Tuesday 30 March 2010

Holy Week and Pascha around the Diocese

29/03/2010

As we enter the most solemn time of the Christian year, let us make a special effort to attend the divine services and enter as fully as possible into the paschal mystery.  Details of the services for Holy Week and Pascha may be found on the respective websites of the different churches in our diocese, (accessible from the directory page).

For the Church of the Ikon of the Mother of God: the Joy of All Who Sorrow, please see below:

Monday
Compline & Canon and 6p.m.

Tuesday
Compline & Canon and 6p.m.

Wednesday
Compline & Canon and 6p.m.

Thursday
Service of the Twelve Passion Gospels (Matins of Good Friday) at 6.00p.m.

Friday
Royal Hours at 9.00a.m.
Vespers at 3.00p.m.
Lamentations and the Burial Service of the Lord at 6.00p.m.

Saturday
The Midnight Office at 11.30p.m.
Paschal Matins at 12.00 midnight.

Sunday
Paschal Vespers at 3.00p.m.

Saturday 6 March 2010

Kursk Root Icon to Visit the Diocese

06/03/2010


The miraculous Kursk Root Icon of Our Lady of the Sign will visit the Diocese of Great Britain and Ireland between the 18th and the 30th of June (NS).  A full itinerary will be published soon.  For further details, please contact Priest Nikolai Savchenko at the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God and the Holy Royal Martyrs.