Thursday, 12 June 2014

St Vladimir's Dates for Your Diary

12/06/2014  

Please note dates for your diary:

Saturday 14th  June  14 июня, в субботу



Divine Liturgy at 10 am.
Location: St Vladimir's Parish at the Greek Orthodox Church, Bentham, Cheltenham GL3 4UD

Memorial Service for Father Anthimos Papandreou, Bentham Church, Cheltenham


Sunday 15th June  15 июня, в воскресенье

Divine Liturgy in Greek with English from 10 am. -12.30 pm.
Location: Parish of St John Chrysostom, Greek Orthodox Church, Bentham, Cheltenham GL3 4UD

The Liturgy will be followed by a BBQ & Family Fun Day organised by the Greek Orthodox Parish.

Tuesday 17th June 6.30 pm.


Catechism Class at 6.30 pm.

Location: Glendale House, Montpellier Terrace, Montpellier, Cheltenham GL50 1UX

Class to include multimedia presentation with Father Stephen Platt in English, with explanation in Russian if required.

(Please confirm your attendance)

Saturday, 10 May 2014

Pilgrimage to Iken

10/05/2014

The annual pilgrimage of the community at the Church of the Mother of God: the Joy of All Who Sorrow, to St Botolph's church in Iken, will take place again this year.

 
The Moleben with Akathist will be served at 12 noon on Saturday, 28th June 2014, followed by fellowship and refreshments.

A poster may be dowloaded and printed here.

Friday, 9 May 2014

09/05/2014

Christ is risen!

It is with great joy that we announce that the Wonderworking Kursk Icon of Our Lady of the Sign will visit the Diocese of Great Britain and Ireland in June 2014.


Please make a special effort to venerate the icon.  Below is the schedule of planned services while the icon is in the diocese.  In order to arrange visits of the Kursk-Root Icon to homes and to the sick, parishioners are asked to make arrangements with their parish priest. Contact details can be found here.

Wednesday, 4th June
  • Arrival and Akathist at the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother and Holy Royal Martyrs, Harvard Road, London W4 4ED.  Time of arrival to be announced - please check the cathedral website nearer the time.

Thursday, 5th June
  • At the Cathedral in Harvard Road: Divine Liturgy 9 a.m.
  • At the Russian Orthodox Community, St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Greek Church Street, Butetown, Cardiff, CF10 5HA: Akathist 6 p.m.

Friday, 6th June
  • At the Cathedral in Harvard Road: Divine Liturgy 9 a.m.
  • At Saint Elisabeth's Orthodox Church, Rake Lane Cemetery, Rake Lane, Liscard, Wallasey, CH45 5DE: Akathist 6 p.m.

Saturday, 7th June 
  • At Saint John’s Orthodox Church, Military Road, Colchester, Essex CO1 2AN: Moleben and Akathist 10 a.m.
  • At the Cathedral in Harvard Road: All-Night Vigil 5 p.m.

Sunday, 8th June (Pentecost-Trinity Sunday)
  • At the Cathedral in Harvard Road: Divine Liturgy, followed by Vespers for the Day of the Holy Spirit 10 a.m.
  • At the Cathedral of the Holy Dormition (Moscow Patriarchate), Ennismore Gardens, London SW7.  Service time to be announced - please check the cathedral website nearer the time.

Monday, 9th June (Day of the Holy Spirit) 
  • At the Cathedral in Harvard Road: Divine Liturgy 9 a.m.
  • At the St Colman Russian Orthodox Church, Abbeyleix Road, Stradbally, Co. Laois, Ireland: Akathist 6 p.m.

Tuesday, 10th June
  • At the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter & Paul, Harold's Cross Road, Dublin 6,  Service time to be announced - please check the parish website nearer the time.

Friday, 2 May 2014

02/05/2014

Notices from St Vladimir's Parish, Cheltenham

Next Divine Liturgies
  • Saturday 3rd May 2014 at 9.30 am / 3 мая, в субботу, 9:30
  • Saturday 14th June 2014 at 9.30 am / 14 июня, в субботу, 9:30
Divine Liturgy in Church Slavonic with English [Location: St Vladimir's Parish at the Greek Orthodox Church, Bentham, Cheltenham GL3 4UD]

Catechism Class

Tuesday 6th May 2014 at 6.30 pm

Catechism Class with Father Stephen Platt in English, with explanation in Russian if required [Location: Glendale House, Montpellier Terrace, Montpellier, Cheltenham GL50 1UX]

Wednesday, 19 March 2014

Cheltenham Liturgy

19/03/2014

The next Divine Liturgy of the Parish of the Holy Prince Vladimir, in Cheltenham, will be served on Saturday, the 22nd of March.  The hours will begin at 9.30 a.m.  Please try to arrive early for confessions.

Tuesday, 18 February 2014

Diaconal Ordination

18/02/2014

On 16th (3rd) February 2014, being the Sunday of the Prodigal Son and the Feast of St Werburgh of Chester, His Eminence Archbishop Mark of Great Britain performed ordinations at the parish of St John the Wonderworker in Colchester.

Sergei Dorofeev was tonsured and ordained to the rank of reader to serve the parish, while Ioan Iana was tonsured and ordained to the rank of reader, then subdeacon, and ultimately, deacon.

Deacon Ioan (John) has been a faithful member of the parish for some time.  He is Romanian, while his Matushka, Ekaterina, is Russian.  They have one daughter.

This is a great blessing to the parish and diocese, and an inspiration to others who may be called to serve God in his holy Church.

A few parishioners with the archbishop and new deacon after trapeza. (Photographer: Alexander Body)
May God grant them many years!

Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Cheltenham Mission Upcoming Liturgies

29/10/2013

The next Divine Liturgies for the mission at Cheltenham have been scheduled for 10 o' clock on the following Saturdays:
  • 16th November, 2013.
  • 14th December, 2013.
  • 25th January, 2014.
  • 22nd February, 2014.
Further details and any changes will be announced on the mission website.

Monday, 28 October 2013

Mettingham Patronal Feast

28/10/2013

The Community of Our Lady of Mettingham will host its patronal feast on Wednesday 6th November, being the 24th of October by the Church calendar.

The feast of the icon of the Mother of God: the Joy of All Who Sorrow, will be celebrated with the Divine Liturgy at 10.30 am.  Please arrive early for confession.

Thursday, 8 August 2013

College Day at Mettingham

08/08/2013

The College of Our Lady of Mettingham will celebrate its first anniversary on Saturday, the 31st of August, with a procession, Akathist, and afternoon tea.  All are welcome.  Further details may be read here.

Please support the College in celebrating this event.

Wednesday, 7 August 2013

Priestmonk Lazarus Suspended

07/08/2013

With effect from the 7th of August, being the 25th of July by the Church calendar, Priestmonk Lazarus (Smith) is suspended from all priestly duties.  He has withdrawn from our diocese without canonical release, and no longer has a blessing to perform any priestly functions.

The formal decree from Archbishop Mark may be viewed here.