Feast of St. Silouan and Metropolitan’s Name Day

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  • Feast of St. Silouan and Metropolitan’s Name Day

    On Sunday 25th o September, His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan celebrated the divine liturgy at our cathedral parish of St. George. With his blessing in this service, we commemorated protomartyr Thekla equal-to-apostles and saint Silouan the Athonite, whose feast was a day before. In the homily, His Eminence drew on the examples from the life of…

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  • Elevation of Venerable and Life-Giving Cross 2022

    Brothers and sisters, Blessed Feast! On the eve of the Feast of the Holy Cross, we celebrated the Divine Liturgy with the procession in the Annex of our Cathedral. It was a very moving and beautiful service, in which the sorrowful memories of our Lord’s passions on the Cross unite with the most joyous ones…

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  • Service Announcement: Holy Cross Feast

    Brothers and Sisters, We will celebrate the Feast of the Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross on Tuesday, 13/09/2022 at 07:00 pm, in the Annex of St. George’s Cathedral. You are invited!

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  • Memorial for HM Queen Elizabeth II

    On Thursday, the 8th of September 2022, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died peacefully. Our bishop, His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan, issued the following statement on the death of Her Majesty https://www.antiochian-orthodox.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Queens-Repose-Message.pdf After the Dismissal of the Divine Liturgy on Sunday before Holy Cross, Metropolitan Silouan, accompanied by the parish’s clergy, in the presence of parishioners…

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  • Dormition of the Theotokos – 2022

    Brothers and sisters, We wish you all a happy and blessed Feast of Dormition of the Theotokos! With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan, we celebrated the Feast at our parish on Sunday, the 14th of August, with many faithful attending the Divine Liturgy.

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  • Feast of Transfiguration 2022

    On the eve of the Feast, we celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Annex of St. George’s Cathedral. At the end of the service, Father Samir offered a homily explaining the meaning of the Feast. Then, following the Holy Tradition, grapes brought by the faithful were blessed. In offering grapes – the harvest of the…

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  • Ascension of our Lord

    Dear brothers and sisters, Christ is Risen! We wish you all the blessings on the day of Leavetaking of Pascha and congratulate you on the upcoming Feast of the Ascension of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ! We will celebrate the Festal Divine Liturgy for Ascension of our Lord in the Annex of our…

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  • Ordination of Deacon Nectarios

    On Sunday of Myrrh-Bearing Women, 8 May 2022, Metropolitan Silouan ordained Nectarios Barton from the parish of All Saints of Lincolnshire to the diaconate. Axios – Worthy! At the Divine Liturgy, His Eminence was assisted by Archimandrite Philip (Hall) – parish priest at the church of All Saints of Lincolnshire, Father Michael and Deacon Boniface.…

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  • Pascha 2022 Kensington

    Pascha 2022

    “O death, where is thy sting? O hades, where is thy victory? … Christ is Risen, and not one dead remains in a tomb!” Beloved brothers and sisters, Christ is Risen! We followed our Lord to the Cross and tomb, and now we feast, bathing in the Glory of His Resurrection! The Paschal Celebrations in…

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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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