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Weekly Bulletin | 16 May to 23 May

Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! For services for 3rd Week after Pascha please follow the link to our Calendar page. On this Sunday, 16 May, the third Sunday of Pascha, we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Myrrhbearing women; and

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Weekly Bulletin | 9 May to 16 May

Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! For services for 2nd Week after Pascha please follow the link to our Calendar page. Thank you to all those who made such an enormous effort to help over Holy Week and Pascha!

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Patriarchal Encyclical for Holy Pascha

Prot. No. 289 + B A R T H O L O M E W BY GOD’S MERCY ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE-NEW ROME AND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH TO THE PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCH: MAY THE GRACE, PEACE AND MERCY OF CHRIST RISEN

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Archbishop’s Paschal Encyclical

On Holy Saturday night, just before the Holy Light is shared with the faithful, there is a tradition to turn off the lights of the church and stand together in total darkness. The chanters then begin singing a hymn taken

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Holy Week & Pascha Bulletin

Click here for the Calendar of services for Holy Week and Pascha. Lent is now over and we now enter the two festive days of the feasts of the rising of Lazarus from the dead and Palm Sunday. These days

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Μεγάλη Εβδομάδα και Πάσχα 2021

Λόγω των υφιστάμενων περιοριστικών μέτρων εξαιτίας της πανδημίας του κορονοϊού και για να διευκολυνθεί η συμμετοχή των πιστών στις ακολουθίες της Αγίας Μεγάλης Εβδομάδας και του Πάσχα, σας παρακαλούμε όπως για κάθε συμμετοχή σας στην εκκλησία έχετε κάνει κρατήση θέσεως

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Страстная неделя Пасха 2021

В связи с ограничительными мерами, действующими во время коронавирусной пандемии, а также для облегчения участия верующих в богослужениях Страстной седмицы и Пасхи, просим предварительно резервировать посещение церкви посредством бронирования места через Eventbrite. Вместимость церкви ограничена, поэтому просим бронировать место заранее

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Saptamana Mare si Pastele 2021

Din cauza restricțiilor impuse ca urmare a pandemiei de Coronavirus și pentru a facilita participarea credincioșilor la slujbele din perioada Săptămânii Mari și a zilelor de Paști, vă rugăm ca toți cei care veți dori să participați la aceste slujbe

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Weekly Bulletin | 18 April to 25 April

Schedule of Services The schedule of services for this week is available on our calendar. The readings and sermon for the Fifth Sunday of Lent can be found on the Archdiocese website here. The church is open for public worship under

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The roundels have now been completed

Apostles and Equal to the Apostles Andrew the Apostle († 60) called first by Christ. Commemorated 30 November. Constantine the Great († 337), proclaimed Emperor in York. He also legalised Christianity in the Roman Empire in the Edict of Milan. He called

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Holy Week and Pascha 2021

Due to the restrictive measures in place because of the coronavirus pandemic and to facilitate the participation of the faithful in the services of Holy Week and Pascha we ask please that all church attendance is pre-booked through reserving a

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Weekly Bulletin | 11 to 18 April

Schedule of Services The schedule of services for this week is available on our calendar. This week, being the Fifth Week of Great Lent we have Great Compline with the full canon of Saint Andrew of Crete with the reading of

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4th Lenten Vespers

Photographs from Lenten Vespers in Birmingham where there was a large delegation of clergy from the Midlands and members of local communities to share the joy of Lent and to be crowned with the presence of His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas

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On the falling asleep of His Royal Highness Prince Philip

It is with a heavy heart that we learned of the falling asleep of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle. His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas and the entire Greek

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Empresses, Abbesses and Martyrs appear on the walls

Latest photographs of the wall paintings of the Women Saints. Visit our Future Projects page for more information on wall paintings, church extension and new land project.

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Youth club uses Orchard for the first time

When we first used the orchard, it was during mid-March. The children at Varangians were split into small groups. Each group were told to create a specific scene from the bible relating to the cross. Some of us made the

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Weekly Bulletin | 4 April to 10 April

Schedule of Services The schedule of services for this week is available on our calendar. We will continue to broadcast our services live on mixlr.com when possible. The church is open for public worship under the guidance issued by our archdiocese.  Appeal! Appeal! Appeal!

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“Father Noah – How much longer to Mount Ararat?”

“Not long now, dear – we’ll soon be there.” Our “strapline”, ever since the Ark opened in 2008, has been “Helping homeless and vulnerable people to weather the storms of life” and, with everyone else, the Ark has been weathering

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Appeal for Sunday School Teachers!

Appeal for Sunday School Teachers
Do you enjoy working with young people? Are you passionate about your Faith? Do you want to make a positive change to the lives of our children? Can you offer your time and talents to your church community? Continue reading

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That we should conduct ourselves in newness of life

just as we promised through the holy Schema.[1] Theodore the Studite: Catcehesis 40 Brethren and Fathers, just as the hungry long to eat and the thirsty to drink, so we should be enthusiastic to listen to the word of God.

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