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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!”

For Your Diary
Sun, 20 Apr 2025
Mon, 21 Apr 2025
  • 12:00 am Renewal Monday

  • Beuno, abbot of Clynnog Fawr

  • 12:00 am Renewal Monday

Tue, 22 Apr 2025
  • 12:00 am Renewal Tuesday: The Commemoration of Saints Raphael, Nicholas, Irene, and the Other Newly-revealed Martyrs of Lesbos

  • 12:00 am Renewal Tuesday: The Commemoration of Saints Raphael, Nicholas, Irene, and the Other Newly-revealed Martyrs of Lesbos

Wed, 23 Apr 2025
  • 12:00 am Renewal Wednesday

  • 10:00 am Divine Liturgy for St George

  • 12:00 am Renewal Wednesday

Thu, 24 Apr 2025
  • 12:00 am Renewal Thursday

  • 12:00 am Renewal Thursday

Fri, 25 Apr 2025
  • Mark the Apostle and Evangelist

Sat, 26 Apr 2025
Sun, 27 Apr 2025
Tue, 29 Apr 2025
  • 7:00 pm Scripture Study via Teams

Wed, 30 Apr 2025
  • James the Apostle and brother of St. John the Theologian

Thu, 01 May 2025
  • 7:00 pm Great Vespers for St Athanasius

Fri, 02 May 2025
  • Removal of the Relics of St. Athanasius the Great

  • 9:30 am Matins & Divine Liturgy for the Feast of St Athanasius

Sat, 03 May 2025
Sun, 04 May 2025
Tue, 06 May 2025
Wed, 07 May 2025
Thu, 08 May 2025
Sat, 10 May 2025
Sun, 11 May 2025
Tue, 13 May 2025
  • 7:00 pm Scripture Study via Teams

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

Sat, 17 May 2025
Sun, 18 May 2025

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