Kallistos Ware
Salvation in the Writings of Elder Sophrony
Study Weekend 2 – 4 February 2018
Salvation in the Writings of Elder Sophrony
Study Weekend with a variety of top speakers, including Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia, on the theme of Salvation in the Writings of Elder Sophrony.
To cover meal costs and expenses:
£30 for the whole weekend
£20 day rate for Saturday
Hosted by the Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity and Saint Luke, Birmingham.
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2016 Conference: Being Orthodox in a Multi-Religious Society
Being Orthodox in a
Multi-Religious Society
1 – 3 July 2016
Friday 4.00 pm to Sunday teatime
The Hayes, Swanwick
At this Conference the Fellowship will consider
the witness of the Orthodox Church in today’s diverse society.
Archbishop Gregorios of Thyateira and GB will preside and preach at the Sunday Divine Liturgy
Speakers to include
His Grace Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop
Coptic Church UK
HE Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia
Fr Philip Hall; Dr Mangala Frost
Marina Robb
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Walsingham Conference 2015: Some Highlights
Our Annual Summer Conference sadly came to a close today.
It was held at the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham and was both a pilgrimage and a conference on the theme of Pilgrimage.
Here are some highlights from our Facebook Page
A full report, including many of the talks, will appear in the next edition of Forerunner.
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Friday 3rd July:
Metropolitan Kallistos addresses the OFSJB conference on Sacred Space: the Presence of God in Thin Places
Saturday 4th July:
A really fascinating talk about Russian Pilgrimage to Mount Athos by Dr Nicholas Fennell Watch out for the millennium celebrations of Russians on Athos in 2016!
Metropolitan Kallistos sprinkles the pilgrims at the Fellowship’s summer conference/
This was followed by a potted history of Orthodoxy in Walsingham by Fr Philip Steer.
An earlier written version of the talk can be found here [pdf]
Did you know that St Nikolai Velimirovic served the Liturgy here several times after being released from Dachau concentration camp? St Nikolai, pray to God for us!
In the afternoon, Fr Pancratios Sanders challenged us to go on more pilgrimages in the right spirit: to the Holy Land, to sites of martyrdom, to monasteries, wonder – working icons… and to sites associated with British Saints like Holywell.
The panel at the Fellowship summer conference: Fr Pancratios Sanders, Metropolitan Kallistos, Dr Nicholas Fennell and Fr Philip Steer. Led by our new Fellowship Chairman, Bede Gerrard.
Challenging questions on how much hardship a pilgrim should endure, expecting the unexpected and what their top tips would be for a Pilgrimage Survival Guide.
Sunday 5th July:
So the Fellowship summer conference came to a fitting end with the Divine Liturgy, where Metropolitan Kallistos reminded us that we are icons of the cherubim, participating in the eternal Divine Liturgy where Christ is both He that offers and He that is offered.
There was lots of time to make friends and meet new people too:
See you at our future events; stay tuned to our website! www.ofsjb.org.uk
