THE EXALTATION OF THE PRECIOUS CROSS

ALL NIGHT VIGIL TO CELEBRATE THE EXALTATION OF THE PRECIOUS CROSS We have the honour to inform the devout Orthodox people of London that on Tuesday 13th September 2011 an All Night Vigil will be celebrated in our Church. The Service will start at 6.00 p.m. and end at 10.30 p.m.   TIMETABLE OF THE SERVICES Tuesday 13 September 2011 6.00 p.m.. Small Compline with the Akathist of the Precious Cross, Great Vespers with Liti and Artoklasia, Matins and Festal Divine Liturgy. Wednesday 14 September 2011 THE UNIVERSAL EXALTATION OF THE LIFE-GIVING CROSS 9.30 a.m. Hours, Festal Divine Liturgy with Artoklasia and ceremony of the Exaltation of the Precious...

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ΕΤΗΣΙΑ ΙΕΡΑ ΠΑΝΗΓΥΡΙΣ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΟΣ

ΦΕΡΕΤΑΙ ΣΕ ΓΝΩΣΗ ΤΩΝ ΕΥΛΑΒΩΝ ΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΩΝ ΟΤΙ ΤΗ ΠΕΜΠΤΗ, 23 ΚΑΙ ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗ, 24 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ 2011, ΠΑΝΗΓΥΡΙΖΕΙ ΜΕ ΚΑΘΕ ΘΡΗΣΚΕΥΤΙΚΗ ΛΑΜΠΡΟΤΗΤΑ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΠΡΕΠΕΙΑΟ ΙΕΡΟΣ ΝΑΟΣ ΓΕΝΝΕΣΙΟΥ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΤΙΜΙΟΥ ΠΡΟΔΡΟΜΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ISLINGTON, ΒΟΡΕΙΟΥ ΛΟΝΔΙΝΟΥ. ΘΑ ΘΕΩΡΗΣΟΥΜΕ ΤΙΜΗ ΜΑΣ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑ ΣΑΣ ΣΤΙΣ ΛΑΤΡΕΥΤΙΚΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΕΣ ΕΚΔΗΛΩΣΕΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΝΑΟΥ ΜΑΣ, ΠΟΥ ΘΑ ΤΕΛΕΣΤΟΥΝ ΣΥΜΦΩΝΑ ΜΕ ΤΟ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΤΩ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΙΕΡΑΣ...

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Iconography Certification Ceremony

On Saturday 18 June 2011 At 4:30p.m.  His Eminence Archbishop Gregorios of Thyateira and Great Britain presided at Solemn Vespers and presented iconography class certificates to the successful students  in the Church of St Anthony the Great and St John the Baptist. A reception  followed in the Church Hall. ΑΠΟΝΟΜΗΣ ΠΙΣΤΟΠΟΙΗΤΙΚΩΝ ΣΧΟΛΗΣ ΑΓΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΑΣ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΟΣ ΑΓΙΩΝ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΤΙΜΙΟΥ ΠΡΟΔΡΟΜΟΥ ΣΕ ΣΥΝΕΡΓΑΣΙΑ ΜΕ ΣΥΛΛΟΓΟ ΕΛΛΗΝΟΚΥΠΡΙΩΝ ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝ ΑΡΑΧΝΗ Mέσα στο πλαίσιο των εκδηλώσεων για τα 45 χρόνια της ίδρυσης της Κοινότητος μας...

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Η Θεία Λειτουργία τοῦ ἐν Ἁγίοις Πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἰωάννου τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου

Η Θεία Λειτουργία τοῦ ἐν Ἁγίοις Πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἰωάννου τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου   Tο Ελληνικό κείμενο με μετάφραση στα Αγγλικά. Καινούρια και συμπληρωμένη έκδοση περιέχουσα τη Προσκομιδή, τα Απολυτίκια των Κυριακών, Δεσποτικών και Θεομητορικών Εορτών, τα Κοντάκια της Λειτουργίας, η Αρτοκλασία και το Μνημόσυνο. Τιμή £5 (δεν περιλαμβάνετε το κόστος τις ταχυδρομικής αποστολής). The Divine Liturgy of our Father among the Saints John Chrysostom The...

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St Anthony’s Day

Annual Patronal Festival of the parish of Saint Anthony the Great We would like to invite and inform all Orthodox Christians that on Monday 17th of January 2011, our Parish of Saint Anthony the Great, North London, will celebrate its Annual Patronal Feast with splendour and religious magnificence. We look forward to the honour of your presence at our Church’s religious and community celebrations. These will take place in accordance with the following programme. Programme of the Feαst Monday, January 10, 2011 11.30 am: Canon of supplication to Saint Anthony and veneration of  a relic of Saint Nicholas Planas the Wonderworker. 12.30 Midday: Spiritual Conference – subject: Confession: a UNIQUE means of grace Speaker: The Very Revd Archimandrite...

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PROPHET AVVAKOUM

Translation by The Very Reverend Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Throne Fr Ephrem Lash The people of God, were living in apostasy and the prophet Avvakoum was troubled because God was doing nothing to punish them. How can a just God leave his People in this situation? We know very little about the prophet Avvakoum. He was a contemporary of the prophet Jeremias and was born into the tribe of Juda, towards the end of the reign of king Osee (640-609 B.C.) or at the beginning of the reign of king Joakin (609-598 B.C.). It is certain that he lived to see the fulfilment of his prophecy, according to which, the Babylonians would invade Jerusalem the 597. The book of Avvakoum is exceptional, because it is composed mainly of dialogues between Avvakoum and God. Avvakoum...

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