Reports
Ordination of Dn Julian in Paris
After an extremely early start from Norwich, Deacon Julian, Natasha, Mary and myself took the Eurostar from St Pancras at 9.22 am on Friday 16th September 2011. That evening we had a meal with a friend of many years standing. Read more »
Concelebration in the Cathedral of St Alexander Nevsky
On Sunday July 2nd 2011, Archbishop Gabriel received the participants in the XIIth Conference of Orthodox Youth of the Russian Emigration in the Cathedral. 150 young people from various countries took part in the Liturgy, concelebrated by Archbishop Gabriel, Bishop Michael of Geneva and Western Europe, Bishop Nestor of Cherson, Bishop Ignatius of Bronnitsa (President of the Synodal Youth Department) and Bishop Theodosius of Seattle, together with five priests and seven deacons. Read more »
Meeting of the Augmented Council of the Archdiocese and the Archbishop’s Jubilee
A meeting of the Archdiocesan Council was held on June 23rd, augmented by the presence of the Deans and the Chairman of the canonical commission of the diocese (Tribunal ecclésiastique). Read more »
Archdiocesan deanery Conference 2011
The deanery Annual Conference was held on 27 – 30 May 2011 at the All Saints Pastoral Centre, St Albans.
The theme of this year's conference was 'Love of God, Our Neighbour and Ourselves'.
Papers and recordings of the talks will be published here at a later date.
Here and here are two reports on the conference. Read more »
Festival at St Anne's Orthodox Community, Northampton
https://sites.google.com/site/orthodoxnorthampton/festival-2010
Please find a report from a recent music festival at the link above. Over 120 people attended, whereas the church has seating for 85!!
Photo-story: new ordinations in the Deanery
| The Parish of The Dormition of the Mother of God in London, saw two ordinations last Sunday: those of Fr Alexander Willis and Dn Alban Coombes. A report will follow shortly, but in the meantime, here are the photos from the occasion. |
Pastoral visit of Archbishop Gabriel of Comana to the Parish of St. Peter & St. Paul, Clapham, London 30th-31st October 2010
Archbishop Gabriel joined us for the celebration of the Vigil, during which he blessed the people, on the evening of Saturday of 30th October. This came at the end of a busy day during which he had spent the morning chairing a meeting of the clergy of our Deanery, as he had the previous evening. After the vigil Archbishop Gabriel, the clergy and some members of the parish council were invited at the nearby home of Alexis Martinowsky, our parish treasurer, who prepared a most delicious meal! Read more »
Deanery Clergy Meeting 29 – 30 October
On 29-30 October there was a meeting of the clergy of our Deanery, chaired by Archbishop Gabriel of Comana.
A very busy and well attended meeting heard a report from the Archbishop on his meetings with his All-Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch and with the Holy Synod in Constantinople.
There was a report from the Constitutional Commission on new statutes for the Deanery.
Also discussed were matters relating to forthcoming ordinations, support for clergy, publications, the forthcoming Assembly and the Deanery Conference.
Baptism of Wayne and Lewie in St Anne
It was a great joy to baptise Wayne and his son Lewie yesterday, and to offer them the Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Christ this morning. Read more and photos here.
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