Shrewsbury Orthodox Church

06/11/2026

Moșii de toamnă | Sâmbătă 7 noiembrie 2026

Iubiți credincioși în Domnul,

Sâmbătă, 7 noiembrie, la ora 18.00, vom face Pomenirea celor adormiți pentru Moșii de toamnă, urmată imediat de Vecernie.

Parastasul și Vecernia
ora 18.00
Biserica Sfinților 318 Părinți, Dove Close, Shrewsbury SY2 6FB

Enoriașii pot aduce colivă și pomelnice cu numele celor trecuți la Domnul din familiile lor, pentru slujba parastasului.

Dumnezeu să-i odihnească, iar frățiilor voastre să vă dea sănătate!

În Hristos,
Părintele Panteleimon

04/11/2026

Yesterday, members of our community attended the annual Orthodox Vespers for the Feast of St Winifride at Shrewsbury Roman Catholic Cathedral, where a portion of the saint's relics is kept for veneration. The Cathedral provided a sumptuous reception for all present afterwards. We thank father Sean Henry, Cathedral Dean and his community for warmly welcoming us.
Shrewsbury Cathedral

03/11/2026

Christians versus Pagans? What is paganism, & how does it connect to Christianity? What does the Christian faith do with pagan stories and traditions? This is an introduction!
LINKS:
Our video about the Magi (Wise Men) and their story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYvb9iOmHkA
Our video about the Greek Parthenon and its unknown Christian history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvYsF0oW5oM
Our video about the Saxon Heliand which retells the Gospels through the lens of Northern epic sagas of the pagans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS4XyUDajSA
Dr Zachary Porcu sometimes sometimes addresses paganism in his podcast series "The Roots of Everything" which is very good and guides you through the history of ideas, and how different ideas connect and intersect to Christianity. Here's one of his series, but check out the rest too: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW-bEr5kpY60
Jonathan Pageau's series "Universal History" is a great place for diving into the world of paganism and it's connection to the Great Story of Christ and Christianity : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVX4HUUPrIY_M2uZP3yW6EEiod3fGD6FD
Another resource for paganism, demons, spirits, and the unseen world is The Lord of Spirits podcast from Ancient Faith Ministries. If you're new to it, start at the beginning because it builds up: https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/lordofspirits/
An article by Fr Stephen De Young on some of the relationship Christianity has to paganism: https://blogs.ancientfaith.com/wholecounsel/2020/02/01/christianity-and-paganism/
"The First Apology" a letter by Saint Justin Martyr: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0126.htm
Saint Basil's address on the right use of Greek (pagan) literature: https://earlychurchtexts.com/public/basil_greek_literature.htm
Saint Seraphim of Sarov's letter we quoted: https://orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/wonderful
One of the Australian aboriginal 'dreaming' stories about the origin of the Southern Cross: https://www.kullillaart.com.au/dreamtime-stories/The-Southern-Cross-Yaraan-doo-The-place-of-the-white-gum-tree?srsltid=AU7gw4Xf3SiwhHu39nFwebMQmkhXsAzCZBID2Sk2Oz4gjimcsPNldv5q
A short (not very deep) comparison between Psalm 104 and the Hymn of Aten: https://projectaugustine.com/biblical-studies/ancient-near-east-studies/parallelism-between-the-hymn-to-aten-and-psalm-104/
An article on Orthodoxy and other religions and Logos Spermatikos: https://www.goarch.org/-/an-orthodox-christian-view-of-non-christian-religions

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02/11/2026

✨ Feast of St W**efride | Tuesday 3 November ✨

Tomorrow we celebrate the feast of St W**efride, one of our parish’s most loved saints. She lived in North Wales in the seventh century, and her holy well at Holywell has drawn pilgrims for over 1,300 years. Her relics came to Shrewsbury Abbey in 1138, and she has been honoured in our town ever since.

We warmly invite you to join us:

⛪ Divine Liturgy & veneration of the relic of St W**efride
🕥 10.30am
📍 Church of the 318 Holy Fathers & St John the Baptist, Dove Close, Shrewsbury SY2 6FB

🕯️ Vespers & veneration of the relic of St W**efride
🕖 7pm
📍 Shrewsbury Cathedral, Town Walls, Shrewsbury SY1 1UE
☕ Followed by refreshments in the Orchard Café

Vespers is open to all, so please bring family and friends. With thanks to our friends at Shrewsbury Cathedral for their warm hospitality.

📖 Read more about St W**efride: shrewsburyorthodox.com/local-saints/saint-winefride-gwenffrewi

Holy W**efride, pray to God for us! 🙏

**efride

01/11/2026

Today's sermon by Fr. Stephen.
Faith in God, science, and how we approach Scripture.

31/10/2026

Please follow the link below to our calendar of services and events for this month.

Here you will find a schedule of the services and other events including children’s activities, catechism and social events of our community. You can copy this link to add the calendar to your phone or computer.

30/10/2026

Αργοσύντομο Οκτάηχο «Θεοτόκε Παρθένε» - Αβραάμ Ευθυμιάδη

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30/10/2026

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14/10/2026

The Story of Euphrosynos the Cook A humble cook that understood the present reality of God's kingdom
LINKS:
Another telling of the story by : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEWXXOlIJRA
A baked apple recipe inspired by St Euphrosynos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAgITlF7VHE
A short life story of Saint Euphrosynus the cook: https://orthodoxwiki.org/Euphrosynus_the_Cook
Another telling of the same story: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/1948/09/11/102581-saint-euphrosynos-the-cook-of-alexandria
And yet another telling of his story: https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/hiddensaints/euphrosynus_the_cook/

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06/10/2026

Prayer of King Alfred the Great A prayer for help written by one of England's most beloved kings!

LINKS:
The icon of Saint Alfred the Great is by Aidan Hart: https://www.aidanharticons.com/
An article about Alfred the Great: https://orthodoxwiki.org/Alfred_the_Great
A short video from about 'the Alfred Jewel' featured in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nJ9pyTaEf4
Read the prayer: http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/athapray.htm
A video about Alfred the Great and his wars against the Vikings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDmLPOQoSVo
The life of King Alfred: http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/athlifea.htm
A short article about Alfred that can introduce the infamous burnt cakes story if you don't know it: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/King-Alfred-the-Cakes/
More about the "Doom Book": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_book

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