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Christmas Carol Concert: Mosaic Choir

Come to a Carol Concert with a difference! Experience a concert with a true international flavour which will have some familiar favourites but also a real international and folk feel, with carols from Romania, Greece, Ukraine, France and other countries, too.

The Mosaic Choir was formed under the umbrella of the Fellowship of Saint John the Baptist and is made up of Orthodox people from a variety of backgrounds: cradle Orthodox and converts, and from countries all over the world!
We also sing liturgical Christmas music from different traditions, during what will be a very relaxed evening.

If you’re in London and want a unique musical experience for Christmas come along and tell your friends!

Sunday 13 December, 7:30pm, Free entry with retiring collection

Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 1 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden (how to get there)

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2016 Study Weekend: What are Priests for?

2016 Study Weekend

Walsall

Friday 22nd-Sunday 24th January

WHAT ARE PRIESTS FOR?

A study of ancient and modern texts

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Looking at Patristic and other sources

we will consider the place and function of

the priesthood in today’s Church

Cost £60.00, includes lunch and evening meal (only)

Details Fr John Nankivell

Orthodox Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God

63 Dale Street, Palfrey, Walsall WS1 4AN

(01922-633451; nankivell@tesco.net)

Poster Booking Form

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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.
Sign up as a member today to get a copy. Videos to follow.

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

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Orthodox Bishops for Great Britain and Ireland have a new Website

The Pan-Orthodox Episcopal Assembly of Great Britain and Ireland have a new website.

It can be found at www.episcopalassembly.info

The Episcopal Assembly is one of thirteen bishops’ assemblies that have been established in different geographical regions throughout the world. It is made up of all the active, canonical Orthodox bishops with churches in Britain and Ireland.

Some of their most important documents and statements can be found here.
These include a recent Statement on the Persecution of Christians and Pastoral Recommendations On Preparation for and Receiving of Holy Communion.

Background

The Assembly was established in accordance with the Decision of the 4th Pre-Conciliar Pan-Orthodox Conference, held in Chambésy, Switzerland in 2009, at which representatives from all the universally-recognized autocephalous Orthodox churches met and considered the situation of the Orthodox communities in the Diaspora, that is, in countries outside the canonical territories of the established Local Orthodox Churches. The Assemblies are designed to promote cooperation among the Churches and to prepare the way for the resolution of the canonical anomalies associated with overlapping jurisdictions.

1 Comment Posted on 07/03/201502/04/2015 by MMR Conference

Orthodox Youth Festival

Mission in the Modern Age

May Bank Holiday Weekend

Great days of fun and fellowship in the beautiful peak district countryside:

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For more info and application forms visit:

www.orthodoxyouth.co.uk

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Summer Conference 2015

Fellowship Annual Conference 2015

“Standing on Holy Ground”

Pilgrimage in the Orthodox Tradition

Friday 3rd – Sunday 5th July 2015

Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Norfolk

Speakers

Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia

Dr Nicholas Fennell, Fr Pancratios Sanders, Fr Philip Steer

3-5 July 2015

Pilgrimage to Walsingham’s Holy Well

Conference worship will take place in

the Orthodox Churches of Walsingham

The Conference is open to all.

Fees (Accommodation and Meals): £170 (full)/ £150 (concessions)

Day Visitors also welcome – please enquire

Poster Application Form

Past Events

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Study Weekend: The Mother of God in the Bible

The Mother of God in the Bible

Orthodox Fellowship of St John the Baptist

STUDY WEEKEND 2015
Friday 23rd – Sunday 25th January
Orthodox Parish of St John the Baptist and St Alban the Protomartyr
c/o St Christopher’s Church
Stockingstone Road, Round Green,

Luton LU2 7NB

2015 Study Weekend Programme and Booking Forms