Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
The Russian Orthodox Church in Cardiff. Registered Charity No 1196793
Dear brothers and sisters
This Saturday – the feast of the All-Merciful Saviour and the Procession of the Life-Giving Cross – marks the beginning of the Dormition Fast, but we start it with the first of August’s feasts of the Saviour, and the blessing of honey.
In his prologue, St Nikolai Velimirovic reminds us that –Continue reading
Dear brothers and sisters – greetings on this feast of the Holy Great-Martyr and Healer, Panteleimon.
On this feast, we bring the sick to St Panteleimon’s merciful care and intercession, and we pray for the Monastery of St Panteleimon on Mount Athos.
We especially pray for Reader George, through whose generosity the parish received a small portion of the relics of the Great-Martyr.
May the Holy Great-Martyr Panteleimon preserve us and help us by his intercessions.
Following todays Liturgy Father Mark reflects on the Gospel reading.
The blind men are asked – Do you believe that I can Heal you ?
A firm reminder that when our faith is challenged we should remember that Christ came with love to heal us all.
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The great Romanian theologian Dumitru Stăniloae describes the characteristics of the saint, but these are spiritual characteristics to which we all must aspire, as baptism calls all to holiness: all to become saints.
Father Mark talks on the life of St Seraphim, humility, love, forgiveness, prayer and our struggles for asceticism.
Dear brothers and sisters,
Thank you all who contributed to today’s Liturgy, and a joyful celebration of the feast of St Seraphim, and thank you to our parishioners who sent greetings from their holidays in Russia and Ukraine!Continue reading
Commemorated on July 16/29
Troparion, Tone 4: O Most Holy Theotokos, / we thy servants, having thee as an Indestructible wall / and a fountain of miracles, the power of our enemies is overthrown. / Therefore, we entreat thee: / “Give peace to thy city and great mercy to our souls.”
Kontakion, Tone 4: As a sign from thy holy Icon, / thou didst grant a marvellous victory over the enemies of thy city; / therefore, we cry out to thee: “Rejoice, O Virgin, the boast of Christians.”
In the XV century, in the territory of the Pskov principality, there was a certain village called Chirsk, or Chersk, where, in the church of the Nativity of Christ, there was a Hodēgḗtria Icon of the Mother of God. In 1420, during the reign of Tsar Basil I of Moscow, and when Archbishop Simeon occupied the See of Novgorod and Pskov, a great disaster broke out over the Pskov region – the plague. People were despondent and sought solace and comfort by praying to God and the Queen of Heaven for help.Continue reading
Dear brothers and sisters, a happy feast to you all as we celebrate the feast of the Holy Equal to the Apostles, St Vladimir, and the Baptism of Rus.
We especially send our greetings to the faithful of our Cheltenham Mission on their patronal feast.
We wish them every blessing and strength as a community.
May God grant you all many, blessed years!
Dear brothers and sisters,
A thankyou to all who made Sunday such a sociable gathering, as we congratulated our two Olga’s on their nameday. Thank you to each of our Olgas for the refreshments served in the churchyard. I hope that, weather permitting, we can organise some refreshments each week, as the late start to Liturgy means that it is quite late when we break our communion fast. Continue reading
Dear brothers and sisters,
This coming weekend, we will celebrate the Troeruchitsa (Three-Handed) Icon of the Mother of God, which is associated with the healing of the great Church Father and hymnographer, St John of Damascus.Continue reading
