midlands Ecclesiastical Seminary
☦️ Nektarius the Wonderworker, Metropolitan of Pentapolis
6:00 pm Great Vespers
8th Sunday of Luke
9:30 am Matins
10:30 am Divine Liturgy
7:00 pm Scripture Study via Teams
John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople
Philip the Apostle
10:30 am Morning Prayer & Scripture Study
🍇 Matthew the Apostle & Evangelist, Wednesday 16 Nov
6:00 pm Great Vespers
🐟 9th Sunday of Luke
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
Edmund, King & Martyr
The Forefeast of the Presentation of the Theotokos into the Temple
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 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
10:30 am Divine Liturgy
Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia
7:00 pm Scripture Study via Teams
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
Saints Feasts and Readings for 11/06/2024
Paul the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople; Luke the Monk of Taormina