March2015

No.100

TheOrthodoxParish
oftheHolyandLifeGivingCross,
Lancaster,U.K.

TheStavronian

amonthlymagazine&newsletterpublishedbythe'HolyCrossSynodia'

Hebrews 13:8; Jesus Christ is the same

yesterday, today, and forever.
TheParishoftheHolyandLifeGivingCross,
belongstotheAntiochianOrthodoxArchdioceseoftheBritishIslesandIreland.
ThePatriarchateofAntiochisthirdsenioroftheOrthodoxChurches.
ThePatriarchisHisBeatitudeJohnX.

ThediscipleswerefirstcalledChristiansinAntioch
(Acts11:26)

YESTERDAY,TODAY,
FOREVER
Hebrews 13:8; Jesus Christ is the same
yesterday,today,andforever.
There are some people who see the
Orthodox Church as not only very
traditional but out of step with modern
values and fashions an anachronism.
They are quite right. The Church, if it
bearswitnesstoanything,bearswitness
to the unchanging truths found in Holy
Scripture and in the Living Tradition of
theHolyApostleswhichislifeintheHoly
Spirit who is the living memory of the
Church.Romans12:2;Anddonotbecon
formed tothisworld,butbetransformed
by the renewing of your mind, that you
mayprovewhatisthatgoodandaccept
ableandperfectwillofGod.
Oh you are living in the past I
have heard it said about the Orthodox
Church.Rightagain,becauseremembran
ce is essentially bringing to mind that
whichhasbeenrevealedbyGodandthat
islivedtoday.Whatarewetodo?Arewe
meant to erase past reference points of
oursalvation?No,afunctioningmindis
builtuponmemories.Wearetobringthe
holy past into the holy present. That is
whysooftenwerepeatintheLiturgical
cycle Today! At Christmas we say:
TodayisbornofaVirginHewhoholdsthe
Creation in His hand On Holy Friday:
Today He is suspended upon a Tree He
who suspended the earth upon the wa
ters At Pentecost: Today the celestials
join with the terrestrials! As Orthodox
Christians,wedonotforgetthepastwe
arenotdeadtoit,wearealivetoitand
bringthepastintothepresentmoment,
sinceChrististheWay,theTruthandthe
Life, the Alpha and the Omega and
thereforeeverymomentinbetween.AsSt
Paulsays,weneedtobetransformedby
therenewingofourmindthisrenewal

is achieved not by following the latest

trendsbutbyembracingeternalvalues.
Wearenotonlylivinginthepast
wearelivinginthepresentwhichisthe
intersection of time and eternity the
kairosofGod.Weareaccusedbysomeof
beingstubbornandunwillingtoembrace
thechangingpatternsofthought,practi
ceandworship.Rightagain!
Indeed, to be stubborn means to
possessdoggeddeterminationintheface
ofgoodreason.Itwasbecauseofdogged
determination that the Church councils
prevailed against the assaults of early
heresies. The Church would not have
been established without the Apostle
Paulsdoggeddeterminationtotakethe
Gospel of Salvationinto battlewith the
Goliath of the Roman world. Was it
reasonable to take the message of
freedominChristtoaRomansystemof
Governmentbasedonslavery?
TheCelticsaintswereallstubborn
St David! St Herbert! St Columba! St
Patrick!Theyhadtobestubbornand
determinedinordertoplanttheChurch
inthesecoldislands!Theyperseveredin
the face of tremendous obstacles and
opposition; they did not live by good
reason any more than St David the
DendriteofThessalonicawhoatthesame
timeperiodastheCelticSaintslived in
Northern Greece in a tree! Look at St
SimeonStyliteswasitbygoodreason
thathewasmovedtoliveonaplatform
on top of a pillar in the middle of the
SyrianDesert?Wasitreasonableforour
venerableandGodbearingFatherDaniel
theHermitofVoronetoshuthimselfina
caveforfourteenyears?
No,thesesaintslivedouttheirlives
by perfected faith rather than by good
reason. The mystery of the God made
flesh transcends all human intellectual
vanity.Thisiswhywhenweveneratethe
Mother of God in the great Akathist
Hymn we sing: Rejoice, breaker of the
websoftheAthenians'logic.

Weareliving inthe future,forour

ChurchspansHeavenandEarthbecause
ofChristsResurrectionandHispromises
whichhaveopenedthegatesofParadise
to those who believe and have brought
life to the faithful. Sunday to Sunday,
fromPaschatoPaschaweliveoutourlife
asResurrectionpeopleinthatsamehope
andfaith.IntheHolyLiturgy,thepriest
passesthroughtheRoyalDoorsbetween
theIconoftheIncarnationandtheIcon
ofChristasJudge.Herethenisasymbol
oftheRoyalPriesthoodofbelieversliving
andmovingbetweenthesetwoagesthe
pastandthefuture.Indeedthrough
weshouldbeinaconstantstateofwatch
fulness and preparedness for the end
time. 1 Corinthians 15:2 and 58; More
over,brethren,Ideclaretoyouthegospel
which I preached to you, which also you
receivedandinwhichyoustand,bywhich
also you are saved, if you hold fast that
wordwhichIpreachedtoyouunlessyou
believed in vain Therefore, my beloved
brethren,besteadfast,immovable,always
abounding in the work of the Lord,
knowingthatyourlabourisnotinvainin
theLord.
Our faith like the double headed
eagleofByzantiumlookstotheEastand
theWest,thesacredandtheworld,the
pastandthefuture.Weremainpersistent
and steadfast and yes stubborn; moving
in kairos,immovablein chronos,anchor
ing ourselves to the Apostolic Gospel
traditionamidstthestormsand tidesof
fashion.
OurfaithlikeChristisunchanging
ItisasHeisthesame,yesterday,today,
foreverIndeed,untotheagesofages.
Amen.
FrJonathan

ACRUCIALAND
MIRACULOUSTRAVEL
About10yearshavepassedsinceIlived
inLancaster.Hereisashortaccountof
some events which many may have
experiencedinsomewayoncehavingleft
theirhomeandlookingforanothertrue
oneinafaraway land.Id liketo share
some of the developments of how this
happenedformethen,inthatLancaster
houseofthePatriarchateofAntioch,and
whatithasmeant.
Iwroteasimilararticletopublishin
myhomeparishnewsletterinRussiaand
named it as Orthodoxy in a non
Orthodoxtown.
1.Alien
Youmaythinkmearrogant,butIdidnt
wanttoacceptmyselfasalien.Butalien
environmentwasaroundthatwasthe
point.

Yet,Iliked thecountry.Thefeeling
was not born in the arriving aircraft
lookingdownoutoftheportholewhen
first travelling to Manchester, but,
perhaps,much earlier. Maybe,inschool
studying geography. My friends and
instructors in Russia, of course, had
warnedmeaboutthefirstdifficultmonth
oflivinginafarawayland.However,my
stayinthisbeautifulcountrywithlotsof
greenwasovereightmonths,but,never
theless,Ifeltstillalien.And,almoststray.
Once, I had to have a short walk
through the university campus, when I
mettwostudentstalkinginmylanguage.
TheyinvitedmetojoinaregularRussian
speaking club of the Uni. I came there,
butoddlyenough,Ididntfeelathomein
that place. And, the club members are
definitelynottoblameforthis.Iseemed
to be in my boat, yet, I doubted it.
Nothingchanged,andIwasstilljustan
alien.
Inacoupleofmonths,Iwalkedthe
same way to the centre of the campus.
Goingbyanewsboard,myeyessuddenly
rushed to it, though I tended to ignore
those with cheap attractions for the
comingweekends,stufftosellorrooms
torent.ButatthatmomentIwaslooking
in astonishment at the announcement
with the Russian Orthodox cross on it.
Muchwaterhasgoneunderbridgessince
thenbutIstillseeitveryclearly.Itsaid
aboutregular services onSaturdaysand
invitedeverybodywhowaslookingforan
Orthodoxshelteroncetheyhappenedto
befarfromtheirowncountry.
Thatsit!Whateverthathadseemed
alienbeforewasnolongerthatwaynow.
Nodoubt,IfoundwhatwasmissingandI
waslookingforinvainformonths.
Thosethreeorfourdaysbeforethe
Saturdayserviceweremucheasiertolive.
I surely had no idea then that more
services(ifnotmostorevenallofthem
tillmydeparture)followed.

2.Therightplace!
Sadly,buttherewasnoownbuildingfor
OrthodoxparishionersresidinginLanca
ster.Itmadeusevenwondertakinginto
accounttheenormousnumberofstuden
ts from traditionally Orthodox countries
studyingattheLancasterUniversity.The
issueremainedtoberesolved.
ThoughtheR.C.WingoftheReligi
ousCentreintheUniversity campus,as
the place for Orthodox services, could
look somewhat unusual for most new
people,Idaresay,itwasnotanobstru
ctionforthematall.AsIcameforthe
first liturgy, of course, I already had a
certainideaofwhatanOrthodoxchurch
wassupposedtolooklike.However,ev
erythingaroundquicklybecamefriendly
and welcoming. In no time during the
service, I surely felt I was in the right
place. This is an absolutely precious
feeling!
It was my first experience as an
Orthodox priest was a pater for the
Greek, batyushka for the Russian,
father for the English, etc. There were
someotherthingsthatremindedIwasa
newcomer but nothing could influence
my confidence that the former alien
worldaroundwasgone.Forgood.
Then, quite a common part of the
servicecame,andthatcongregationwas
surelyusedtowhathappenednext,but
notme(kind reminder: I witnessed the
liturgy intheCentreforthefirsttime).
FatherJonathanwouldblessarepresen
tativeofeachcountrypresenttoreadthe
LordsPrayerintheirmothertongueafter
the choir had sung it in English. I am
positive most parishioners, and not
necessarily nonEnglish ones, remember
this moment at their first liturgy there.
Me?Perhaps,Ibegantoacquirethena
verygoodandpiercingunderstandingof
what global Orthodoxy meant. People
were rather gushing than reading no
wonder,theyhadspokeninthatlangu

agetheirfirstwordsintheirlives!Now,it
waslikeanoceanoflanguageswithinthe
Lords Prayer. I felt so much overwhel
med that I didnt notice I was on the
vergeoftears
Perhaps,Itoooftensayforthefirst
time.ThisiswhatImean,since,actually,
I had not walked up the path of due
understanding of what was going on
during church services. Once later on,
therewasatalkbetweenourparishioners
aboutunderstanding,bytheway.Then,
our Greek and Cypriot friends revealed
that they understood church services in
theirhomecountrieswithsomedifficulty,
ifcomparedtowhattheyunderstoodat
theUniservicesbeinginEnglish,dueto
thedifferencebetweentheirpresentday
languageandoldGreektheservicesare
held in. In Russia, we have the same
problemthoughitdoesnotseemsobig.
Thatis,inmycountrywecanunderstand
an Orthodox service better but, at the
sametime,Iamashamednottobeable
tounderstanditevenmore...
And, still, this is always the right
place!
3.My,andonlymytravel
It is rather the hugest possible travel,
which, in my case, apparently began at
Lancaster. But it is huge in technical
termsonly,iftechnicalityisrelevantasa
wordhere.Sure,therewasmyfirstcom
muniontotakeandIstartedthiseternal
and often stumbling climb in learning
Orthodoxy ever endless to comprehend,
whilethedoortoOrthodoxybegantobe
just slightly opening but the abundant
light already comes through to fill with
inconceivableGodsdoings.
Therearenotwotravelsalike.Mine
has been, perhaps, overly controversial,
especially atthebeginningwithhunting
thetruthandgoingastray,andthen,out
oftheblue,wentthroughLancaster.But
forthefirstpartoftheway,couldwebe

abletogettothesecondandfinalparts
ofitandeventuallytothedestination?
MiraculousareYourdeeds,ohLord!
Youmovedadeepcontinentaldwellerto
the NorthWest of Britain not only to
eliminatemynastyalienfeelingsbutalso
tohelpmefindthesenseoflifealthough
theremightseemnomeaning!
ItisthankstoHiswilland,whatis
seen on thesurface, to Lancaster thatI
cannotimaginemylifenowadayswithout
daily reading or hearing the Word, as
wellassacredprocessions(or,aswecall
them Cross processions) through the
town streets, watching others dive at
Epiphanyintoacrossshapedholeinlake
and river ice at 20 oC or whatever
temperature below zero, children
Orthodox camp every summer at the
church,andsoonandsoforth.Itdoesnt
matter that due to circumstances I am
unabletoparticipateintheseeventsin
person. It has become part of my life
filling it with significance but, whats
more,itispartofthemiraculoustravel
Hedesignated.
PavelZlobin
Chebarkul,Russia

TheophanyatChebarkul,Russia

POEM

100thEDITIONGREETINGS

Ifyourgoodluckevertakesyouforward
TotheGreatLakesoftheEnglandsNorth
Andyoustopbychance
Inthecityoftheancient,brokenstone
Thereisasmallpercentofthepossibility
ThatyouwillencounteraPoetandaPriest
Whowilltellyouofabattlecall;swordsandcross
Andifallthiswasnotanoccurrencefortunateenough
HemayevendecidetoplaytoyousomelateCorelli
Whowillneverceasetoremindyou(fromthatmomenton)
Howhappyyouwere:sharinghoneycakesamongfriends!

Every time I think of my brothers and

sistersinChristfromLancasterIcannot
forget the long history of our beautiful
brotherly relations between the pan
Orthodox Christian community in my
lovelyLancasterandtheRomaniancom
munitiesIwentthroughasanOrthodox
priestovertime(PisculetiandBlejoi).I
bringtomindthejoyofservingwithRev.
FrJonathanHemmingsandthebeautiful
pilgrimages to the holy monasteries in
Romania.Onthis100thanniversaryofthe
StavronianmayGodgrantusacenturyof
fraternal joy and build a bridge of
Orthodox friendship in a world increas
ingly filled with temptations of secula
rism...MayGodhelpandblessusall!...

AleksandarMiljkovic
London

Fr.BogdanGeorgescu,
Blejoi,Romania

NAMESOFDEPARTED
LOVEDONESTOBE
REMEMBEREDTHISMONTH
Mar.12:Georgianna
Mar.19:MetropolitanPhilipofNorth
America

Pr.Bogdan,Fr.Jonathan,StaretCleopa,
MituandPr.Petru

Memory Eternal!
Pleasesendusthenamesofyourdepar
ted loved ones and dateof their depar
tureinorderforthemtoberemembered.

ItiswithgreatpleasurethatIcongratu
latetheStavronianpublicationoncele
brating its centenary this year. On this
happy occasion, I convey my heartfelt
greetingsandcongratulationsonsuchan
importantandworthwhileachievement.I
wish all those who are part of this
auspicious team many blessed years
aheadforalongandsuccessfulfuture.I
alsopraythatourPanOrthodoxChristian

relations may grow stronger, and that

Godmaygiveusallstrength,wisdomand
above all the love and patience to
overcome the challenges of modern
society.May Godsgrace beuponallof
you,andmayHegrantyoumanyhappy
years.
StavrophoreRev.ToskoKazakin
StNedelyaCathedral,Sofia,Bulgaria

atall.Icongratulatethemandallreaders
for that the Newsletter unfailingly for
yearscreatesahome,whichwequickly
startmissingbutonlytillthenextmonth
comes.
Thankyou,father!
PavelZlobin,
Chebarkul,Russia

PavelwhilevisitingBath,UK
FrToskoatStNedelyaCathedral,Sofia,
Bulgaria

DearfriendsinChrist!
Itwouldgivemetheutmostjoyand
pleasuretojoinyouandserveatleastone
churchserviceattheLancasterUniversity
Religious Centre, especially these days.
TheOrthodoxParishoftheHolyandLife
Giving Cross in Lancaster has passed a
seriousexaminationofhavingissuedone
hundred Newsletters. This continuity is
certainlyanincontestablevictoryofresili
enceandaverybigsomethingtotreasu
re!
Mywarmestandheartiestcongratu
lationswithbigthanksgotothelittlebut
prolificpublishingteamwithitsEditorin
Chief Fr Jonathan. I am grateful to all
thosewhocontributetoeachnewsletter
regardlessofthatthey,either,arepressed
fortimeverymuchorhavenofreetime

Istillremembertheveryfirstdaybackin
1995whenIcametoHolyCrossChurch.
IhadarrivedinLancasterformypostgra
duatestudiesatSchoolofEnglish,Lanca
sterUniversity,fromAthens,Greece.
There arelotsofwarmandradiant
memoriesfromthosedays.Theservices
wereheldinaverysmallspacethenbut
therewassuchawonderfulspiritamong
allofus.
Even after the liturgies over tea or
coffeewe'dsharenewsfromhomewith
everyoneorourfeelingsofhomesickness
orevenfeelingsofuncertaintystemming
from theacademiceffort.Everyonewas
thereforuseverytime!AlsoIremember
ourgatheringsandmealsandthejoyous
atmosphereamongstus.
That warmth of our meetings has
stayed with me all these years and I'm
delighted to be reading the newsletter

that so energetically is put together for

us.
I still feel the connection and the
needtosharewithFatherJonathannews
concerning professional achievements or
personalmomentsandconcerns!
Iwasparticularlygladwhenatsome
pointFatherJonathanvisitedAthensand
Icouldintroducehimtomyparents.
Not having returned to Lancaster
sincethenI'vetriedtokeeptheconnect
ioninvariousways.
AfterLancaster,IwasinNorwichfor
myPhDstudiesandthenImovedbackto
GreeceafterbeingappointedasaFaculty
member at School of English, Aristotle
UniversityofThessaloniki.
Sospecialtohavemetyouall!!Many
specialthanksto all the Stavronians for
theirlonglastingfriendship!

Youmayclick here forasampleof

him chanting the Gospel. Thank you so
muchforrememberinghim.

TatianiRapatzikou,
Thessalonica,Greece

MitriCoutyaisthedeaconstandingthird
fromtheleft,whilefourthfromtheleftis
FrSophronySakharov.

HelloFather,
Thisweekisthe6thanniversaryofmy
father'sreposeintheLord.Pleaseremem
ber him in your prayers. I attach two
pictures of him from his days at the
theologyseminarinStDenis,Paris1948.
Mydad'snameisMitriCoutya(1919
2009);MitriisanarabisationofDimitri.
He studied theology under Lossky (BA);
his thesis was The confessor and the
theology of repenting. He left Tripoli,
Lebanon, to settle in Lattaqia for a few
years. Then in 1963 when Metropolitan
Corban(amusicstudentofmydad)took
overTripoliheinvitedhimbacktolivein
Tripoli,workinitsschools,teachtheolo
gyandByzantinemusic.Heremainedthe
protopsaltisthereuntilhisreposein2009.
Hewasoneofthemaincontributorsof
therenaissanceofAntiochthroughallhis
workintheOrthodoxYouthMovement.

InChrist,
NajibCoutya,London

MitriCoutyaisthefirstontheright,
fourthfromleftisblessedFrSophrony,
fifthfromleftisVladimirLosskyateacher
atStDenisbackthen,Sixthfromleftis
ArchimandriteEphgravKovalevskythe
directorofStDenisinstitute.

DearFatherJonathan,
Wewould liketowrite greetings to
youandtheLancasterOrthodoxcommu
nity and Old Stavronianswith the100th
anniversaryoftheStavroniannewsletter.
WewanttosayThankyoutothe
editors: Thodoris and Panos and all the
authorsforcontributingtheirarticlesand
forthenicepictures.
Especially Thank you to Father
Jonathan for his articles, which have a
wonderfulsignaturestylewhichyoucan
recognize, who is the author from the
firstsentences.
Wewanttoask,please,publishmore
editionsinfuture,becausethisisavery
useful and educated newsletter and
people with their busy schedule will
alwaystrytofindtimetoreadit.
Weallhavetosendarticles,pictures
andnewstokeepitgoing.
Allthebest,
Alla,AndreiandMashaGanshyn,
Okemos,Michigan,USA

Andrei,AllaandMashaatTaughannock
Falls,NY,USA.

DearFatherJonathan,
Thankyousomuchforyourprayers,
greetings and invitation to contribute to
the 100th Stavronian. Please find
attachedaphotoofourfamily madein

Williamson park some time ago. We

greet all our friends in Christ from our
Lancaster parish and especially, on this
occasion, the editorial board of the
Stavronianandallitscontributors!
Yours,
OlegLychkovskiy,
Moscow,Russia

OlegandfamilyatWilliamsonPark,
Lancaster,UK.

DearFatherJonathan,
Icongratulateyouonagreatevent
100th editionofyourmagazine!Youput
so much work in this edition! Your
newsletters are always very interesting,
written with heart. They keep in touch
thoseliving delicateandnecessarylinks
thatconnectustothespirit.Withallmy
heart I thank you for your wonderful
workforallofus.
We live in Germany in the same
small town near Munich. There is a
relativelysmallOrthodoxparishhere,40
50people.Onholydayscomesupto150
people.
My son Ivan now is serving in the
church, helps the priest Father Feodor.
The following photo was taken in our

churchinChristmastimehere.Ivannow
is11yearsold.
Myloveandmemories,
MarinaBonch,
Munich,Germany

draandherfamily,TheodorosandTheo
phania and everyone else I met at my
shorttimethere.
ChristosVasilopoulos,
Kozani,Greece

Fr.FeodorandIvaninMunich

Dearfather,
Many greetings from Thomas (Old
Stavronian,200203)andDimitra,living
with God's grace happily in London.
Congratulationsonthe100th edition,let
usknowwhenyouareinLondonnext.
E ,
ThomasTziortziotis,
London.

IvisitedLancasterthepreviousMay.
My love for the local Orthodox saints
brought me there. I stayed in Lancaster
nomorethanoneweekbutthespiritual
gifts which I have gained by my visit
therewillkeepmysoulwarmforever.I
hadtheblessingtomeetfatherJonathan
and visit with him the blessed ancient
church ofSaintPatrickatHeysham,the
hermitageofSaintHerbertatDerventwa
terandBeethamwherethere,inancient
times,stoodachurchdedicatedtoSaint
Leoba. I thank you father Jonathan for
everything. God bless you, Mrs Alexan

ChristosatHerbert'sisland,UK.

MydearfatherJonathan,
I would like to thank you for the
love,theunderstanding,theconcernyou
surroundallofyourspiritualchildren!I
feelblessedforIamoneofthemandI
pray that God will always protect you
from any harm and grant you with
health, life, joy and the strength to
continueyourholymission.
IoannaNasiopoulou,
Athens,Greece

DearFather
DearBrothersinChrist
It is with great joy that I was
informedofthefactthattheStavronian
hasreachedits100thedition!

My family and I consider it a great

privilegetohaveanassociationwiththe
Parish, Fr Jonathan and in consequence
withallitsParishioners,currentandpast.
We have found extreme kindness and
loveandwebelievethattheTruthofthe
Gospel is "incarnated" and exemplary
here. Wealso feel that due to this love
and in combination with its difficult
circumstances, this Parish has been
blessed with a special Grace from the
Lord and His Holy Cross, a Grace that
extendstoallofusandourfamilies.
We wish and pray that when we
celebratethe200thedition,ourParishwill
behousedinaChurchappropriatetoits
importantandSoulsavingwork!
Thankyouverymuchforeverything.
You'realwaysinourpoorprayers.

OLDSTAVRONIANCORNER

TheParishwithPanagiotisGeorgopoulos,
oldStavronian,whovisitedourParishin
midFebruary.Itwasagreatpleasureto
seehimagainafter1years!

KonstantinosVoutzoulidis
HolyislandofPatmos,Greece

PARISHNEWS
We would like to extend our thanks to
Kleio Kehagia, Thessaloniki, Greece, for
thebooksonStPaisios,thecontactrelics
whichhavesafelyfoundtheirwaytous,
andtheholyitemswhichshehassentfor
our Parish from Thessaloniki! May our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ give the
reward!

MAJORCELEBRATIONSTHIS
MONTH
st
1Mar:SundayofOrthodoxyandSt.
DavidofWales(589)
nd
2Mar:OurHolyfathersStNicholas
Planas&StJoachimofIthacaand
Vatopaedi
th
17Mar:StPatrick,theEnlightenerof
Ireland(492)

th
20Mar:StCuthberttheWonderworker,
BishopofLindisfarne(687)
th
25Mar:TheAnnunciationofourHoly
TheotokosandEverVirginMary
th
30Mar:StJohnClimacustherighteous,
authoroftheDivineLadderofAscent

st
31Mar:St.Innocent,Enlightenerof
Siberia&Alaska

For the lives of Saints please visit the

CalendaroftheGreekOrthodoxArchdi
oceseofAmerica:www.calendar.goarch.org

ServicesduringMarch*
Fri.6th
6:30pm AkathisttotheTheotokosinR.C.
Sat.7th
10:00am HolyLiturgyinR.C.
Fri.13th
6:30am AkathisttotheTheotokosinR.C.
Sat.14th
10:00am HolyLiturgyinR.C.
Fri.20th
6:30am AkathisttotheTheotokosinR.C.
Sat.21st
10:00am HolyLiturgyinR.C.
Fri.27th
6:30am AkathisttotheTheotokosinR.C.
Sun.29th
10:00am HolyLiturgyinQ.R.followedbyParishlunch
*Helpsettingupthechurchisgreatlyappreciatedandstartsfrom9.15a.m.

Godcaresforeveryone.Despairisineffectalackoffaith
St.GeorgeKarslides

Forfurtherinformationpleasecontact:
FatherJonathanHemmings
67SibseyStr.,Fairfield,Lancaster,LA15DQ
Tel:+441524840759,+441524580600
Email:frjah@yahoo.co.uk
www.orthodoxlancaster.org.uk
www.antiochianorthodox.co.uk

TopandbottomsketchesarecreatedattheHolyMonasteryofTheAnnunciationoftheTheotokosChios,Greece,courtesyofFrTheodosiosDendrinos,Ithaca,Greece.
ThesketchofChristbyPhotisKontoglouwasscannedfromtheOrthodoxcalendaroftheApostolikiDiakoniaoftheChurchofGreece.