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Welcome to the Shrewsbury Orthodox Church, which worships at St. Julian’s Church, Shrewsbury, on Sundays, and at the Church of the 318 Holy Fathers, Shrewsbury, on mid-week feasts and weekday services.  

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, including Matins and Divine Liturgy, each Sunday and on feast days.  We have children’s activities twice a month, regular catechism for adults who want to join the Church, and twice-weekly scripture studies (on Wednesday evenings and Thursday mornings during term time). We also have weekly training for chanters.

Our Philanthropic committee (the Philoptochos) organises regular events to raise funds for the poor and the needy.  Each year, we host a summer fete with a barbecue, inviting 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, such as Greece, Cyprus, Romania, Ukraine, and Russia; 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, filled with joy, hope, love, 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 to us: beauty in icons, beauty in church buildings, beauty in chanting, beauty in 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 every aspect of our lives and is present 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.  Come and See!

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Thu, 15 May 2025
Fri, 16 May 2025
  • Brendan the Navigator (d577)

Sat, 17 May 2025
Sun, 18 May 2025
Tue, 20 May 2025
  • 7:00 pm Vespers for the Feast of Saints Constantine and Helen

Wed, 21 May 2025
  • Constantine and Helen, Equal-to-the Apostles

  • 9:30 am Matins & Divine Liturgy for the feast of St Constantine & Helen

Sat, 24 May 2025
Sun, 25 May 2025
Mon, 26 May 2025
Tue, 27 May 2025
  • Melangell, Abbess of Penant

  • 11:00 am Icon Exhibition Open

Wed, 28 May 2025
  • 11:00 am Icon Exhibition Open

  • 7:00 pm Great Vespers for Holy Ascension

Thu, 29 May 2025
Fri, 30 May 2025
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  • 11:00 am Icon Exhibition Open

Tue, 03 Jun 2025
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Thu, 05 Jun 2025
Fri, 06 Jun 2025
  • 11:00 am Icon Exhibition Open

Sat, 07 Jun 2025
Sun, 08 Jun 2025
Tue, 10 Jun 2025
  • 7:00 pm Scripture Study via Teams

Wed, 11 Jun 2025
  • Bartholomew & Barnabas the Holy Apostles

Thu, 12 Jun 2025
Sat, 14 Jun 2025

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