+St. John Maximovitch

"Never, never, never let anyone tell you that, in order to be Orthodox, you must be Eastern. The West was fully Orthodox for a thousand years, and her venerable liturgy is far older than any of her heresies." +Saint John (Maximovitch) of Shanghai and San Francisco

You are the inheritors of a precious treasure: the authentic and Orthodox rites that nourished thousands now in the Kingdom of Heaven. The Orthodox Church thanks you for preserving this tradition all these years, so that it could be restored to her through Western Rite Orthodox parishes. +Bishop Basil, Bishop of Wichita and the Midwest of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.

29 December 2013

Services for January 2014


SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

JANUARY  2014

Last Updated 26th January 2014


5th January 2014 ADVENT IV:  9:30 a.m. Western Rite Terce sung at the Saint Aldhelm Chapel in Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH12 9JG followed at 10:30 by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

7th January 2014 NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO THE FLESH: 10:00 a.m. Terce followed by the Nativity Liturgy of Saint Gregory the Great at Headington Cemetery Chapel, Dunstan Road, Oxford, OX3 9BY.

12th January 2914 SUNDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF THE NATIVITY: 9:30 a.m. Western Rite Terce sung at the Saint Aldhelm Chapel in Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH12 9JG followed at 10:30 by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

14th January 2014 THE CIRCUMCISION OF THE LORD: no service

19th January 2014 THE EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST:9:30 a.m. Western Rite Terce sung at the Saint Aldhelm Chapel in Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH12 9JG followed at 10:30 by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

26th January 2014 EPIPHANY I and THE BAPTISM OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST: 10:30 a.m. Terce followed by the Saint Gregory the Great Liturgy at Headington Cemetery ChapelDunstan Road, OXFORD, OX3 9BY.  See Pictures below:

Opening Prayer for Tierce


Rite of Blessing Holy Water

Adding salt to Holy Water

Censing the altar

Singing the Pater Noster