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!”
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
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
Juliana of Nicomedia
6:00 pm Great Vespers
9:30 am Matins
10:30 am Divine Liturgy
12:00 pm Lunch afterwards
9:00 am Royal Hours
6:00 pm Vesperal Liturgy for the Feast of the Nativity followed by refreshments
The Nativity of Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ
8:45 am Matins & Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Nativity
Synaxis of the Holy Theotokos
10:30 am Morning Prayer & Scripture Study
Stephen, Archdeacon & First Martyr
6:00 pm Great Vespers
9:30 am Matins
10:30 am Divine Liturgy
Apodosis of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ
Circumcision of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ & Basil the Great
9:30 am Matins & Divine Liturgy for the Feast of St Basil the Great & Circumcision
6:00 pm Great Vespers
Sunday before Thophany
9:30 am Matins
10:30 am Divine Liturgy
6:00 pm Vespers for the Feast of Theophany
The Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
9:30 am Matins & Divine Liturgy for the Feast of Theophany
12:30 pm Blessing of the River Severn
Victoria Avenue, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, SY1 1RX
1:00 pm Theophany Lunch
Synaxis of John the Holy Glorious Prophet, Baptist, & Forerunner
7:00 pm Scripture Study via Zoom
Saints Feasts and Readings for 12/08/2024
Gospel Reading
Matins Gospel Reading
Epistle Reading