Category Archives: Announcements & Events

The new Church Year began on 1 September.  This is an important time for us to try and put things in order and plan for the year ahead.  Despite the COVID-19 pandemic our church is continuing to grow rapidly.  There are many

For services for the coming week please follow the link to our Calendar page. Thank you! Thank you to all those who made such an enormous effort to help for the visit of His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas! Thank you to those gave

Former pub to be transformed into a new community hub for the homeless and vulnerable The Shrewsbury Ark, which runs a day centre to support the homeless and vulnerable throughout Shropshire is thrilled to announce the completion of its’ long-awaited

On 3 and 4 July His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira & Great Britain made his first archpastoral visit to the church of the 318 Godbearing Fathers in Shrewsbury.  The Archbishop was accompanied by Archimandrite Nikodemos, the Chancellor of the

On Thursday 27 May we celebrate the feast of Saint Melangell a saint much loved and revered by our community. We will be celebrating the feast with Matins at 8.00am followed by Divine Liturgy at 9.00am at the Church of

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

“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

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 →

The youth club of our community was not able to meet during the last lock down. But that didn’t stop them from getting together for high drama: recording a Kontakion of one the Church’s greatest poets of all time, St