Saturday 3 December 2016

Services in December 2016


at Audley and Dresden

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Sat 3rd 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 4th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 7th 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Sat 10th 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 11th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Mon 12th 7pm “The Way” study evening at Dresden
Wed 14th 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Sat 17th 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 18th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 21st 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Sat 24th 11am Vesperal Liturgy in Dresden
Sun 25th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy of the
Nativity of our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ
Wed 28th 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Sat 31st 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 1st 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy


Christ is Born! Glorify Him!

Name Days
Sunday before the Nativity: Jonathan Bartholomew
27th Stefan Kinnersley; Giselle Ayoub
28th Simon Stone
Sunday after the Nativity: Joseph Clive

Reposed
5th Patriarch Ignatios (2012)
7th Deacon John Mark (2007)
8th Archimandrite David (1993)

Parish Feast
20th Saint Ignatios, Belfast

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Saturday 29 October 2016

Services in November 2016

at Audley and Dresden

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Wed 2nd 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Sat 5th 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 6th 10am Matins; 11am Hierarchical Divine Liturgy to
Celebrate our Patronal Feast
Mon 7th 7pm Great Vespers for the Feast of the Synaxis of the
Archangel Michael and all the Bodiless Powers
Tue 8th 11:00am Divine Liturgy of the Feast of the Synaxis of the
Archangel Michael and all the Bodiless Powers
Wed 9th No Divine Liturgy

Sat 12th 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 13th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Mon 14th 7pm “The Way” study evening at Dresden
The Nativity Fast begins on Tuesday 15th November!
Wed 16th 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Sat 19th 6pm Great Vespers
After Vespers – Meeting of the Trustees/Church Council
Sun 20th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Mon 21st 11:00am Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Entry of the
Theotokos into the Temple
Wed 23rd 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Sat 26th 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 27th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Mon 28th 7pm “The Way” study evening at Dresden


Name Days
3rd Winifred Kim Carson
8th Victor, Gabriela and Michael
Aurel; Gabriela Bostan
11th Reader Martin
13th Ioannes Harvey
14th Philip Boothby; Philip Andrew
16th Matthew Carson; Matthew Cooke
20th Reader Edmund
21st Maria Onofrei
25th Catherine Maxfield; Catherine
Moraites
30th Andre Ayoub; Andrew Ruslan
Davidchack; Andrew Onofrei

Reposed
22nd Aurel (2013)
27th Agnes Nancy (2013)


More "last-minute" news on our Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/StokeOrthodox/

http://www.orthodoxstaffs.co.uk


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Monday 3 October 2016

Services in October 2016

at Audley and Dresden

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Sat 1st Pilgrimage to Holywell – no local service
Sun 2nd 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 5th 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Sat 8th 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 9th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 12th 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Sat 15th 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 16th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 19th 11:00am Divine Liturgy 
7:30pm Public Meeting on the future of the Church of the Holy Resurrection in Dresden

Sat 22nd AUTUMN FAYRE: Scout Hall; 10:30am to 12:30pm
6pm Great Vespers
Sun 23rd 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 26th 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Sat 29th 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 30th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy

Name Days
2nd David Cyprian Badin
9th James Sanders
12th Edwin; Wilfrid
28th Terence

Reposed
10th Richard Grace (2013)
19th Metropolitan Gabriel (2007)


AUTUMN FAYRE: Saturday 22nd October in the Scout Hall
https://www.facebook.com/groups/StokeOrthodox/
http://www.orthodoxstaffs.co.uk


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Monday 5 September 2016

Services in September 2016

at Audley and Dresden

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Sat 3rd 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 4th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Mon 5th Preliminary session of “The Way” – 7:00pm in Dresden
Wed 7th No Divine Liturgy in Audley
7pm Great Vespers of the Nativity of the Theotokos
Thu 8th 11:00am Divine Liturgy of the Nativity of the Theotokos

Sat 10th 6pm Great Vespers and Meeting of the Trustees and Parish Council
Sun 11th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 14th 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Sat 17th 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 18th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 21st 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Sat 24th 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 25th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 28th 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Name Days
5th Emmal Louise Elizabeth
9th Anna Oshkereli
17th Sofia Bartholomew
23rd Xanthippe
24th Metropolitan Silouan; Thecla Read
26th John Chadwick; John Roger Makings

Reposed
3rd Leon (2010)
10th George Fearns (2005)
24th Fr Dennis (2010)

Parish Feasts
9th Saint Matthias, Lincoln
31st Saint Aidan, Levenshulme


AUTUMN FAYRE: Saturday 22nd October in the Scout Hall
https://www.facebook.com/groups/StokeOrthodox/
http://www.orthodoxstaffs.co.uk


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Tuesday 2 August 2016

Services in August 2016


at Audley and Dresden

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Mon 1st Beginning of the Dormition Fast
Wed 3rd 11:00am Divine Liturgy
Fri 5th 7pm Great Vespers of the Transfiguration
Sat 6th 11am Divine Liturgy of the Transfiguration
6pm Great Vespers
Sun 7th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 10th 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Sat 13th Pilgrimage to Ilam (no Local Services)
Sun 14th 10am Matins; 11am Hierarchical Divine Liturgy followed by
Lunch with our father Metropolitan Silouan
5pm Great Vespers of the Dormition with Lamentations
followed by Meeting of the Trustees/Council with
our Metropolitan
Mon 15th TBA (early am) Hierarchical Divine Liturgy of the Dormition
Wed 17th 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Sat 20th 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 21st 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 24th 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Sat 27th 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 28th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 31st 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Name Days
16th Sub-deacon Radu
20th Fr Samuel
28th Anna Frances

Parish Feasts
9th Saint Matthias, Lincoln
31st Saint Aidan, Levenshulme

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Icon and picture from  Saint Andrew's Cave, Dobrogea, South-East of Romania (3rd August 2016)

http://www.romanianmonasteries.org/other-monasteries/dobrogea-monasteries/cave-st-apostle-andrew


Saturday 2 July 2016

Services in July 2016


at Audley and Dresden

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Sat 2nd 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 3rd 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 6th 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Sat 9th 4:30pm Wedding of Emma and Dan
6pm Great Vespers
Sun 10th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 13th 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Sat 16th 6pm Great Vespers
After Vespers: Meeting of the Trustees and Parish Council in Dresden
Sun 17th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 20th 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Sat 23rd 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 24th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 27th 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Sat 30th 11am Divine Liturgy in Stoney Middleton (with Fr Edwin)
6pm Great Vespers
Sun 31st 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy



Name Days
12th Veronica Irene
18th Dara Elizabeth Davidchack; Elizabeth Nash
20th Fr Elia; Ghassan
24th Anca Bostan

Reposed
20th Archimandrite Athanasius (2011)
23rd Tameena (2011)
26th Arthur James (2008)
31st Tsinara

Parish Feasts
17th Saint Marina, Longton & Grimsby

Don’t Forget:

Saturday August 13th Pilgrimage to Ilam (No service in Dresden)

Sunday August 14th 10am Matins; 11am Hierarchical Divine Liturgy followed by Lunch with
our father Metropolitan Silouan; 5pm Great Vespers with Lamentations of the Dormition
followed by meeting of the Trustees/Council with our Metropolitan, all in Dresden

Monday August 15th 11am Hierarchical Divine Liturgy of the Dormition in Audley


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Thursday 2 June 2016

Services in June 2016

at Audley and Dresden

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Wed 1st 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Sat 4th   6pm Great Vespers
Sun 5th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 8th No service at Audley
             7pm Great Vespers for the Feast of the Ascension

Thu 9th 11:00am Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Ascension
Sat 11th 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 12th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Mon 13th 7:30pm Meeting of the Trustees and Parish Council in Dresden
Wed 15th 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Sat 18th 11am Akathist and Blessing of the Waters at the Pisani Chapel
6pm Great Vespers
Sun 19th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 22nd 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Sat 25th Pilgrimage to Crowland No local services today!
Sun 26th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 29th 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Name Days
22nd Alban Robert Cooke
29th Pauline Joan Baiasu; Pavlos Harvey; Paul Dominic

Reposed
3rd Bede Pearce (2009)
15th Stefan (2014)

Parish Feasts
9th Saint Columba, Doncaster
17th Saint Botolph, London


Dates for the July diary: Saturday 9th July: Wedding of Emma and Dan at 4:30pm in Dresden;
Saturday 30th July: Divine Liturgy at 11am in Stoney Middleton (with Fr Edwin);



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Tuesday 3 May 2016

Services in May 2016


at Audley and Dresden

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Sun 1st 2pm Paschal Vespers of Love
Wed 4th 11:00am Divine Liturgy

Sat 7th 6pm Reader Vespers (Fr Samuel away - Holiday)
Sun 8th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 11th No services at Audley (Fr Samuel away - Holiday)

Sat 14th 6pm Reader Vespers (Fr Samuel away - Holiday)
Sun 15th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 18th No services at Audley (Fr Samuel away - Holiday)

Sat 21st 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 22nd 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 25th No services at Audley (Fr Samuel away - Conference)

Sat 28th 6pm Reader Vespers
Sun 29th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy

Father Samuel is away for two weeks after Pascha but is returning from his
holiday in Wales to serve the Divine Liturgy on both Sundays.
The third week of his weekday absence is that of the Archdiocesan Conference.


Name Days
8th Our Patriarch John;
Hugh Maxfield
10th Simon Harvey
21st Fr Constantine; Elena Ailenei; Presb. Ileana Badin; Elena Batkin; Elena Bendo; Helena Carson; Ileana Grigoriou; Elena Page
29th Lucas Joy
30th Isaac Norman Davies

Reposed
8th Jean Grace (2008)


Parish Feasts
12th Saint Aethelheard’s, Louth
19th Saint Dunstan’s Poole


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Sunday 3 April 2016

Services in April 2016

at Audley and Dresden

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Fri 1st 7:30pm Akathist to the Theotokos
Sat 2nd 6pm Memorial & Great Vespers
Sun 3rd 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 6th 7:30pm Pre-Sanctified Liturgy
Fri 8th 7:30pm Akathist to the Theotokos
Sat 9th 6pm Memorial & Great Vespers
Sun 10th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 13th 7:30pm Pre-Sanctified Liturgy
Thu 14th 7:00pm Great Canon and the life of Saint Mary of Egypt
Fri 15th 7:30pm Akathist to the Theotokos
Sat 16th 6pm Great Vespers and after: Meeting of the Trustees/Council
Sun 17th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy and after:
Parish AGM with Elections to the Church Council
Wed 20th 7:30pm Pre-Sanctified Liturgy
Sat 23rd 11am Divine Liturgy of Lazarus Saturday
6pm Great Vespers
Sun 24th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy and Procession of Palms
6:00pm The first Matins of  the Bridegroom
Mon 25th 7:30pm Bridegroom Matins
Tue 26th 7:30pm Bridegroom Matins
Wed 27th 7:30pm Holy Anointing Service (Orthodox Only)
Thu 28th 11am Vesperal Liturgy
7:00pm Matins with the Twelve Passion Gospels
Fri 29th 10:00am Decoration of the Bier
10:00am Royal Hours
2pm Vespers and Epitaphios Procession
6pm Matins and Procession of the Bier
Sat 30th 11am Vesperal Liturgy and Decoration of the Church
11:30pm Midnight Office, Paschal Light, Matins and Divine
Liturgy of Pascha followed by festal food.
Sun 1st May 2pm Paschal Vespers of Love



Name Days
23rd Alexandra Bendo; Georgina Chuirlea; Alice Davidchack; Georgia Winter; George Coulis; George Dobson; George Gandy; George Moraites

Pascha: Anastasia

Parish Feast
23rd Cathedral of Saint George

Reposed
8th Fanoula (2015)
16th John Yeomans (2002)
17th Demetra (2002)
22nd Chad Makings (1999)

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Wednesday 2 March 2016

Services in March 2016



at Audley and Dresden

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Wed 2nd 11am Divine Liturgy

Sat 5th 6pm Memorial & Great Vespers
Sun 6th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy 
            Meat Fast from 7th to 13th March
Wed 9th 11am Divine Liturgy

Sat 12th 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 13th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy & Forgiveness Ceremony 
             14th March – Great Lent Begins
Mon 14th 7pm Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete
Tue 15th 7pm Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete
Wed 16th 7:30pm Pre-Sanctified Liturgy
Thu 17th 7pm Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete
Fri 18th 7pm Akathist to the Theotokos

Sat 19th 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 20th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy & Icon Procession 6:30pm Pan-Orthodox Vespers at St Lazar’s Church, Bournville
Wed 23rd 7:30pm Pre-Sanctified Liturgy
Fri 25th 11am Divine Liturgy of the Annunciation

Sat 26th 6pm Memorial & Great Vespers
Sun 27th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 30th 7:30pm Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

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Name Days
18th Dylan Edward; Edward Bendo
20th Photini Julie
25th Mary Makings; Despina
31st Marianne

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Reposed
20th Matthew Kinnersley; Ioannes
23rd Elizabeth Boothby (2013)
28th Fr Patrick (2008)
29th Barbara Worth (2008)

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Parish Feast
18th Saint Edward’s, Aethelhampton

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Services in February 2016


at Audley and Dresden

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Mon 1st 7pm Great Vespers for the Feast of the Presentation of
Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in the Temple
Tue 2nd 11am Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Presentation of
Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in the Temple 
Wed 3rd No Service

Sat 6th 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 7th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 10th 11am Divine Liturgy

Sat 13th 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 14th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 17th 11am Divine Liturgy

Sat 20th 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 21st 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy (Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee – beginning of the Triodion) No Fasting this Week
Wed 24th 11am Divine Liturgy

Sat 27th No Service – Metropolitan Silouan’s Enthronement in London
Sun 28th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy

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Name Days
3rd Archimandrite Simeon; Anna Frances Chadwick
16th Reader Nicholas Chapman
19th Philothei Imogen

Reposed
2nd Fr Alban (2009)
10th Photini Pearce (2006)

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The Enthronement of our Father, Metropolitan Silouan will be on Sat. 27th February 
at 4.30pm at our Cathedral of Saint George, in London

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Monday 4 January 2016

Services in January 2016


at Audley and Dresden

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Sat 2nd 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 3rd 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy and afterwards with Fr Nicholas
and the congregation from Saint Marina’s to serve the Great
Blessing of the Waters in Blurton. Details in church!
Tue 5th 7pm Vesperal Liturgy and Great Blessing of the Waters
Wed 6th 11am Divine Liturgy

Sat 9th 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 10th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 13th 11am Divine Liturgy

Sat 16th 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 17th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Wed 20th 11am Divine Liturgy

Sat 23rd 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 24th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy
Mon 25th Meeting of the Trustees at Sparch Hollow
Wed 27th 11am Divine Liturgy

Sat 30th 6pm Great Vespers
Sun 31st 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy

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Name Days
1st Vasiliki Harvey
3rd Genevieve
7th Afaf; Jan; Oana
14th Nino Bartholomew
17th Antonis Harvey; Antony (Des)
27th Nina Chapman (OS)

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Reposed
6th Archpriest Michael Harper (2010)
14th Mary Carter (2005)
18th Fr John (2001)

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Parish Feasts
13th St Kentigern, Doncaster
16th St Fursey, Sutton


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Advance Notice: 

The wedding of Emma and Daniel
will be in Dresden on 9th July 2016 at 4:30pm

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