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.
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Mosaic Choir Christmas Concert 2024
Christmas comes but once a year… so it is again time for Mosaic Choir’s Christmas Concert!
Please join us, if you can, to celebrate the Nativity of our Saviour, through carols from around the world!
- Friday 13 December
- 19:00
- Corpus Christi Church, Covent Garden, London
- Free entry, charity collection
Great Lent and new beginnings
Great Lent: a time of repentance, of turning away from sin and towards God. You may like to say prayers for peace at home; this link is to our friends at the Orthodox Peace Fellowship. https://incommunion.org/2022/02/14/moleben-for-peace/
Mosaic Choir has received a blessing to chant the Salutations to the Mother of God in English on each Friday of this Great Lent, 19:30 at the Chapel of the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain, 5 Craven Hill, W2 3EN. We believe this to be the only service of Salutations solely in English in our capital city. All are welcome.
Good strength for Lent!
Mosaic Choir – a wonderful return to singing
On Monday 6 December, Mosaic Choir carolled in many different languages and traditions at the Orthodox Cathedral of St Andrew in Kentish Town, London, to celebrate St Nicholas and the Nativity of Christ.
Anna Conomos, accomplished storyteller, shared some of the stories of St Nicholas the Wonderworker, and the choir sang carols in English, Greek, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian, Bulgarian, French and Latin!
The Cathedral switched on the Livestream and we were joined by people all over the UK, and even from Canada and Australia! You can still watch the livestream version at https://youtu.be/GkBV9lTNU_g and we hope to have some close up videos on our YouTube channel soon.
The audience was very appreciative and incredibly generous and we have a total of £750 as the collection. The Monastery of St John the Baptist in Essex has thanked everyone for their generosity and love, but has requested that the sum be donated to another cause. By agreement of all, the collection will be divided between three other wonderful monastic communities:
- Monastery of St Antony & St Cuthbert, Shropshire, England
- Monastery of All Celtic Saints, Mull, Scotland
- Monastery of the Lifegiving Spring, Shannonbridge, Ireland
If you would still like to support the Monastery of St John, please consider making a purchase from the online bookshop: https://essexmonastery.com/bookshop/
Thank you to everyone who supported the choir and we hope to have more concerts and engagements in 2022!
Welcome to the Orthodox Fellowship of St John the Baptist 