To message Archimandrite Kyril or to arrange a baptism or wedding please email the Parish Priest@bristol-orthodox-church.co.uk (Tel. 01179706302 or 07944 860 955). For more see CONTACTS
UPCOMING SERVICES, FEASTS & FASTS
WEEKLY:
VESPERS: Saturdays, 17.30 (5.30 p.m.)
DIVINE LITURGY: Sundays, 10.30 a.m.
NOTE: ARCHIMANDRITE KYRIL IS CURRENTLY ON SICK LEAVE. IF YOU EMAIL Priest@bristol-orthodox-church.co.uk your message will be directed to Fr Gerald.
Confession
Fr Gerald hears confessions before the Sunday Divine Liturgy, but please come early (i.e. before 10.15!) otherwise the Liturgy begins late or you might not be in time. Archimandrite Kyril is currently on sick leave.
Cleaning
We are still in need of regular cleaning help! If you can help, please see Lisa or contact president@bristol-orthodox-church.co.uk
Food Bank
DON’T FORGET THE NEEDS OF OTHERS who do not have enough! Bring contributions please for the box in church.
Church Building
Maintaining a large and aging building like our church is costly. But we have been given it as stewards and we need to hand it on to future generations.
Currently, we await a final assessment and quotes for the roof work, but Initial estimates suggest this is going to be expensive! PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY!
THANK YOU for your generous donations. Without this, we would not have a space to worship in. We are extremely blessed to have our own space that does not need to be shared with other users. If we look after it, the building will be sure to last a few more hundred years and serve our community for many generations to come.
WE ARE CURRENTLY COLLECTING FUNDS to modernize the kitchenette in church to improve our ability to offer hospitality.
SAINTS, FEASTS and FASTS OF THE COMING DAYS
Saints of the British Isles and nearby places are in red.
A copy of the this Perpetual Calendar for the whole year can be had by emailing info@bristol-orthodox-church.co.uk
SUNDAY 19th
Uncovering of the relics of St Seraphim of Sarov (1903) (The “Summer Feast” of St Seraphim). St Macrina, sister of St Basil the Great (380). St Roman, Prince of Ryazan (1270). St Stephen, King of Serbia (1427), and his mother Militsa (1405)
MONDAY 20th
HOLY RIGHTEOUS GLORIOUS PROPHET ELIAS/ELIJAH (9th BC). St Ealhswið (“Ethelwida”), widow of King Alfred the Great of Wessex (9th). St Abramius (Avramy) of Galich, disciple of St Sergius of Radonezh (1375). St Elias Chavchavadze (Georgia 1907). St Alexis (Alexei) of Ugine (France 1934). New Martyrs Nun Maria (Skobstsova) of Paris (1945), Fr Dimitry (1944), Elias (1942), and George (Skobstsov) (1944).
TUESDAY 21st
St Symeon of Emesa, Fool-for-Christ, and his fellow ascetic, St John (c 590). Martyr Victor of Massilia (Marseilles, 4th).
WEDNESDAY 22nd
Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene (1st). St Wandrille (Wandregisilus), founder abbot of Fontenelle (France, 668).
THURSDAY 23rd
Translation of the relics of Martyr Phocas, Bishop of Sinope (c 117). Holy Righteous Prophet Ezekiel (6th BC). Martyr Apollinaris, Bishop of Ravenna (c 75). St Pelagia of Tinos (1834). Pochaev Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God.
FRIDAY 24th
Martyr Christina of Tyre (3rd). St Declán, Bishop of Ardmore (Ard Mór) (5th). Passion-bearers Boris and Gleb, in baptism Roman and David (Kyiv, 1015).
SATURDAY 25th
The Dormition of the Righteous Anna, mother of the Most Holy Mother of God. St Olympias the Deaconess, of Constantinople (c 408). Holy Martyrs of Lyons & Vienne, Sanctus, Maturus, Attalus & Blandina (177). Virgin Eupraxia of Tabennesi (413). Commemoration of the 165 Fathers of the Fifth Ecumenical Council (553).
SUNDAY 26th
Martyr Parasceve (Parasceva, Paraskevi) of Rome (2nd). Martyr Hermolaus and Martyrs Hermippus & Hermocrates at Nicomedia (c 305). St Jacob Netsvetov, missionary to the Yupik Inuit (USA 1864).
MONDAY 27th
Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon (305). Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Clement of Ohrid, Bishop of Greater Macedonia (916), and Sts Angelar, Gorazd, Nahum, and Sabbas, disciples of Sts Cyril and Methodius. St Nicholas Kochanov, Fool-for-Christ, at Novgorod (1392).
TUESDAY 28th
Apostles of the Seventy and Deacons: Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, and Parmenas (1st). Martyr Julian of Dalmatia (2nd). St Samson, Bishop of Dol in Brittany (c 565). St Irene of Chrysobalantou, abbess (9th). St Paul of Xeropotamou (Founder of the Monastery of St Paul, Mt Athos 10th). New Martyr Christod[o]ulus of Cassandra (1777).
WEDNESDAY 29th
Martyr Callinicus of Gangra in Asia Minor (3rd-4th). Virgin-Martyr Seraphima (Serapia) of Antioch (2nd). Martyr Theodota and her three sons in Bithynia (c 304). St Lupus, Bishop of Troyes (479). St Olaf (Óláfr) Haraldsson, King of Norway (1030). St Bogolep of Cherny Yar, Child-monk of the Great Habit (17th).
THURSDAY 30th
Apostles Silas and Silvanus, of the Seventy, and those with him: Crescens, Epenetus, and Andronicus (1st). Martyr Valentine, Bishop of Interamna (Terni) in Italy (c 273). Martyr Julitta at Caesarea (304-5).
FRIDAY 31st
Forefeast of the Procession of the Honourable Wood of the Lifegiving Cross of the Lord. St Joseph of Arimathaea (1st). St Germanus, Bishop of Auxerre (448). St Eudocimus (Evdokimos) of Cappadocia (9th). St Neot, Hermit in Cornwall (c 877).