News & Announcements - St George's Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral

St George’s Feast 2025

Christ is Risen, dear brothers and sisters! On Thomas Sunday, His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan celebrated the Divine Liturgy at our Cathedral. With his blessing, the celebration of our patronal feast of St George (23rd April) was also transferred to this […]

Pascha 2025

Christ is Risen, beloved brothers and sisters! Wishing you all a Glorious and Blessed Pascha – the Feast of our Lord’s Resurrection! Two beautiful services were celebrated in our community to mark this Feast of Feasts. On Saturday evening, Fr […]

Holy Saturday

On Holy Saturday morning, His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan celebrated the Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St Basil, commemorating Christ’s Harrowing of Hades. Once again, we were joined by faithful from our sister parish of St Botolph on this joyful occasion. Sayedna […]

Holy Friday Services

Royal Hours and Great Vespers On Holy Friday morning, His Eminence, Metropolitan Silouan, assisted by Fr Dmitry and Fr Dcn George, celebrated Royal Hours and Great Vespers with taking down of the the Body of our Lord Jesus Christ from […]

Holy Thursday Services

On Holy Thursday both morning and evening services have been celebrated in our community. In the morning, His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan celebrated the Vesperal Divine Liturgy, commemorating the institution of the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist by our Lord at […]

Holy Unction on Holy Wednesday

On Holy Wednesday evening, His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan, assisted by Fr Michel, Fr Boniface, Fr Dmitry, and Fr Dcn George, celebrated the Sacrament of Holy Unction. We were also joined by our spiritual brothers and sisters from St Botolph’s Parish. […]

Bridegroom Orthros of Holy Wednesday

Blessed Holy Tuesday, dear brothers and sisters! This evening, we celebrated by anticipation the Bridegroom Orthros of Holy Wednesday. At the end of the service, Fr Michel continued with the series of short Holy Week talks. Abouna spoke about several […]

Bridegroom Orthros of Holy Tuesday

Blessed Holy Monday, brothers and sisters! This evening, we celebrated the Bridegroom Orthros of Holy Tuesday. At the end of the service, with the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan, Fr Dmitry offered a short homily on the meaning of […]

The 5th Festal Lunch – Pascha 2025

Our Young Adults Group is organising a Paschal Lunch on the 20th of April, 2025. This is part of a series of Festal Lunches organised by and for those who are celebrating Feasts on their own, away from their families. […]

Bridegroom Orthros of Holy Monday

Blessed Holy Week, brothers and sisters! We began our journey with Christ tonight by celebrating the Bridegroom Orthros of Holy Monday. The Icon of Christ the Bridegroom has been processed with the singing of the beatiful hymn “Behold the Bridegroom […]

Palm Sunday 2025

Dear friends in Christ, Blessed Palm Sunday!!شَنينين مبارك Today, two Divine Liturgies for the Feast of the Entrance of our Lord into Jerusalem were celebrated in our community, allowing as many people as possible to take part in this joyous […]

Lazarus Saturday 2025

Dear brothers and sisters, Blessed Lazarus Saturday to you all! Today, His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan celebrated Orthros and the Divine Liturgy at his cathedral parish. Assisting him were Fr Michel, Fr Boniface, Fr Dmitry, and Fr Dcn George. We were […]

Holy Week 2025 Schedule

Dear brothers and sisters, We are now approaching the final stretch of Great Lent. This weekend we will celebrate Lazarus Saturday and the Feast of the Entrance of our Lord into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday), followed by Holy Week and the […]

Great Lent 2025 Services: Part 1

Dear friends in Christ, Blessed Great Lent! Every week of the Lent, the Orthodox Church offers a rich variety of services to guide us on this spiritual journey. Attached is the timetable of services in our parish for the first […]

Ladies Brunch 2025

On Saturday, 1st of March, ladies of the St George’s activities group hosted an annual Ladies Brunch at the Beit el Zaytoun restaurant in support of the St George’s Arabic School. The event opened with a short prayer and speech […]

Annual Ladies Brunch

Dear Ladies, St George’s Cathedral Activities Group warmly invites you to our Annual Ladies Brunch on 1st of March 2025, from 11 am, to support St George’s Arabic School Location: Beit el Zaytoun Restaurant, Park Royal, 15-17 Barrets Green Road, […]

Ordination speech of Fr Deacon Ephraim

Dear brothers and sisters, With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan, we are publishing the Speech delivered by Fr Deacon Ephraim Haddad at the festive lunch on the occasion of his ordination to the holy diaconate, January 5th, 2025. […]

Theophany 2025 and Ordination of Dcn. Ephraim

On Sunday, January 5th, His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan presided over the Divine Liturgy at our Cathedral parish to celebrate the Feast of Theophany. During the service, His Eminence ordained our brother Ramy Haddad to the holy diaconate, giving him the […]

Announcing Ordination of Ramy Haddad to the Diaconate

Dear brothers and sisters, His Eminence, Metropolitan Silouan, will ordain our brother Ramy Haddad to the holy diaconate during the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, January 5th. On that day, with Sayedna’s blessing, we will celebrate the Feast of Theophany. The […]

Nativity of Christ 2024 in our Parish

Christ is Born! Glorify Him! Dear friends in Christ, We wish you a blessed and peaceful Feast of the Nativity of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! This year, our parish offered two services to celebrate the Feast, ensuring that […]

Metropolitan’s Christmas Message

Dear brothers and sisters, Please find attached the Christmas Message from our Metropolitan, His Eminence Silouan. Wishing you a blessed festive season! Check the schedule of our services during this Holy period here

The 4th Festal Lunch – Christmas 2024

The Young Adults Group of the Antiochian Parish of St. George’s Cathedral in London warmly invites you to a Christmas Lunch on the 25th of December 2024. This event is part of a series of Festal Lunches organised for those of […]

Christmas Kids Activities 2024

On December 14th, we hosted our annual Christmas Kids Activities, a special time for the children of our community (and their parents!) to come together in anticipation of the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. […]

Announcing Ordination of Deacon Dmitry to the Priesthood

Dear friends in Christ, On the Feast of Nativity of our Lord, His Eminence, Metropolitan Silouan, will ordain Deacon Dmitry to the Holy Priesthood. The Festal Divine Liturgy on the 25th December, 11:00 am, at our usual location: Maria Assumpta […]

Schedule of Services: Nativity to Theophany Season 2024-2025

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, As we approach the holidays, please find attached the schedule of services during the Nativity to Theophany Festive season 2024-2025 at our parish. Everyone is welcome!

St Barbara’s Festival 2024

On December 3rd, the eve of the Feast of Great Martyr Barbara and Righteous John of Damascus, our parish hosted St. Barbara’s Festival for children. The evening began with a short Vespers service dedicated to the saints, during which the […]

Join Us for Christmas Kids Activities 2024!

Dear friends in Christ, We warmly invite you to our Christmas Kids Activities Party! Date: December 14th, 2024Time: 14:00–17:30Venue: Syriac Centre, 7–11 Armstrong Road, London, W3 7JL The Christmas Kids Activities Party is a wonderful opportunity for our children to […]

Join us for St Barbara’s Festival 2024

Dear friends in Christ, We invite your little ones to join the St. Barbara Festival at our parish Date: December 3rd, 2024Time: 19:00–21:00Location: Syriac Centre, 7–11 Armstrong Road, London, W3 7JLParking: Free street parking is available from 7:00 pm onwards. […]

Concelebration before the Hawaiian-Iveron Icon at the ROCOR Cathedral

On November 19th, the clergy of our Cathedral and St. Botolph’s Parish concelebrated the Supplication Service for the wonderworking, myrrh-streaming Hawaiian-Iveron Icon of the Mother of God at the ROCOR Diocesan Cathedral of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother […]

Pilgrimage to Serbia, May 2025

Dear brothers and sisters, Join us from 1st to 5th of May 2025 for a spiritual journey through Serbia’s sacred monasteries and holy sites guided by an Orthodox theological guide fluent in English! The proposed Itinerary and travel information is […]

Chanting Lessons Resume

Our Ecclesiastical Byzantine Chanting lessons will resume on 28th September 2024 When: Every SaturdayYear 2: 2:00 – 3:30 PMYear 1: 3:45 – 5:15 PM Where: Saint Mathew’s Church Hall, 29 St Petersburg Pl, London, W2 4LA Cost: £150 per year […]

End of Summer Picnic 2024

On Sunday, September 8th, the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos, we held our traditional End of Summer Picnic. Despite the gloomy weather forecasts predicting rain for the entire day, through God’s mercy, the sun shone brightly, allowing us […]

Family Parish Retreat Reminder

Dear Friends in Christ, Time is running out! Only a few days remain to secure your spot at our Family Parish Retreat in Staffordshire, from 31st October to 3rd November. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the […]

Family Retreat: Registration

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, With the blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan Silouan: Following the success of our one-day Parish Spiritual Retreat in Autumn 2023, we are pleased to announce and invite you to register for a 4-day Family […]

St George’s Feast and Picnic

Dear friends in Christ, On 6th of May 2024 (Bank Holiday), we will celebrate our patronal feast of St George the Great Martyr. We will have Orthros and Divine Liturgy at Maria Assumpta Chapel starting from 09:30 am, which will […]

Holy Week 2024 Schedule

Dear Brothers and Sisters, We approach the end of Great Lent. Next Sunday is the Palm Sunday, after which we begin our Holy Week journey to Pascha. Please find below the schedule of services at our parish during Holy Week […]

Family Parish Retreat 2024

Dear brothers and sisters, With the blessings of His Eminence, Metropolitan Silouan, and the support of the Antiochian Orthodox Society of Britain, we are excited to announce a Family Parish Retreat at the Yarnfield Park Conference Centre in Staffordshire. Join […]

Mother’s Day 2024

On the last day before the Great Lent – Sunday of Forgiveness – we celebrated Mother’s Day in our Parish. The day began with the Divine Liturgy, presided by His Eminence, Metropolitan Silouan, followed by the beautiful Ceremony of Mutual […]

Inaugural Annual Ladies Brunch

On Saturday, 17th of February, our parish held the inaugural Annual Ladies Brunch. More than 100 ladies gathered for the event at the lovely Beit El Zaytoun restaurant. The main aim of the Brunch was to raise money for the […]

Get-together with the ROCOR Youth Group

What is as good or as pleasant as brethren dwelling together in unity?! 16 February 2024 With the blessings of HE Sayedna Silouan and HG Vladyka Irenei, our Young Adults group joined the Youth Group of the Cathedral of the […]

Pilgrimage to Bulgaria, May 24-28, 2024

Dear brothers and sisters, With the blessing of Metropolitan Silouan, please find the information about the planned parish pilgrimage to the holy places of Bulgaria from the 24th to the 28th of May this year. You can access information in […]

Baptism of Rami Zakhem

On Saturday, the 27th of January, we joyfully celebrated the baptism of little Rami Zakhem, son of Marwan and Leila Zakhem, in our parish. Ramy is the grandson of our beloved late Mr George Zakhem, one of the founders and […]

Theophany of Christ 2024

On the 6th of January, His Eminence, Metropolitan Siloaun, presided at the Festal Orthos and Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of St. George, assisted by the parish clergy. At the end of the Divine Liturgy, he celebrated the service of […]

Nativity of Christ 2023 and Ordination of Deacon George

Blessed Feast of Nativity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ! عيد ميلاد مجيد With the blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan Silouan, we celebrated two Divine Liturgies for the Feats of Nativity in our Cathedral Parish of St. George. On […]

The former priest, Matei Vulcanescu has been deposed.

Brothers and sisters, Follow this link to our Archdiocesan website to read the news about the deposition of the former priest Matei Vulcanescu: https://www.antiochian-orthodox.com/post/the-former-priest-matei-vulcanescu-has-been-deposed Below is the official letter from our Metropolitan, His Eminence Silouan, concerning the deposition.

Christmas Kids Activities 2023

On Saturday, December 16th, we organised Christmas Activities for the children of our parish. Our small parishioners and guests gathered at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel in Kensington to pray, play games, do Christmas-themed crafts, and have pre-festive fun together. We […]

Service: St Ignatius the God-Bearer

Dear brothers and sisters, We will celebrate the evening Divine Liturgy for the feast of Ignatius the God-Bearer, Bishop of Antioch, on Tuesday, December 19th, at 19:00 in Maria Assumpta Chapel. Please come!

Parish Day Retreat – a Report

On the 25th of November, the Parish of St. George’s Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral in London gathered for an all-day spiritual retreat at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel in Kensington. More than 70 members of all ages, joined by beloved guests from […]

Service: Spyridon the Wonderworker of Trymithous

Dear brothers and sisters, We will celebrate the evening Divine Liturgy for the feast of St Spyridon the Wonderworker of Trymithous, on Monday, December 11th, at 19:00 in Maria Assumpta Chapel. Please come!

AGM 36 – Press Release

Antiochian Orthodox Society of Britain Annual General Meeting (AGM) No: 36.In the presence of Metropolitan Silouan Oner; Father Samir Gholam, Father Michel Touma and Father Boniface Carroll The Antiochian Orthodox Society of Britain held Its annual general meeting on Sunday, […]