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  • 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 was assisted by Fr Michel, Fr Boniface, Fr Dmitry, and Fr Dcn George. Photos from…

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  • 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 the Cross. You can see the photos from the service here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1td0ynDJhsv2LyKrAORa0trS3uckFs2IZ?usp=sharing Lamentations Service On…

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  • 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 is coming in the middle of the night”. May we all be worthy to enter…

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  • 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 day. His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan presided over the Divine Liturgy in Kensington, assisted by Fr…

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  • 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 celebration of His Glorious Resurrection. The Orthodox Church offers beautiful and intense services each day…

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  • 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 and Pascha. Note, we offer two Lamentation services on Holy Friday: one in Harrow and…

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  • Photos from Holy Week and Pascha 2023

    Brothers and Sisters, Christ is Risen! We thank our Lord Jesus Christ for allowing us to celebrate together the spiritually intensive Holy Week and meet the joyful Feast of Pascha this year. We have been publishing photos on our Facebook page throughout the Holy Week. But now, for your convenience, we assembled them all in…

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  • Holy Week 2023 Timetable

    Brothers and sisters, we approach Palm Sunday and prepare for the Holy Week journey, when we will follow our Lord Jesus Christ to the Cross and then to His Glorious Resurrection. Each day of the Holy Week Orthodox Church offers us beautiful divine services. The full timetable of services in our church is attached below.…

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  • Holy Saturday: Liturgy, Baptisms and Chrismation

    On Holy Saturday, 22 April 2022, we celebrated the Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil, commemorating our Lord’s Victory over death and the harrowing of hell. It also was a very special day for three people: Ken Nakamura, Mercy Taylor and Louise Saad. Before the Divine Liturgy, they received into the One, Holy, Catholic and…

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  • Holy Friday Lamentations

    Holy Friday: Lamentations Service

    “Behold the Sabbath transcendent in blessings on which Christ hath slept, and shall rise on the Third Day.” On Holy Friday evening, 21 April 2022, we celebrated the Orthros of Great and Holy Saturday with the singing of Lamentations in front of the Epitaphios – the image of the body of Christ in the grave.…

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