January 2024 services

At Audley 

 (ST7 8EN)

Liturgy every Wed. 11am  

At Dresden 

(ST3 4NE/ST3 4PD)

Saturday 6pm Great Vespers

 

Every Sunday 11am Divine Liturgy

Saturday 6th Divine Liturgy and Great Blessing of the Waters

Wishing you all a very

Happy New Year.

Name Days

1st Vasiliki

2nd Serafim

3rd Genevieve

7th all named for The Holy Forerunner and Baptist John

12th Tatiana

14th Nino

17th Monk Antony; Antonis and Antony

25th Fr. Gregory

27th Nina (OS)

Reposed

6th Fr. Michael Harper (2010)

14th Mary Carter (2005)

18th Fr. John (2001)

24th Peter Higgs (2016)

Parish Feasts

13th Saint Kentigern, Doncaster

16th Daint Fursey, Sutton

The deposition of Matei Vulcanescu

Archbishop: His Eminence, Metropolitan Silouan Oner London

 23.12.2023 

In the false apology written by Matei Vulcănescu to me and the clergy of this archdiocese on 21st December 2023, he cites Canon 15 of the 1st and 2nd Council of Constantinople as a reason for refusing to commemorate me at the Divine Liturgy.  In doing this, he is publicly declaring me to be a heretic and a pseudo-bishop. This is a grave and unjustified insult to me and to the other bishops of the Holy Synod of Antioch, which cannot be ignored.  Apostolic Canon 55 states: "If any of the clergy insult the bishop, let him be deposed: for 'you shall not speak evil of the ruler of your people.'" Therefore it is with great sorrow that I give notice today that Matei Vulcănescu has been deposed  as  a  priest  and  returned  to  the  lay  state. No  priest  of  this  archdiocese  may participate in any service in which Mr Vulcănescu participates as if he were a priest.  To  the  Faithful  of  the  former  parish  of  St  Edward  the  Martyr  and  St  Paraskevi  of  Rome, Liverpool: I implore you for your own salvation to seek an Orthodox parish nearby where you may  participate  fully  in  the  life  of  the  Church.    There  are  Greek,  Russian  and  Romanian parishes either in or near to Liverpool, or you may wish to contact any priest of my archdiocese for assistance.  

Be assured of my continued love and prayers.  

Your prayers.

 +Silouan

https://www.antiochian-orthodox.com/post/the-former-priest-matei-vulcanescu-has-been-deposed

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December 2023 services

At Audley 

 (ST7 8EN)

Liturgy every Wed. 11am  

At Dresden 

(ST3 4NE/ST3 4PD)

Saturday 6pm Great Vespers

(not 23rd) 

 

Every Sunday 11am Divine Liturgy

Mon. 25th 10am Divine Liturgy

No fasting from 25th Dec. Until 5th January.

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Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas!

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Name Days

6th all named for Saint Nicholas

9th Anna Nicolaou

13th Lucy Fahey

24th Jonathan

27th Stefan Kinnersley

28th Simon Stone

31st Joseph Clive

Reposed

5th Patriarch Ignatios (2012)

7TH Deacon John Mark (2007)

8th Archimandrite David (1993)

Parish Feasts

20th Saint Ignatios, Belfast

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