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:
Sunday 13th September: 10.30 a.m. Divine Liturgy
Followed by PARISH FESTIVAL LUNCH
Vespers of the Feast of the Cross will follow in the afternoon after the Parish Meal
Monday, 14th September: THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS OF THE LORD
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
FRIDAY 11th
Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Mother of God (Theotokos).
St Theodora of Alexandria (491). St Deiniol Wyn, Abbot of Bangor and Bishop in Clwyd, North Wales (c 584). St Euphrosynus the Cook, of Alexandria (9th). Translation of the relics of Sts Sergius and German, Wonderworkers of Valaam.
SATURDAY 12th
Leavetaking of the Nativity of the Mother of God (Theotokos).
Martyr Autonomus, Bishop in Italy (313).
SUNDAY 13th
Forefeast of the Exaltation of the Cross. Sunday before the Feast.
Commemoration of the Dedication of the Church of the Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre) at Jerusalem (335). Martyr Cornelius the Centurion, (later, according to some, Presbyter/Bishop) (1st). St Marcianus Aristeides, (Ἀριστείδης Μαρκιανός) philosopher of Athens (2nd). St Peter, founder abbot of St Zachariah monastery in Atroa (Anatolia, 9th). Great Martyr Ketevan, Queen of Georgia (1624).
MONDAY 14th (FAST DAY)
THE UNIVERSAL EXALTATION (ELEVATION) OF THE PRECIOUS AND LIFEGIVING CROSS. Repose of St John Chrysostom (407).
TUESDAY 15th
Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Cross.
Great Martyr Nicetas the Goth (c 372). Uncovering of the relics of the Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen (415). St Symeon, Archbishop of Thessalonica (1429).
WEDNESDAY 16th
Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Cross.
Great Martyr Euphemia, Praised by All (304). St Sebastiana (Sebastiani), disciple of Apostle Paul, martyred at Heraclea (1st). Martyr Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage (258). St Ninian, Bishop of Whithorn (Candida Casa, Galloway, Scotland, c 432). Martyr Ludmilla, grandmother of St Wenceslaus (Václav), Prince of the Czechs (927). St Edith (Ēadgȳð) of Wilton, Princess and nun (984). St Procopius, founder of the Savaza Monastery (1053). St Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (1406).
THURSDAY 17th
Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Cross.
Martyr Sophia, and her three daughters, Faith, Hope, and Love, at Rome (c 137). St Joachim the Illustrious, Patriarch of Alexandria (1567).
FRIDAY 18th
Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Cross.
St Eumenius, Bishop of Gortyna (6th). Martyr Ariadne of Phrygia (2nd). Martyrs Sophia, Irene, and Castor of Egypt (3rd c.). St Romylus of Vidin (1381). Great Martyr Prince Bidzini and Martyrs Princes Elizabar and Shalvi, of Georgia (1660).
SATURDAY 19th
Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Cross.
Martyrs Trophimus, Sabbatius, & Dorymedon (Synada 276). St Theodore of Tarsus, Eighth Archbishop of Canterbury (690).
SUNDAY 20th
Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Cross.
Great Martyr Eustathius (Eustace), his wife, Martyr Theopiste, and their children, Martyrs Agapius and Theopistus, of Rome (c 118). Martyr Hypatius, Bishop of Ephesus, and his Presbyter, Andrew (c 730-5). Martyrs Michael and Theodore of Chernigov (1245).
MONDAY 21st
Leave-taking of the Exaltation of the Cross.
Commemoration of the Righteous Prophet Jonah (Jonas). Apostle Quadratus the Apologist (c 130). St Jonah the Presbyter (9th), father of Sts Theophanes the Hymnographer and Theodore Graptus (“the Branded”). Uncovering of the relics of St Dimitry, Metropolitan of Rostov (1752).