On Friday 13 February, from 7pmy we celebrated Vespers followed by a commemoration of the Founders of our church and all our departed relatives and friends. 

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Almost every Sunday, I wrote in my Christmas Letter, I meet people who ask for financial help. They come inside the church, or I meet them outside when I arrive or leave the church. People who ask, "Can I have a word with you, Father", but whose needs I soon discover I cannot meet. I have had to learn that, as a priest, I do not have the knowledge, nor the skills, to be a social worker; that in our town there is provision by various charities who offer support to those in need of the basics in life.

17 November 2025

On 12 November, Wednesday, from 18:30 we celebrated Great Vespers with the Blessing of Loaves to mark the Feast of  St John Chrysostom. The sermon is attached below.

For two consecutive Sundays, 28 September and 5 October 2025, we were blessed to welcome Fr Anthony from the Monastery of St Anthony in Arizona.

This year's pilgrimage to the Holy Island took place on Saturday 4 October 2025.

My soul yearns after the Lord, and I seek Him ardently, and my soul suffers thought of no other matter.

Our Archdiocese of Thtateira and Great Britain is offering an online catechism course as a way of supporting its clergy in their outreach.

"Μαρία δὲ τὴν ἀγαθὴν μερίδα ἐξελέξατο, ἥτις οὐκ ἀφαιρεθήσεται ἀπ᾿ αὐτῆς".

We had a truly wonderful day in the Lake District. We visited the beautiful Orthodox Church of Saints Bega, Mungo and Herbert in Braithwaite.

We are offering here a collection of the sermons preached in English at our church by His Eminence our Archbishop Nikitas and His Grace Bishop Raphael in the last year and a half since the reopening of our church in January 2024. 

Please note that we have different times for our services on Pentecost Sunday (8th June):