The Divine Liturgy is the primary worship service of the Church. It is a Eucharistic service and comprises two parts: Liturgy of the Word, at which the Scriptures are proclaimed and expounded; and the Liturgy of the Eucharist, in which the gifts of bread and wine are offered and consecrated; the faithful then partake of them in the Sacrament of Holy Communion.

The liturgy is followed by a bring and share lunch.

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Agape Vespers (also called Vespers of Love) is a Vespers service that continues the celebration of Pascha, typically held in the afternoon on the day of Pascha. At this service, the Gospel reading (John 20:19-25) depicts the first appearance of the risen Lord to his disciples. It is recited in many languages (often as many languages as are known by those present in the congregation), symbolising that the glorious resurrection of Christ is proclaimed to all the nations of the world.

The service will be followed by a bring-and-share Festal Picnic (due to weather forecast!)

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The Church commemorates the descent of our Lord into Hades, his victory over Death, and his glorious Resurrection. In the Byzantine Rite, this commemoration consists of the solemn celebration of Vespers, followed immediately by the Divine Liturgy of Our Holy Father Basil the Great.

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According to the order of the Lenten Triodion, the Matins service for Holy and Great Saturday is served Friday night. This service includes what are called the Lamentations of the Theotokos.

Our Lord Jesus Christ has been taken down from the cross, and His Most Pure Mother laments and grieves over His lifeless Body, but theologises concerning the mystery of His death and our redemption. The Burial Shroud (Epitaphios) remains in the centre of the church to symbolise Jesus’s burial in the new tomb of Joseph of Arimathea.

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The Great Hours or Royal Hours are chanted and read as one service on Great Friday morning. During the vespers of the deposition of Christ from the Cross, following, we take down the icon of Christ's body from the cross and wrap it in a new, white linen sheet. This act commemorates the removal of Christ's body from the cross by Joseph of Arimathea (John 19:38-42).

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The Twelve Matins Gospels recounting the Passion from the Last Supper to the sealing of the tomb, interspersed throughout the Matins service. The faithful stand holding lighted candles during the reading of each of these twelve Gospels.

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The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, is used on the first three days of Holy Week. 

Why is Vespers in the morning and Matins in the evening? During this week the Church deliberately changes around Her sense of time. As we move toward the passion the Church emphasises that the transcendence and otherworldly import of these holy days is so absolute that, in a way, time itself is truly suspended. These are the holiest of holy hours, which stand outside of ordinary reckoning, when the Son of God, Jesus the God-Man, prepares Himself to suffer agony and death out of love for us all.

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The Orthodox Church has always viewed body and soul as inseparable, and for that reason has stressed the necessity for preserving both in good health.

The Sacrament of the Holy Unction is an enduring sacrament of faith for healing the sick and forgiving sins, with the most familiar celebration of the sacrament on Great Wednesday of Holy Week.

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The Divine Liturgy is the primary worship service of the Church. It is a Eucharistic service and comprises two parts: Liturgy of the Word, at which the Scriptures are proclaimed and expounded; and the Liturgy of the Eucharist, in which the gifts of bread and wine are offered and consecrated; the faithful then partake of them in the Sacrament of Holy Communion.

Today begins our journey through Great and Holy Week, leading to Our Lord’s crucifixion and resurrection.

The liturgy is followed by a bring and share lunch.

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The morning service of the Church is called Matins. It opens with the reading of six morning psalms and the intoning of the Great Litany. After this, verses of Psalm 118 are sung: God is the Lord and has revealed himself unto us. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

This service immediately precedes the Divine Liturgy.

On the fifth Friday of Great Lent we celebrate the very festive, uniquely and mystically beautiful Akathist Hymn to the Theotokos. We hear the bright and wonderful refrain “Rejoice, O Bride unwedded,” at the end of each stanza. The place of the Theotokos in Lent is significant, since without her there is no incarnation.

Each year, the Canon of St. Andrew is read over the first four days of Great Lent, during Great Compline. It is then read in full on the fifth Thursday in Great Lent. It is one of the most spiritually uplifting and inspiring canons in the Holy Tradition of our Church. The holy Canon is a "dialogue between St. Andrew and his soul." The ongoing theme is an urgent exhortation to change one's life or, in other words, to repent.

The Divine Liturgy is the primary worship service of the Church. It is a Eucharistic service and comprises two parts: Liturgy of the Word, at which the Scriptures are proclaimed and expounded; and the Liturgy of the Eucharist, in which the gifts of bread and wine are offered and consecrated; the faithful then partake of them in the Sacrament of Holy Communion.

The liturgy is followed by a bring and share lunch.

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The Divine Liturgy is the primary worship service of the Church. It is a Eucharistic service and comprises two parts: Liturgy of the Word, at which the Scriptures are proclaimed and expounded; and the Liturgy of the Eucharist, in which the gifts of bread and wine are offered and consecrated; the faithful then partake of them in the Sacrament of Holy Communion.

Today, we celebrate the return of icons to the church in the 8th Century after a period of iconoclasm. Bring an icon with you for the procession.

The liturgy is followed by a bring and share lunch.

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The morning service of the Church is called Matins. It opens with the reading of six morning psalms and the intoning of the Great Litany. After this, verses of Psalm 118 are sung: God is the Lord and has revealed himself unto us. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

This service immediately precedes the Divine Liturgy. Anyone requiring confession is invited to make themselves known to the priest for this purpose during the service.

Each year the Canon of St. Andrew is read over the first four days in Great Lent during Great Compline. It is one of the most spiritually uplifting and inspiring canons in the Holy Tradition of our Church. The holy Canon is a "dialogue between St. Andrew and his soul." The ongoing theme is an urgent exhortation to change one's life or in other words to repent.

Each year the Canon of St. Andrew is read over the first four days in Great Lent during Great Compline. It is one of the most spiritually uplifting and inspiring canons in the Holy Tradition of our Church. The holy Canon is a "dialogue between St. Andrew and his soul." The ongoing theme is an urgent exhortation to change one's life or in other words to repent.

Each year the Canon of St. Andrew is read over the first four days in Great Lent during Great Compline. It is one of the most spiritually uplifting and inspiring canons in the Holy Tradition of our Church. The holy Canon is a "dialogue between St. Andrew and his soul." The ongoing theme is an urgent exhortation to change one's life or in other words to repent.

Each year the Canon of St. Andrew is read over the first four days in Great Lent during Great Compline. It is one of the most spiritually uplifting and inspiring canons in the Holy Tradition of our Church. The holy Canon is a "dialogue between St. Andrew and his soul." The ongoing theme is an urgent exhortation to change one's life or in other words to repent.

The Divine Liturgy is the primary worship service of the Church. It is a Eucharistic service and comprises two parts: Liturgy of the Word, at which the Scriptures are proclaimed and expounded; and the Liturgy of the Eucharist, in which the gifts of bread and wine are offered and consecrated; the faithful then partake of them in the Sacrament of Holy Communion.

The liturgy is followed by a bring and share lunch.

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The Divine Liturgy is the primary worship service of the Church. It is a Eucharistic service and comprises two parts: Liturgy of the Word, at which the Scriptures are proclaimed and expounded; and the Liturgy of the Eucharist, in which the gifts of bread and wine are offered and consecrated; the faithful then partake of them in the Sacrament of Holy Communion.

The liturgy is followed by a bring and share lunch.

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The morning service of the Church is called Matins. It opens with the reading of six morning psalms and the intoning of the Great Litany. After this, verses of Psalm 118 are sung: God is the Lord and has revealed himself unto us. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

This service immediately precedes the Divine Liturgy. Anyone requiring confession is invited to make themselves known to the priest for this purpose during the service.

Now that the flood waters have subsided we will be blessing the Teme at Bransford Bridge on Sunday 7th January at 13:30.

The Blessing of the Waters (Agiasmos) With His Baptism, our Lord blessed the nature of the waters and the natural world. According to the Orthodox Faith, in the same way, the Holy Spirit sanctifies water – the most essential natural element – during the service of the Blessing of the Waters.

The Divine Liturgy is the primary worship service of the Church. It is a Eucharistic service and comprises two parts: Liturgy of the Word, at which the Scriptures are proclaimed and expounded; and the Liturgy of the Eucharist, in which the gifts of bread and wine are offered and consecrated; the faithful then partake of them in the Sacrament of Holy Communion.

The liturgy is followed by a bring and share lunch.

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The morning service of the Church is called Matins. It opens with the reading of six morning psalms and the intoning of the Great Litany. After this, verses of Psalm 118 are sung: God is the Lord and has revealed himself unto us. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

This service immediately precedes the Divine Liturgy. Anyone requiring confession is invited to make themselves known to the priest for this purpose during the service.

The Divine Liturgy is the primary worship service of the Church. It is a Eucharistic service and comprises two parts: Liturgy of the Word, at which the Scriptures are proclaimed and expounded; and the Liturgy of the Eucharist, in which the gifts of bread and wine are offered and consecrated; the faithful then partake of them in the Sacrament of Holy Communion.

The liturgy is followed by a bring and share lunch.

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The morning service of the Church is called Matins. It opens with the reading of six morning psalms and the intoning of the Great Litany. After this, verses of Psalm 118 are sung: God is the Lord and has revealed himself unto us. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

This service immediately precedes the Divine Liturgy. Anyone requiring confession is invited to make themselves known to the priest for this purpose during the service.