Notice to the public: The previously advertised events for the coming weekend (7th-8th February) honouring St Eanswythe and celebrating the World Day of Orthodox Youth have been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
We will reschedule similar events later in the year, for which we will release new information in due course. We thank you for your understanding, and hope to see you soon. If you would like to get in touch, please email us at ofsjbEvents@gmail.com.
Study Weekend
Study Weekend on Prophecy
Join a study weekend on the theme of Prophecy: Amos, Hosea and Micah. This will be held at the Parish of the Nativity of the Mother of God in Bristol, 7-9 February. This will conclude with the Divine Liturgy and lunch on Sunday, and will be followed by a youth event to celebrate World Orthodox Youth Day.
Sign up for £40 including main meals on Eventbrite. You will need to book your own accommodation.
- Friday 7 February: 19:00 Evening meal; 20:00 introductory talk; 21:00 Little Compline
- Saturday 8 February: 10:00 3rd Hour, 6th Hour, Typika; 10:45 tea/coffee; 11:15 Hosea; 12:30 lunch; 13:30 Amos; 14:45 tea/coffee; 15:15 Micah; 16:30 break; 17:30 Vespers; 18:30 evening meal
- Sunday 9 February: 10:30 Divine Liturgy; 12:00 lunch; 13:00 youth gathering
Sign up for the youth gathering separately.
More opportunities to learn about the faith…
The Women’s Ministries Initiative has teamed up with the Centre for Applied Theology to run a monthly series of events January-June 2021 on Living Christianity Today – Loving Christianity Today. These sessions will be on Zoom and a link is on the WMI events page.
This year’s OFSJB Study Weekend has been moved online, so more of you can attend! It will be hosted by the Parish of St John the Theologian in Cambridge. This is a wonderful opportunity to dive into the Psalms in depth and find out why they are so important. There will be prayers and a chance to meet the Orthodox communities in Cambridge, as well as the talks set out below. An Eventbrite link will be available very soon to register – keep a look out!
- Friday 26 February: Fr Ian Graham, Introduction to the Book of Psalms
- Saturday 27 February: Fr Raphael Armour, The Psalms in liturgical life
- Saturday 27 February: Dr Elizabeth Theokritoff, ‘The Lord has sent deliverance to His people’: reading Christ’s work through the Psalms
- Saturday 27 February: Fr Maximos Constas, Praying the Psalms in monastic life, and the commentaries of Elder Aemilianos of Simonopetra
A Facebook Event has been created and an Eventbrite link will be available very soon to register – keep a look out!
Behold now, what is so good or so joyous as for brethren to dwell together in unity?
Psalm 132:1
Online series on monasteries
Since we have not been able to hold our usual summer conference, the Fellowship committee have planned a six week series of presentations about different monasteries around the world. We are so excited to share the history, spiritual life and the work of these wonderful, holy places!
These will be held on Thursday evenings at 19:00 BST (London time), 30 July-3 September on Zoom, and if you can’t make the date for any reason, we hope to eventually make recordings available on the website.
If you would like to attend these sessions, please register on our dedicated page. Come and see!
And don’t forget that we also have a page with other resources, including spiritual talks and live streamed services.
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