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Saint Edmund the Martyr

Feast day 20 November. Of his life little is known. In the year 869 the Danes, who had been wintering at York, marched through Mercia into East Anglia and took up their quarters at Thetford. Edmund engaged them fiercely in battle, but

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Winefrid, virgin martyr and abbess of Gwytherin

Read about the life of Saint Winefrid and her importance for the town of Shrewsbury Continue reading

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Eata, bishop of Hexham

Saint Eata, a native of Northumbria, was one of twelve original pupils at Lindisfarne under St Aidan. In 651, he became the first Abbot of Melrose, where he mentored Cuthbert. Continue reading

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Annual Pilgrimage to St. Winefride’s Well

Join the Orthodox pilgrimage to St. Winefride’s Well, Holywell, Wales on Oct 5, 2024. Experience Britain’s oldest continuous pilgrimage site and healing waters. Continue reading

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Celebrating the finding of Saint Milburga’s relics

On 25 February, a little less than a thousand years ago, the holy relics of Saint Milburga, Abbess of Wenlock, were rediscovered by boys playing on the site of the church dedicated to the Holy Trinity. They had been lost

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The Abbesses’ Way

On Sunday the Akolouthos (secondary school age children) of the Varangian Guard walked from our church to Shrewsbury Abbey. Our church was once owned by Saint Milburga‘s priory in Much Wenlock and the relics of Saint Winifred were translated to

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