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!”
7:00 pm Compline with 4th Stanza of the Akathist Hymn
Work day in prep for Nicaea 2025
6:00 pm Great Vespers
🍇 Sunday of St. John Climacus
9:30 am Matins
10:30 am Divine Liturgy
12:30 pm Lent Talks
Hypatius of Gangra
10:30 am Working Party at Church of the 318 Holy Fathers
7:00 pm Compline with Canon of St Andrew of Crete
10:30 am Presanctified Liturgy
7:00 pm Compline with Akathist Hymn
🍇 5th Saturday of Lent: The Akathist Hymn
9:00 am Divine Liturgy
6:00 pm Great Vespers
🍇 Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
9:30 am Matins
10:30 am Divine Liturgy
12:30 pm Lent Talk
SS. Gwrnerth and Llewellyn
10:00 am Working party at St Julian’s
7:00 pm Presanctified Liturgy
10:30 am Vespers & Scripture Study
7:00 pm Presanctified Liturgy
🍇 Lazarus Saturday
9:00 am Matins & Divine Liturgy
10:00 am Thyateira Midlands Ecclesiastical Seminary
6:00 pm Great Vespers
🐟 Palm Sunday
9:30 am Matins
10:30 am Divine Liturgy
7:00 pm Bridegroom Service (Matins of Holy Monday)
7:00 pm Bridegroom Service (Matins of Holy Tuesday)
7:00 pm Bridegroom Service (Matins of Holy Wednesday)
7:00 pm Holy Unction (Euchelaion)
10:00 am Liturgy for the Last Supper
7:00 pm Matins of Holy Friday (Twelve Gospels)
9:00 am Royal Hours
5:30 pm Vespers (The Apokatheleos, taking down from the Cross)
7:00 pm Matins of Holy Saturday (Lamentations / Epitaphios)
10:00 am Vesperal Liturgy
11:30 pm Resurrection Service
12:55 am Matins and Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom
11:00 am Vespers of Love
Beuno, abbot of Clynnog Fawr
7:00 pm Scripture Study via Teams
12:00 am Renewal Wednesday
10:00 am Divine Liturgy for St George
12:00 am Renewal Wednesday
10:30 am Morning Prayer & Scripture Study
1:30 pm Working party at St Julian’s
Mark the Apostle and Evangelist
6:00 pm Great Vespers
9:30 am Matins
10:30 am Divine Liturgy
Saints Feasts and Readings for 03/28/2025
Hilarion the New; Herodion the Apostle of the 70; Stephen the Wonderworker
Old Testament Reading