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Tuesday 17/30 November. Saint Gregory the Wonderworker, Bishop of Neocaesarea, was born in the city of Neocaesarea (northern Asia Minor) into a prominent pagan family (between 210 - 215), and his original name was Theodore. After his elementary education, Saint Gregory and his brother Gregory, or Athēnódoros1 (according to some hagiological sources) they went to Beirut to study law....![]()
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17/30 NOVEMBER Saint Gregory the Wonderworker, Bishop of Neocaesarea, was born in the city of Neocaesarea (northern Asia Minor) into a prominent pagan family (between 210 – 215), and his original na...
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Using writings from the Holy Fathers, father Mark talks on both the ethical and allegorical teachings contained with the Gospel of the Good Samaritan.
Commemorated on November 16/29 The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew, was also named Levi (Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27); he was one of the Twelve Apostles (Mark 3:18; Luke 6:45; Acts 1:13), and was brother of the Apostle James Alphaeus (Mark 2:14). He was a publican, or tax-collector for Rome, in a time when the Jews were under the rule of the Roman Empire....![]()
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THE APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST MATTHEW - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Commemorated on November 16/29 The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew, was also named Levi (Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27); he was one of the Twelve Apostles (Mark 3:18; Luke 6:45; Acts 1:13), and was brother...
Monday 16/29 November: St Matthew Dear brothers and sisters, As we come to the first weekday of the Nativity Fast, I encourage as many of you as are able to make the journey of this Winter Lent with the companionship of the saints whose memories sanctify the days leading us to the Nativity of the Saviour, praying their canon in your daily prayers....![]()
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The Advent Journey With the Saints: St Matthew - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Monday 16/29 November: St Matthew Dear brothers and sisters, As we come to the first weekday of the Nativity Fast, I encourage as many of you as are able to make the journey of this Winter Lent with t...
The Life of Saint John Chrysostom. Commemorated November 13/26
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The treasure of treatises and letters which St. John left behind, included the moving sermon that is heard at Easter Sunday services. The loss of his sermons which were not set down on paper is incalc...
As we celebrate the feast of the great Church Father, St John Chrysostom, we greet our brother Kevin-John on his name day, and thank him for his labours, serving as a reader for our Cardiff parish, and always being there to offer help and assistance whenever anything is needed. He is always a great support for the clergy, and no request is ever too much....![]()
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The Feast of St John Chrysostom: November 13/26 - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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As we celebrate the feast of the great Church Father, St John Chrysostom, we greet our brother Kevin-John on his name day, and thank him for his labours, serving as a reader for our community, and alw...
Today, we celebrate the feasts of two more of the saints of Egpyt: St John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria, and St Neilos the Faster of Sinai. Saint John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria, was born on Cyprus in the seventh century into the family of the illustrious dignitary Epiphanius. At the wish of his parents he entered into marriage and had children....![]()
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Saints of the Day - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Today, we celebrate the feasts of two more of the saints of Egpyt: St John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria, and St Neilos the Faster of Sinai. Saint John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria, w...
Axios! Axios! Axios!
Greek hierarch on pandemic: We'll no longer tolerate lies of authorities
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Metropolitan Ieronymos reminded the authorities that Greece is an Orthodox country of saints and added that believers will no longer tolerate mockery of the Church.
Canon to the Martyr Menas and Company by St. John of Damascus, in Tone IV: Ode 1, Irmos: The people of Israel, having fled across the watery deep of the Red Sea with dryshod feet, beholding the mounted captains of the enemy drowned therein, sang with gladness: Let us chant unto our God, for He hath been glorified! Holy Great-Martyr, Menas, pray to God for us....![]()
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Canon to the Martyr Menas and Company by St. John of Damascus, in Tone IV: Ode 1, Irmos: The people of Israel, having fled across the watery deep of the Red Sea with dryshod feet, beholding the mounte...
Today is the second anniversary of the ordination of Father Deacon Mark to the sacred diaconate, and we send him our congratulations and best wishes. I think that he will not mind me saying that his ordination was sooner than any of us had expected, but this event showed foresight and wisdom on the part of our bishop, given parish developments and trials we have faced as a community....![]()
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Many Years to Deacon Mark! - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Today is the second anniversary of the ordination of Father Deacon Mark to the sacred diaconate, and we send him our congratulations and best wishes. I think that he will not mind me saying that his o...
The Feast of the Holy Great-Martyr Menas - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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11/24 November Dear brothers and sisters, If we ask people to name the greatest glories and treasures of Egypt, most (even Orthodox Christians) will name the Sphynx, the Great Pyramid, the Valley of t...
The coming weekend will again see confessions heard in Deacon Mark’s office on Saturday, and the celebration of the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, which is the first day of the Nativity Fast, the feast of Saints Guriy, Samon and Aviv - the preservers of the Christian family and the feast of the great monastic father, St. Paisiy (Velichkovsky) of Moldavia and Mt....![]()
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The Coming Weekend - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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The coming weekend will again see confessions heard in Deacon Mark’s office on Saturday, and the celebration of the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, which is the first day of the Nativity Fast, the feast o...
Dear brothers and sisters, It is with sadness that we have received news that Marina, one of the pillars of Orthodox life in Little Walsingham, departed to the Lord yesterday evening. Together with her husband Cennydd, Marina has devotedly and devoutly preserved Orthodox spiritual life in ‘England’s Nazareth’, supporting Mother Melangell in prayer and worship in the shrine and in Mother’s Skete chapel....![]()
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Eternal Memory - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, It is with sadness that we have received news that Marina, one of the pillars of Orthodox life in Little Walsingham, departed to the Lord yesterday evening. Together with he...
14/11/2021 - Homily - “The greatest of all things is love” Following the Liturgy Father Mark teaches on God’s impartial and total love.
A Day That Starts with the Theotokos. Olga Izhenyakova
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A rich merchant had a habit of going to the church every morning to get the blessing of the Theotokos, because he had firmly internalized one rule: A day that starts with the Theotokos won’t be wast...
UOC bishop leads worship at the relics of Spyridon of Trimythous in Greece
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Metropolitan Philip performed the Divine Liturgy in the church of St. Spyridon, the miracle worker of Trimythous, on the Greek island of Corfu.
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For archpastoral service is first of all a service of love. When a sheep is lost, the archpastor takes it upon his shoulders.
I hope that friends of the Cheltenham parish will be able to support the celebration of the Advent Liturgy, and in the the new year, we intend to increase our activity in Gloucestershire and the Wiltshire borders. The designation of our Cheltenham-based mission has always included Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds, so we hope to begin to realise this in our mission - even if straying outside the Cotswolds by two or three miles, to use Chippenham as a base for our Wessex faithful. We very much hope to strengthen the links between our communities, with Cardiff, Cheltenham and Chippenham as our 'spiritual-hubs'.
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Angels of God, our heavenly allies
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On November 8 (21 in the new calendar), the Church commemorates the Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the other Bodiless Powers. This feast was established after the fourth century Council of Laodi...
Cardiff - Saturday 20th November: Confessions 16:30 Cardiff - Sunday 21st November: Confessions 10:15, Hours and Divine Liturgy 11:00 Dear brothers and sisters, The coming weekend confessions will be heard in Deacon Mark’s office in Morganstown on Saturday, and the celebration of the Divine Liturgy for the feast of the Synaxis of the Holy Archangel Michael will be celebrated in St John's on Sunday....![]()
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Cardiff – Saturday 20th November: Confessions 16:30 Cardiff – Sunday 21st November: Confessions 10:15, Hours and Divine Liturgy 11:00 Dear brothers and sisters, The coming weekend confessions will...
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Dear brothers and sisters, This weekend was blessed with the Divine Liturgy in Cheltenham and Cardiff, bringing our communities together to celebrate the Holy Mysteries and share the communion of the Lord’s Body and Blood. Each of these services was not celebrated in the consecrated Byzantine ‘otherness’ of an Orthodox sanctuary, surrounded by icons and lamps, and walls and domes painted with angels and saints, flickering the light of hundreds of candle and lamp-flames....![]()
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How awesome is this place... - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, This weekend was blessed with the Divine Liturgy in Cheltenham and Cardiff, bringing our communities together to celebrate the Holy Mysteries and share the communion of the ...
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Saint Stephen was the younger son of King Stephen Urosh I, and grandson of First-Crowned King St Stephen (September 24). He ruled Serbia from 1275 to 1320. Stephen Milutin received the throne from his elder brother Dragutin, a true Christian, who after a short reign transferred power over to his brother, and he himself in loving solitude withdrew to Srem, where he secretly lived as an ascetic in a grave, which he dug with his own hands. During his righteous life, St Dragutin toiled much over converting the Bogomil heretics to the true Faith. His death occurred on March 2, 1316.![]()
St Stephen Milutin, after he became king, bravely defended, by both word and by deed, the Orthodox Serbs and other Orthodox peoples from their enemies. St Stephen did not forget to thank the Lord for His beneficence. He built more than forty churches, and also many monasteries and hostels for travelers. The saint particularly concerned himself with the Athonite monasteries.![]()
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When the Serbian kingdom fell, the monasteries remained centers of national culture and Orthodoxy for the Serbian nation. St Stephen died on October 29, 1320 and was buried at the Bansk monastery. After two years his incorrupt relics were uncovered.![]()
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СВЯТОЙ СТЕФАН МИЛЮТИН, КОРОЛЬ СЕРБСКИЙ, БРАТ ЕГО ДРАГУТИН И МАТЬ ИХ ЕЛЕНА![]()
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Святой Стефан был младшим сыном короля Стефана - Уроша I и внуком первовенчанного короля святого Стефана (память 24 сентября). Он правил Сербией с 1275 по 1320 год. Престол Стефан Милютин получил от старшего брата своего Драгутина, верного христианина, который после недолгого царствования передал власть брату, а сам, возлюбив отшельничество, затворился в Среме, где совершал тайные подвиги в яме-могиле, выкопанной собственноручно. В своей праведной жизни святой Драгутин много трудился над обращением к истинной вере еретиков-богомилов. Кончина его последовала 2 марта 1316 года.![]()
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Святой Стефан Милютин, став королем, мужественно, словом и делом, часто с оружием в руках, защищал православных сербов и другие единоверные народы от многочисленных врагов. Благочестивый Стефан не забывал благодарить Господа за все Его благодеяния. Им построено более 40 храмов, множество монастырей и странноприимных домов. Особенно заботился святой об афонских монастырях.![]()
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Когда сербское королевство пало, монастыри остались очагами национальной культуры и Православия в сербском народе. Святой Стефан скончался 29 октября 1320 года и погребен в Баньской обители. Через два года были открыты его нетленные мощи.![]()
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Святая Елена, благочестивая мать своих святых сыновей, по смерти мужа всю жизнь посвятила богоугодным делам: строила дома для обнищавших поселян, устраивала обители для желающих жить в чистоте и девстве. Близ города Спича она воздвигла Реческий монастырь и наделила его угодьями. Перед своей кончиной святая Елена приняла иночество и отошла ко Господу 8 февраля 1306 года.
Cheltenham: Saturday 13th November - Confessions 09:15, Hours and Divine Liturgy 10:00 Address: Prestbury United Reformed Church, 5 Deep St, Prestbury, Cheltenham GL52 3AW. Dear brothers and sisters, Our Gloucestershire community will celebrate the Divine Liturgy tomorrow, honouring the Venerable Fathers of the Kiev Caves, Saints Spyridon and Nikodim the Prosphora Bakers, also remembering our departed Hierarch, Archbishop Nikodem of Richmond and Great Britain on his nameday....![]()
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Cheltenham Liturgy: Saturday 13th November - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Cheltenham: Saturday 13th November – Confessions 09:15, Hours and Divine Liturgy 10:00 Address: Prestbury United Reformed Church, 5 Deep St, Prestbury, Cheltenham GL52 3AW. Dear brothers and sisters...
(ENGLISH and RUSSIAN:) “That which we pass on to you, and to the whole world, is the same Gospel we have preached for two thousand years. It has not changed, and it will never change...” | “То, что мы передаём вам и всему миру — это то же Евангелие…”
Dear brothers and sisters, The coming weekend will see the resumption of normal parish life with the celebration of the Divine Liturgy in Cheltenham on Saturday, and Cardiff on Sunday. Our Gloucestershire mission will meet for the Divine Liturgy in Prestbury United Reformed Church, with confessions from 09:15 and the Hours and Liturgy as close to 10:00 as possible, though the number of confessing communicants meant an unavoidably late start last month....![]()
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Cheltenham and Cardiff Services This Weekend - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, The coming weekend will see the resumption of normal parish life with the celebration of the Divine Liturgy in Cheltenham on Saturday, and Cardiff on Sunday. Our Gloucesters...
Grant me, O Lord, both in wakefulness to stand pure before Thee, my Redeemer, and in slumber to partake of sleep without sin. If in wakefulness I commit transgressions, may I be cleansed by Thy grace, O Lord. And if I sin while asleep, may Thy loving-kindness be unto me purification. With the cross of Thy humility, make my sleep untroubled, preserve me from the iniquitous dreams of sleep and from the impure conjurings of the imagination....![]()
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For Untroubled Sleep - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Grant me, O Lord, both in wakefulness to stand pure before Thee, my Redeemer, and in slumber to partake of sleep without sin. If in wakefulness I commit transgressions, may I be cleansed by Thy grace,...
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The attempts to seize the church began in March 2019. The faithful have been standing guard at their church ever since.
Dear brothers and sisters, Greetings to you, as we celebrate the feast of the Holy Great-Martyr, Demetrios, whose relics still stream myron in the city of Thessaloniki, and are visited and venerated by the faithful from all corners of the world. St Demetrios is one of those saints who is loved and venerated not only by Orthodox Christians, but even by Muslim Turks....![]()
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Dear brothers and sisters, Greetings to you, as we celebrate the feast of the Holy Great-Martyr, Demetrios, whose relics still stream myron in the city of Thessaloniki, and are visited and venerated b...
An Akathist to Matushka Olga Michael by Archpriest Lawrence R Farley Kontakion 1 (Tone 4): Our God who makes the moving curtain of the northern lights made you as a living light, shining in the far north and lighting up the desolate with His great beauty. Beholding this radiance, we your children lift up our voices and sing: Rejoice, Matushka Olga, healer of the abused and broken!...![]()
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An Akathist to Matushka Olga Michael by Archpriest Lawrence R Farley Kontakion 1 (Tone 4): Our God who makes the moving curtain of the northern lights made you as a living light, shining in the far no...
Holy, righteous matushka Olga, pray to God for Us!
Matushka Olga, Healer of the Abused and Broken
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Matushka Olga of Alaska is widely venerated among Orthodox Christians. She is known for her care for people who have suffered poverty and abuse.
Вѣчная память! Eternal memory!
Eldest member of Jordanville brotherhood reposes in the Lord
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Archimandrite Iov (Kotenko) reposed in the Lord following a prolonged illness on Saturday at the age of 95.
Dear brothers and sisters, It has been wonderful to receive calls and messages from our faithful, during the course, of Sunday afternoon, confirming how well the parish coped without a priest, due to my isolation, which sadly precluded the celebration of the Divine Liturgy. This was the first time that the congregation had assembled for public worship without a priest, and a valuable (if unplanned) lesson in prayer and worsip…...![]()
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A Priestless Sunday in Cardiff - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, It has been wonderful to receive calls and messages from our faithful, during the course, of Sunday afternoon, confirming how well the parish coped without a priest, due to ...
O Lord! Show me Thy great lovingkindness and give me relief from the persecutions of the destroyer, for he has covered me with sores and he stands and mocks me. As Thou didst tame the sea with one word from Thy lips when the disciples awakened Thee, so also hearken unto my groans and cries and tame the waves of the passions that move within me, aroused in my soul by the enemy of my salvation....![]()
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O Lord! Show me Thy great lovingkindness and give me relief from the persecutions of thedestroyer, for he has covered me with sores and he stands and mocks me. As Thou didst tame the sea with one word...
The Numberless Names of the Dead. Archpriest Alexander Shargunov
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We listen to what the Church sings, and we try to hear the voices of the reposed behind these hymns.
Suffer contempt and humiliation with good will, that you may have boldness before God. The man who with knowledge endures all manner of harsh words without having previously wronged his chider, at that same moment places a crown of thorns upon his head, and he is blessed, for he is crowned with an imperishable crown in a time that he knows not.![]()
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St Isaac the Syrian: from the 4th Ascetical Homily
Orthodox Life in Hungary. Part 3. Archpriest Nikolai Kim
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Any crisis reveals the essence of things and various phenomena. Today in Hungary, the deep, core national traits are manifesting themselves.
New frescoes of Elder Cleopa and other modern elders adorn Sihăstria Monastery
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Thanks to a team of iconographers from throughout Romania, images of the great Elder Cleopa and other 20th-century elders now adorn the famous Sihăstria Monastery in Neamț County in northeastern Rom...
Orthodox Life in Hungary. Part 2. An interview with Archpriest Nikolai Kim
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All events pale next to the raising of an Orthodox cross on top of a church under construction in the heart of Europe.
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celebrate the autumn feast of the Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God. The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates some three-hundred ‘revealed’ icons of the Mother of God, among which we find the Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, in whose name our parish is dedicated. Throughout the centuries of Muscovite and Imperial Russia, the Mother of God manifested her maternal care and protection of the Orthodox faithful and the Lands of Rus through the icons which were revealed and renewed through her miraculous intercession, and through which countless miracles were worked in the lives of ordinary people....![]()
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Dear brothers and sisters, festal greetings to you all, as we celebrate the autumn feast of the Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God. The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates some three-hundred ‘...
Sunday 7th November. 11:00 - St John's Church, Canton. Reader Typica and Moleben in honour of the Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. followed by a bring-and-share lunch. Unfortunately, it will not be possible to celebrate in the Liturgy in Cardiff on this day. Please see below. Dear brothers and sisters, Already regretting that we are unable to be together to celebrate the feast of the Kazan Icon tomorrow, I now have the added sorrow of being in isolation due to the unwelcome arrival of covid in the support-setting in which I work....![]()
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Sunday 7th November. 11:00 – St John’s Church, Canton. Reader Typica and Moleben in honour of the Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. followed by a bring-and-share lunch. Unfortunately, it will...
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The clergy and faithful of the Diocese of Great Britain and Western Europe warmly congratulate the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, His Eminence Hilarion of New York and E...
As we celebrate the feast of our venerable father, Hilarion the Great, we greet our First-Hierarch, Metropolitan Hilarion of New York and Eastern America, congratulating him on his nameday, and wishing him many, blessed years! ![]()
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Τόν Δεσπότην καὶ Ἀρχιερέα ἡμῶν, Κύριε φύλαττε, εἰς πολλὰ ἔτη, Δέσποτα!
‘Finding Faith’: A Short Film by Cardiff and Cheltenham Parishioner About the Journey of Three Diocesan Clerics (Father Mark, Father Luke and Deacon Mark) into the Faith. ![]()
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(ENGLISH with RUSSIAN subtitles)
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The film explores the filmmaker's discovery of a deeper interior Orthodox life through the example of three clerics of our Diocese who serve in Wales.
Dear brothers and sisters, greetings as we celebrate the feast of our venerable and blessed Father, Gabriel!
Elder Gabriel (Urgebadze): His Life, Miracles, and Service after his Death. Larisa Khrustalyeva
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Coming to the starets at his grave every day, I noticed that you could feel a special grace and tranquility. You don’t think about anything, nothing comes to your mind, you don’t worry about anyth...
I am pleased that there are others in our community who, like me, have a devotion to the Holy Great Martyr Menas - one of the most beloved Egyptian saints. I first encountered this great saint even before I was Orthodox, when Father Luke and his matushka was given an embroidery from Egypt, showing the saint. Fr Luke introduced me to the pilgrim flasks showing St Menas with his arms raised in prayer, with camels seated on either side of him....![]()
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Through the prayers of St Menas... - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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I am pleased that there are others in our community who, like me, have a devotion to the Holy Great Matryr Menas – one of the most beloved Egyptian saints. I first encountered this great saint even ...
Glory to God! Despite the propaganda and negative social-media campaign of the schismatic malcontents on our doorstep, the diocese continues to grow, and a new altar will soon stand on the foundation blessed in St Leonard's. Many years to Deacon Alexander and the local faithful!
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His Grace Bishop Irenei made a visit to St Leonards-on-Sea on the southern coast of England, near Hastings, to bless the foundation stone of a new chapel to be constructed for the faithful of the regi...
A Prayer of Saint Nikolaj (Velimirovic) to the Most-Holy Theotokos Waves of passion disturb my spirit, great sadness and anguish have overwhelmed my soul. Embalm my soul with Thy Son's peace, O Most Holy One, and by His Grace drive away every doubt and despair. Calm the storm of my sins that, like a fiery worm, burn me, and quench its flame....![]()
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A Prayer of Saint Nikolaj (Velimirovic) to the Most-Holy Theotokos Waves of passion disturb my spirit, great sadness and anguish have overwhelmed my soul. Embalm my soul with Thy Son’s peace, O Most...
Wonderful news surrounding the enshrinement of the miraculous Life-Giving Cross of Godenovo.
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The church is home to the famous Godenovo Cross, known to work innumerable wonders both in antiquity and today.
Dear brothers and sisters, After a successful response to the parish drive to finance a full-time parish-priest I am happy to inform you that I will be taking up this position on 1st December, ministering to the parishes in Cardiff and Cheltenham, hoping that we will also soon establish an outreach serving our Wessex parishioners. As many of you are aware, combining full-time work in learning-disabilities and virtually full-time parish ministry was always a challenge, and has become increasingly difficult over the past few years, in which I have become very aware of my own limitations....![]()
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Dear brothers and sisters, After a successful response to the parish drive to finance a full-time parish-priest I am happy to inform you that I will be taking up this position on 1st December, ministe...
News from the Diocese.
Dear brothers and sisters, The first ROCOR Liturgy in Swansea was celebrated in the Vivian Hall in Blackpill, this morning, and the village hall will be the home of the local Russian Orthodox Parish for the foreseeable future. Though minimalist in set-up, the furnishings of Orthodox worship provided all that was needed for the Liturgy, celebrated by Father Luke, whilst I joined those on the kliros, where we mainly chanted in English, but with a few Slavonic chants....![]()
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Swansea Liturgy Today - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, The first ROCOR Liturgy in Swansea was celebrated in the Vivian Hall in Blackpill, this morning, and the village hall will be the home of the local Russian Orthodox Parish f...
45th Anniversary of the Repose of Archbishop Nikodim of Richmond and Great Britain. | ROCOR Europe
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On 4th / 17th October, the 45th anniversary of the repose of Archbishop Nikodim of Richmond and Great Britain was prayerfully remembered.
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The memory of St Jonah of Hankou in Manchuria, one of the great lights of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad in the twentieth century, is kept on 7 / 20 October. | 7 / 20 октября отмечае...
Dear brothers and sisters, May I remind you all that this Sunday will see our South Wales parishes worshipping together in Swansea. After faithfully celebrating the Liturgy in our chapel in Llanelli, Archpriest Luke will celebrate our first public ROCOR Liturgy in Swansea in the Vivian Hall, 82 Mumbles Rd, Black Pill, Swansea SA3 5AS. The Hours will begin at…...![]()
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Swansea Liturgy this Coming Sunday - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, May I remind you all that this Sunday will see our South Wales parishes worshipping together in Swansea. After faithfully celebrating the Liturgy in our chapel in Llanelli, ...
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Following today’s Liturgy Father Mark teaches on living our lives as a Christian and being “called to see Christ in everybody”
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On the Feast of Pokrov, Bishop Irenei of London and Western Europe made his first archpastoral visit to the Pokrov Parish in Arnhem, the Netherlands, since its restoration to the Church Abroad.
Dear brothers and sisters, Every Liturgy is an occasion for rejoicing, and each week we leave Cardiff buoyed by the joy of our celebration, no matter how physically tired we feel. However, today was an especially joyful Sunday, beginning with Elliot being made a catechumen and formally beginning the journey to the waters of baptism, after being an active member of our community for the greater part of the year....![]()
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Dear brothers and sisters, Every Liturgy is an occasion of rejoicing for us, and each week we leave Cardiff buoyed by the joy of our celebration, no matter how tired we physically feel. However, today...
Tuesday 17/30 November. Saint Gregory the Wonderworker, Bishop of Neocaesarea, was born in the city of Neocaesarea (northern Asia Minor) into a prominent pagan family (between 210 - 215), and his original name was Theodore. After his elementary education, Saint Gregory and his brother Gregory, or Athēnódoros1 (according to some hagiological sources) they went to Beirut to study law....![]()
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17/30 NOVEMBER Saint Gregory the Wonderworker, Bishop of Neocaesarea, was born in the city of Neocaesarea (northern Asia Minor) into a prominent pagan family (between 210 – 215), and his original na...
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Using writings from the Holy Fathers, father Mark talks on both the ethical and allegorical teachings contained with the Gospel of the Good Samaritan.
Commemorated on November 16/29 The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew, was also named Levi (Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27); he was one of the Twelve Apostles (Mark 3:18; Luke 6:45; Acts 1:13), and was brother of the Apostle James Alphaeus (Mark 2:14). He was a publican, or tax-collector for Rome, in a time when the Jews were under the rule of the Roman Empire....![]()
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THE APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST MATTHEW - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Commemorated on November 16/29 The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew, was also named Levi (Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27); he was one of the Twelve Apostles (Mark 3:18; Luke 6:45; Acts 1:13), and was brother...
Monday 16/29 November: St Matthew Dear brothers and sisters, As we come to the first weekday of the Nativity Fast, I encourage as many of you as are able to make the journey of this Winter Lent with the companionship of the saints whose memories sanctify the days leading us to the Nativity of the Saviour, praying their canon in your daily prayers....![]()
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The Advent Journey With the Saints: St Matthew - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Monday 16/29 November: St Matthew Dear brothers and sisters, As we come to the first weekday of the Nativity Fast, I encourage as many of you as are able to make the journey of this Winter Lent with t...
The Life of Saint John Chrysostom. Commemorated November 13/26
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The treasure of treatises and letters which St. John left behind, included the moving sermon that is heard at Easter Sunday services. The loss of his sermons which were not set down on paper is incalc...
As we celebrate the feast of the great Church Father, St John Chrysostom, we greet our brother Kevin-John on his name day, and thank him for his labours, serving as a reader for our Cardiff parish, and always being there to offer help and assistance whenever anything is needed. He is always a great support for the clergy, and no request is ever too much....![]()
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The Feast of St John Chrysostom: November 13/26 - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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As we celebrate the feast of the great Church Father, St John Chrysostom, we greet our brother Kevin-John on his name day, and thank him for his labours, serving as a reader for our community, and alw...
Today, we celebrate the feasts of two more of the saints of Egpyt: St John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria, and St Neilos the Faster of Sinai. Saint John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria, was born on Cyprus in the seventh century into the family of the illustrious dignitary Epiphanius. At the wish of his parents he entered into marriage and had children....![]()
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Saints of the Day - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Today, we celebrate the feasts of two more of the saints of Egpyt: St John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria, and St Neilos the Faster of Sinai. Saint John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria, w...
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Greek hierarch on pandemic: We'll no longer tolerate lies of authorities
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Metropolitan Ieronymos reminded the authorities that Greece is an Orthodox country of saints and added that believers will no longer tolerate mockery of the Church.
Canon to the Martyr Menas and Company by St. John of Damascus, in Tone IV: Ode 1, Irmos: The people of Israel, having fled across the watery deep of the Red Sea with dryshod feet, beholding the mounted captains of the enemy drowned therein, sang with gladness: Let us chant unto our God, for He hath been glorified! Holy Great-Martyr, Menas, pray to God for us....![]()
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Canon to the Martyr Menas and Company by St. John of Damascus, in Tone IV: Ode 1, Irmos: The people of Israel, having fled across the watery deep of the Red Sea with dryshod feet, beholding the mounte...
Today is the second anniversary of the ordination of Father Deacon Mark to the sacred diaconate, and we send him our congratulations and best wishes. I think that he will not mind me saying that his ordination was sooner than any of us had expected, but this event showed foresight and wisdom on the part of our bishop, given parish developments and trials we have faced as a community....![]()
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Many Years to Deacon Mark! - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Today is the second anniversary of the ordination of Father Deacon Mark to the sacred diaconate, and we send him our congratulations and best wishes. I think that he will not mind me saying that his o...
The Feast of the Holy Great-Martyr Menas - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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11/24 November Dear brothers and sisters, If we ask people to name the greatest glories and treasures of Egypt, most (even Orthodox Christians) will name the Sphynx, the Great Pyramid, the Valley of t...
The coming weekend will again see confessions heard in Deacon Mark’s office on Saturday, and the celebration of the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, which is the first day of the Nativity Fast, the feast of Saints Guriy, Samon and Aviv - the preservers of the Christian family and the feast of the great monastic father, St. Paisiy (Velichkovsky) of Moldavia and Mt....![]()
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The Coming Weekend - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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The coming weekend will again see confessions heard in Deacon Mark’s office on Saturday, and the celebration of the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, which is the first day of the Nativity Fast, the feast o...
Dear brothers and sisters, It is with sadness that we have received news that Marina, one of the pillars of Orthodox life in Little Walsingham, departed to the Lord yesterday evening. Together with her husband Cennydd, Marina has devotedly and devoutly preserved Orthodox spiritual life in ‘England’s Nazareth’, supporting Mother Melangell in prayer and worship in the shrine and in Mother’s Skete chapel....![]()
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Eternal Memory - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, It is with sadness that we have received news that Marina, one of the pillars of Orthodox life in Little Walsingham, departed to the Lord yesterday evening. Together with he...
14/11/2021 - Homily - “The greatest of all things is love” Following the Liturgy Father Mark teaches on God’s impartial and total love.
A Day That Starts with the Theotokos. Olga Izhenyakova
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A rich merchant had a habit of going to the church every morning to get the blessing of the Theotokos, because he had firmly internalized one rule: A day that starts with the Theotokos won’t be wast...
UOC bishop leads worship at the relics of Spyridon of Trimythous in Greece
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Metropolitan Philip performed the Divine Liturgy in the church of St. Spyridon, the miracle worker of Trimythous, on the Greek island of Corfu.
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For archpastoral service is first of all a service of love. When a sheep is lost, the archpastor takes it upon his shoulders.
I hope that friends of the Cheltenham parish will be able to support the celebration of the Advent Liturgy, and in the the new year, we intend to increase our activity in Gloucestershire and the Wiltshire borders. The designation of our Cheltenham-based mission has always included Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds, so we hope to begin to realise this in our mission - even if straying outside the Cotswolds by two or three miles, to use Chippenham as a base for our Wessex faithful. We very much hope to strengthen the links between our communities, with Cardiff, Cheltenham and Chippenham as our 'spiritual-hubs'.
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Angels of God, our heavenly allies
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On November 8 (21 in the new calendar), the Church commemorates the Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the other Bodiless Powers. This feast was established after the fourth century Council of Laodi...
Cardiff - Saturday 20th November: Confessions 16:30 Cardiff - Sunday 21st November: Confessions 10:15, Hours and Divine Liturgy 11:00 Dear brothers and sisters, The coming weekend confessions will be heard in Deacon Mark’s office in Morganstown on Saturday, and the celebration of the Divine Liturgy for the feast of the Synaxis of the Holy Archangel Michael will be celebrated in St John's on Sunday....![]()
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Cardiff – Saturday 20th November: Confessions 16:30 Cardiff – Sunday 21st November: Confessions 10:15, Hours and Divine Liturgy 11:00 Dear brothers and sisters, The coming weekend confessions will...
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Dear brothers and sisters, This weekend was blessed with the Divine Liturgy in Cheltenham and Cardiff, bringing our communities together to celebrate the Holy Mysteries and share the communion of the Lord’s Body and Blood. Each of these services was not celebrated in the consecrated Byzantine ‘otherness’ of an Orthodox sanctuary, surrounded by icons and lamps, and walls and domes painted with angels and saints, flickering the light of hundreds of candle and lamp-flames....![]()
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How awesome is this place... - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, This weekend was blessed with the Divine Liturgy in Cheltenham and Cardiff, bringing our communities together to celebrate the Holy Mysteries and share the communion of the ...
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Saint Stephen was the younger son of King Stephen Urosh I, and grandson of First-Crowned King St Stephen (September 24). He ruled Serbia from 1275 to 1320. Stephen Milutin received the throne from his elder brother Dragutin, a true Christian, who after a short reign transferred power over to his brother, and he himself in loving solitude withdrew to Srem, where he secretly lived as an ascetic in a grave, which he dug with his own hands. During his righteous life, St Dragutin toiled much over converting the Bogomil heretics to the true Faith. His death occurred on March 2, 1316.![]()
St Stephen Milutin, after he became king, bravely defended, by both word and by deed, the Orthodox Serbs and other Orthodox peoples from their enemies. St Stephen did not forget to thank the Lord for His beneficence. He built more than forty churches, and also many monasteries and hostels for travelers. The saint particularly concerned himself with the Athonite monasteries.![]()
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When the Serbian kingdom fell, the monasteries remained centers of national culture and Orthodoxy for the Serbian nation. St Stephen died on October 29, 1320 and was buried at the Bansk monastery. After two years his incorrupt relics were uncovered.![]()
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СВЯТОЙ СТЕФАН МИЛЮТИН, КОРОЛЬ СЕРБСКИЙ, БРАТ ЕГО ДРАГУТИН И МАТЬ ИХ ЕЛЕНА![]()
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Святой Стефан был младшим сыном короля Стефана - Уроша I и внуком первовенчанного короля святого Стефана (память 24 сентября). Он правил Сербией с 1275 по 1320 год. Престол Стефан Милютин получил от старшего брата своего Драгутина, верного христианина, который после недолгого царствования передал власть брату, а сам, возлюбив отшельничество, затворился в Среме, где совершал тайные подвиги в яме-могиле, выкопанной собственноручно. В своей праведной жизни святой Драгутин много трудился над обращением к истинной вере еретиков-богомилов. Кончина его последовала 2 марта 1316 года.![]()
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Святой Стефан Милютин, став королем, мужественно, словом и делом, часто с оружием в руках, защищал православных сербов и другие единоверные народы от многочисленных врагов. Благочестивый Стефан не забывал благодарить Господа за все Его благодеяния. Им построено более 40 храмов, множество монастырей и странноприимных домов. Особенно заботился святой об афонских монастырях.![]()
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Когда сербское королевство пало, монастыри остались очагами национальной культуры и Православия в сербском народе. Святой Стефан скончался 29 октября 1320 года и погребен в Баньской обители. Через два года были открыты его нетленные мощи.![]()
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Святая Елена, благочестивая мать своих святых сыновей, по смерти мужа всю жизнь посвятила богоугодным делам: строила дома для обнищавших поселян, устраивала обители для желающих жить в чистоте и девстве. Близ города Спича она воздвигла Реческий монастырь и наделила его угодьями. Перед своей кончиной святая Елена приняла иночество и отошла ко Господу 8 февраля 1306 года.
Cheltenham: Saturday 13th November - Confessions 09:15, Hours and Divine Liturgy 10:00 Address: Prestbury United Reformed Church, 5 Deep St, Prestbury, Cheltenham GL52 3AW. Dear brothers and sisters, Our Gloucestershire community will celebrate the Divine Liturgy tomorrow, honouring the Venerable Fathers of the Kiev Caves, Saints Spyridon and Nikodim the Prosphora Bakers, also remembering our departed Hierarch, Archbishop Nikodem of Richmond and Great Britain on his nameday....![]()
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Cheltenham: Saturday 13th November – Confessions 09:15, Hours and Divine Liturgy 10:00 Address: Prestbury United Reformed Church, 5 Deep St, Prestbury, Cheltenham GL52 3AW. Dear brothers and sisters...
(ENGLISH and RUSSIAN:) “That which we pass on to you, and to the whole world, is the same Gospel we have preached for two thousand years. It has not changed, and it will never change...” | “То, что мы передаём вам и всему миру — это то же Евангелие…”
Dear brothers and sisters, The coming weekend will see the resumption of normal parish life with the celebration of the Divine Liturgy in Cheltenham on Saturday, and Cardiff on Sunday. Our Gloucestershire mission will meet for the Divine Liturgy in Prestbury United Reformed Church, with confessions from 09:15 and the Hours and Liturgy as close to 10:00 as possible, though the number of confessing communicants meant an unavoidably late start last month....![]()
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Cheltenham and Cardiff Services This Weekend - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, The coming weekend will see the resumption of normal parish life with the celebration of the Divine Liturgy in Cheltenham on Saturday, and Cardiff on Sunday. Our Gloucesters...
Grant me, O Lord, both in wakefulness to stand pure before Thee, my Redeemer, and in slumber to partake of sleep without sin. If in wakefulness I commit transgressions, may I be cleansed by Thy grace, O Lord. And if I sin while asleep, may Thy loving-kindness be unto me purification. With the cross of Thy humility, make my sleep untroubled, preserve me from the iniquitous dreams of sleep and from the impure conjurings of the imagination....![]()
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For Untroubled Sleep - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Grant me, O Lord, both in wakefulness to stand pure before Thee, my Redeemer, and in slumber to partake of sleep without sin. If in wakefulness I commit transgressions, may I be cleansed by Thy grace,...
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The attempts to seize the church began in March 2019. The faithful have been standing guard at their church ever since.
Dear brothers and sisters, Greetings to you, as we celebrate the feast of the Holy Great-Martyr, Demetrios, whose relics still stream myron in the city of Thessaloniki, and are visited and venerated by the faithful from all corners of the world. St Demetrios is one of those saints who is loved and venerated not only by Orthodox Christians, but even by Muslim Turks....![]()
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Dear brothers and sisters, Greetings to you, as we celebrate the feast of the Holy Great-Martyr, Demetrios, whose relics still stream myron in the city of Thessaloniki, and are visited and venerated b...
An Akathist to Matushka Olga Michael by Archpriest Lawrence R Farley Kontakion 1 (Tone 4): Our God who makes the moving curtain of the northern lights made you as a living light, shining in the far north and lighting up the desolate with His great beauty. Beholding this radiance, we your children lift up our voices and sing: Rejoice, Matushka Olga, healer of the abused and broken!...![]()
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An Akathist to Matushka Olga Michael by Archpriest Lawrence R Farley Kontakion 1 (Tone 4): Our God who makes the moving curtain of the northern lights made you as a living light, shining in the far no...
Holy, righteous matushka Olga, pray to God for Us!
Matushka Olga, Healer of the Abused and Broken
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Matushka Olga of Alaska is widely venerated among Orthodox Christians. She is known for her care for people who have suffered poverty and abuse.
Вѣчная память! Eternal memory!
Eldest member of Jordanville brotherhood reposes in the Lord
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Archimandrite Iov (Kotenko) reposed in the Lord following a prolonged illness on Saturday at the age of 95.
Dear brothers and sisters, It has been wonderful to receive calls and messages from our faithful, during the course, of Sunday afternoon, confirming how well the parish coped without a priest, due to my isolation, which sadly precluded the celebration of the Divine Liturgy. This was the first time that the congregation had assembled for public worship without a priest, and a valuable (if unplanned) lesson in prayer and worsip…...![]()
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A Priestless Sunday in Cardiff - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, It has been wonderful to receive calls and messages from our faithful, during the course, of Sunday afternoon, confirming how well the parish coped without a priest, due to ...
O Lord! Show me Thy great lovingkindness and give me relief from the persecutions of the destroyer, for he has covered me with sores and he stands and mocks me. As Thou didst tame the sea with one word from Thy lips when the disciples awakened Thee, so also hearken unto my groans and cries and tame the waves of the passions that move within me, aroused in my soul by the enemy of my salvation....![]()
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Heal Me O Lord, and Thereby Shame the Enemy - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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O Lord! Show me Thy great lovingkindness and give me relief from the persecutions of thedestroyer, for he has covered me with sores and he stands and mocks me. As Thou didst tame the sea with one word...
The Numberless Names of the Dead. Archpriest Alexander Shargunov
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We listen to what the Church sings, and we try to hear the voices of the reposed behind these hymns.
Suffer contempt and humiliation with good will, that you may have boldness before God. The man who with knowledge endures all manner of harsh words without having previously wronged his chider, at that same moment places a crown of thorns upon his head, and he is blessed, for he is crowned with an imperishable crown in a time that he knows not.![]()
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St Isaac the Syrian: from the 4th Ascetical Homily
Orthodox Life in Hungary. Part 3. Archpriest Nikolai Kim
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Any crisis reveals the essence of things and various phenomena. Today in Hungary, the deep, core national traits are manifesting themselves.
New frescoes of Elder Cleopa and other modern elders adorn Sihăstria Monastery
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Thanks to a team of iconographers from throughout Romania, images of the great Elder Cleopa and other 20th-century elders now adorn the famous Sihăstria Monastery in Neamț County in northeastern Rom...
Orthodox Life in Hungary. Part 2. An interview with Archpriest Nikolai Kim
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All events pale next to the raising of an Orthodox cross on top of a church under construction in the heart of Europe.
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celebrate the autumn feast of the Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God. The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates some three-hundred ‘revealed’ icons of the Mother of God, among which we find the Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, in whose name our parish is dedicated. Throughout the centuries of Muscovite and Imperial Russia, the Mother of God manifested her maternal care and protection of the Orthodox faithful and the Lands of Rus through the icons which were revealed and renewed through her miraculous intercession, and through which countless miracles were worked in the lives of ordinary people....![]()
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Greetings for the Feast of the Kazan Icon - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, festal greetings to you all, as we celebrate the autumn feast of the Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God. The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates some three-hundred ‘...
Sunday 7th November. 11:00 - St John's Church, Canton. Reader Typica and Moleben in honour of the Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. followed by a bring-and-share lunch. Unfortunately, it will not be possible to celebrate in the Liturgy in Cardiff on this day. Please see below. Dear brothers and sisters, Already regretting that we are unable to be together to celebrate the feast of the Kazan Icon tomorrow, I now have the added sorrow of being in isolation due to the unwelcome arrival of covid in the support-setting in which I work....![]()
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Sunday 7th November. 11:00 – St John’s Church, Canton. Reader Typica and Moleben in honour of the Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. followed by a bring-and-share lunch. Unfortunately, it will...
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The clergy and faithful of the Diocese of Great Britain and Western Europe warmly congratulate the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, His Eminence Hilarion of New York and E...
As we celebrate the feast of our venerable father, Hilarion the Great, we greet our First-Hierarch, Metropolitan Hilarion of New York and Eastern America, congratulating him on his nameday, and wishing him many, blessed years! ![]()
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Τόν Δεσπότην καὶ Ἀρχιερέα ἡμῶν, Κύριε φύλαττε, εἰς πολλὰ ἔτη, Δέσποτα!
‘Finding Faith’: A Short Film by Cardiff and Cheltenham Parishioner About the Journey of Three Diocesan Clerics (Father Mark, Father Luke and Deacon Mark) into the Faith. ![]()
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(ENGLISH with RUSSIAN subtitles)
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The film explores the filmmaker's discovery of a deeper interior Orthodox life through the example of three clerics of our Diocese who serve in Wales.
Dear brothers and sisters, greetings as we celebrate the feast of our venerable and blessed Father, Gabriel!
Elder Gabriel (Urgebadze): His Life, Miracles, and Service after his Death. Larisa Khrustalyeva
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Coming to the starets at his grave every day, I noticed that you could feel a special grace and tranquility. You don’t think about anything, nothing comes to your mind, you don’t worry about anyth...
I am pleased that there are others in our community who, like me, have a devotion to the Holy Great Martyr Menas - one of the most beloved Egyptian saints. I first encountered this great saint even before I was Orthodox, when Father Luke and his matushka was given an embroidery from Egypt, showing the saint. Fr Luke introduced me to the pilgrim flasks showing St Menas with his arms raised in prayer, with camels seated on either side of him....![]()
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Through the prayers of St Menas... - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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I am pleased that there are others in our community who, like me, have a devotion to the Holy Great Matryr Menas – one of the most beloved Egyptian saints. I first encountered this great saint even ...
Glory to God! Despite the propaganda and negative social-media campaign of the schismatic malcontents on our doorstep, the diocese continues to grow, and a new altar will soon stand on the foundation blessed in St Leonard's. Many years to Deacon Alexander and the local faithful!
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His Grace Bishop Irenei made a visit to St Leonards-on-Sea on the southern coast of England, near Hastings, to bless the foundation stone of a new chapel to be constructed for the faithful of the regi...
A Prayer of Saint Nikolaj (Velimirovic) to the Most-Holy Theotokos Waves of passion disturb my spirit, great sadness and anguish have overwhelmed my soul. Embalm my soul with Thy Son's peace, O Most Holy One, and by His Grace drive away every doubt and despair. Calm the storm of my sins that, like a fiery worm, burn me, and quench its flame....![]()
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A Prayer of Saint Nikolaj (Velimirovic) to the Most-Holy Theotokos Waves of passion disturb my spirit, great sadness and anguish have overwhelmed my soul. Embalm my soul with Thy Son’s peace, O Most...
Wonderful news surrounding the enshrinement of the miraculous Life-Giving Cross of Godenovo.
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The church is home to the famous Godenovo Cross, known to work innumerable wonders both in antiquity and today.
Dear brothers and sisters, After a successful response to the parish drive to finance a full-time parish-priest I am happy to inform you that I will be taking up this position on 1st December, ministering to the parishes in Cardiff and Cheltenham, hoping that we will also soon establish an outreach serving our Wessex parishioners. As many of you are aware, combining full-time work in learning-disabilities and virtually full-time parish ministry was always a challenge, and has become increasingly difficult over the past few years, in which I have become very aware of my own limitations....![]()
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This weekend in the parish - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, After a successful response to the parish drive to finance a full-time parish-priest I am happy to inform you that I will be taking up this position on 1st December, ministe...
News from the Diocese.
Dear brothers and sisters, The first ROCOR Liturgy in Swansea was celebrated in the Vivian Hall in Blackpill, this morning, and the village hall will be the home of the local Russian Orthodox Parish for the foreseeable future. Though minimalist in set-up, the furnishings of Orthodox worship provided all that was needed for the Liturgy, celebrated by Father Luke, whilst I joined those on the kliros, where we mainly chanted in English, but with a few Slavonic chants....![]()
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Swansea Liturgy Today - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, The first ROCOR Liturgy in Swansea was celebrated in the Vivian Hall in Blackpill, this morning, and the village hall will be the home of the local Russian Orthodox Parish f...
45th Anniversary of the Repose of Archbishop Nikodim of Richmond and Great Britain. | ROCOR Europe
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On 4th / 17th October, the 45th anniversary of the repose of Archbishop Nikodim of Richmond and Great Britain was prayerfully remembered.
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The memory of St Jonah of Hankou in Manchuria, one of the great lights of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad in the twentieth century, is kept on 7 / 20 October. | 7 / 20 октября отмечае...
Dear brothers and sisters, May I remind you all that this Sunday will see our South Wales parishes worshipping together in Swansea. After faithfully celebrating the Liturgy in our chapel in Llanelli, Archpriest Luke will celebrate our first public ROCOR Liturgy in Swansea in the Vivian Hall, 82 Mumbles Rd, Black Pill, Swansea SA3 5AS. The Hours will begin at…...![]()
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Swansea Liturgy this Coming Sunday - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, May I remind you all that this Sunday will see our South Wales parishes worshipping together in Swansea. After faithfully celebrating the Liturgy in our chapel in Llanelli, ...
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Following today’s Liturgy Father Mark teaches on living our lives as a Christian and being “called to see Christ in everybody”
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On the Feast of Pokrov, Bishop Irenei of London and Western Europe made his first archpastoral visit to the Pokrov Parish in Arnhem, the Netherlands, since its restoration to the Church Abroad.
Dear brothers and sisters, Every Liturgy is an occasion for rejoicing, and each week we leave Cardiff buoyed by the joy of our celebration, no matter how physically tired we feel. However, today was an especially joyful Sunday, beginning with Elliot being made a catechumen and formally beginning the journey to the waters of baptism, after being an active member of our community for the greater part of the year....![]()
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A Joyous Day in Cardiff - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, Every Liturgy is an occasion of rejoicing for us, and each week we leave Cardiff buoyed by the joy of our celebration, no matter how tired we physically feel. However, today...