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!”
Great and Holy Pascha
12:55 am Matins and Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom
11:00 am Vespers of Love
12:00 am Renewal Monday
Beuno, abbot of Clynnog Fawr
12:00 am Renewal Monday
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
12:00 am Renewal Wednesday
10:00 am Divine Liturgy for St George
12:00 am Renewal Wednesday
12:00 am Renewal Thursday
12:00 am Renewal Thursday
Mark the Apostle and Evangelist
12:00 am Renewal Saturday
6:00 pm Great Vespers
12:00 am Renewal Saturday
12:00 am Thomas Sunday
9:30 am Matins & Divine Liturgy
12:00 am Thomas Sunday
7:00 pm Scripture Study via Teams
James the Apostle and brother of St. John the Theologian
7:00 pm Great Vespers for St Athanasius
Removal of the Relics of St. Athanasius the Great
9:30 am Matins & Divine Liturgy for the Feast of St Athanasius
9:00 am Divine Liturgy
6:00 pm Great Vespers
9:30 am Matins & Divine Liturgy
2:00 pm Wedding of Nikolaos & Charley
10:00 am Working party at St Julian’s
7:00 pm Scripture Study via Teams
10:30 am Working Party at Church of the 318 Holy Fathers
Synaxis of the Holy manna which emitted from the tomb of Saint John the Theologian
10:30 am Morning Prayer & Scripture Study
Simon the Zealot & Apostle
10:00 am Thyateira Midlands Ecclesiastical Seminary
6:00 pm Great Vespers
9:30 am Matins & Divine Liturgy
7:00 pm Scripture Study via Teams
10:30 am Morning Prayer & Scripture Study
Brendan the Navigator (d577)
Work day in prep for Nicaea 2025
9:30 am Work Party at 318 Holy Fathers
9:30 am Working Party at St Julian's
6:00 pm Great Vespers
9:30 am Matins & Divine Liturgy
12:00 pm Children’s Catechesis | Varangian Guard Youth Club
St Winefride's Independent School, Belmont, Shrewsbury SY1 1TE
Saints Feasts and Readings for 04/20/2025
Gospel Reading