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.
NEXT FEAST DAYS:
Tuesday 8th September: PATRONAL FEAST, The Nativity of the Mother of God (Theotokos)
Monday 6.30 pm Vespers
Tuesday 9.00 a.m. Divine Liturgy
Sunday 13th September: PARISH FESTIVAL LUNCH
Monday, 14th September: THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS OF THE LORD
Sunday 13th, 6.30 p.m. Vespers
Monday, 14th: 9.00 a.m. Divine Liturgy
Confession
A good time for Confession is on Saturday evening after Vespers. If, however, you need confession on a Sunday, try to be in church by 10.00 a.m so that the Divine Liturgy does not start late. NOTE: There is no automatic requirement to confess each time before you receive communion, especially if you communicate frequently. Confession is medicine for the soul, but is separate Mystery from the Eucharist.
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
SATURDAY 15th (NO FAST)
THE DORMITION OF OUR MOST HOLY LADY THE MOTHER OF GOD (THEOTOKOS) AND EVER-VIRGIN MARY.
SUNDAY 16th
11th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. Afterfeast of the Dormition. Translation of the Icon, ‘Not made by hands’, of Our Lord Jesus Christ from Edessa to Constantinople (944). Martyr Diomedes the Physician of Tarsus in Cilicia (298). St Chaeremon of Egypt (4th). St Stephen of Hungary (1038). St Gerasimus, Wonderworker of Cephalonia (1579). St Timothy of Euripus, Founder of Penteli Monastery (1590). Martyrs Prince Constantine, his four sons Constantine, Stephen, Radu and Matthew, and their companion Ianache (Romania, 1714).
MONDAY 17th
Afterfeast of the Dormition. Martyr Myron, Presbyter, of Cyzicus (254). St Elias the New of Calabria (903). St Alypius the Iconographer, of the Kyiv Caves (1114). St Theodoret of Kola, Enlightener of the Lapps (1570).
TUESDAY 18th
Afterfeast of the Dormition. Martyrs Florus and Laurus of Illyria (2nd). St John, Abbot of Rila (946). St Arsenius of Paros (1877).
WEDNESDAY 19th (Fast day)
Afterfeast of the Dormition. Martyr Andrew Stratelates (the General) in Cilicia (4th). Martyrs Timothy, Agapius and Thecla, of Palestine (304-6). St Pitirim, Bishop of Perm (1456).
THURSDAY 20th
Afterfeast of the Dormition. Commemoration of the Righteous Prophet Samuel (11th BC). Martyr Philip, Bishop of Heraclius, and with him Martyrs Severus and Memnon in Thrace (304). St Oswin, King of Northumbria and Martyr (651).
FRIDAY 21st (Fast day)
Afterfeast of the Dormition. Apostle Thaddaeus, of the Seventy (c 44). Holy Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Martyr Bassa of Edessa and her sons (c 304).
SATURDAY 22nd
Afterfeast of the Dormition. Martyr Agathonicus of Nicomedia and his companions (4th). St Symphorian of Autun (c 2nd-3rd). Martyr Anthusa of Seleucia (298). Virgin-Martyr Eulalia of Barcelona (c 303). St Sigfrid, Abbot of Wearmouth (c 688). St Alexis of Ugine (France 1934).
SUNDAY 23rd
12th SUNDAY after PENTECOST. Leavetaking of the Dormition. St Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons (202). Martyr Lupus, slave of St Demetrius of Thessalonica (4th). Martyr Tudful (Tydfil) of Merthyr Tudful (S. Wales, 480). Martyr Ebba the Younger, Abbess of Coldingham (Northumbria 870).
MONDAY 24th
Repose of New Martyr Cosmas (Kosmas) of Aetolia, Equal-to-the-Apostles (1779). Martyr Eutyches, disciple of St John the Theologian (1st). St Ouen, Bishop of Rouen (684). Translation of the relics of St Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow (1479). Translation to Zakynthos of the relics of St Dionysius, Bishop of Aegina, the Wonderworker (1624).
TUESDAY 25th
Return of the relics of the Apostle Bartholomew from Anastasiopolis to Lipari (6th). Apostle Titus of the Seventy, Bishop of Crete (1st). St John of Karpathos (7th). St Ebba, Abbess of Coldingham (Northumbria 683). St Patricia of Constantinople and Naples (c 7th).