+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.

25 August 2013

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

SEPTEMBER  2013

Last Update 27th September


1st September 2013 TRINITY IX: 10:00 a.m. Chrismation of Nicholas Harris, who is being received in the Orthodox Church this morning, followed by the Saint Gregory the Great Liturgy at Headington Cemetery Chapel, Dunstan Road, Oxford OX3 9GY: please see the photographs below.

8th September 2013 TRINITY X: No Western Rite service today but at 10:30 a.m., the usual Antiochian Liturgy at Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, BH14 9JG

15th September 2013 TRINITY XI: No Western rite service today but at 10:30 a.m., the usual Antiochian Liturgy at Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, BH14 9JG

 

Saturday 21 September 2013 Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos, the Blessed Virgin Mary 10:30 a.m. Terce followed by the Saint Gregory the Great Liturgy at Headington Cemetery Chapel, Dunstan Road, OXFORD, OX3 9BY.

 

22nd September 2013 TRINITY XII: 9:30 a.m. Western Rite Mattins 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.

29th September 2013 TRINITY XIII: 9:30 a.m. Western Rite Mattins 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.


The reception of Nicholas Harris into the Holy Orthodox Church

Headington Chapel, 1st September 2013
Preparing for the service

Saying the Introductory Prayer

Confessing the Orthodox-Catholic Faith

Nicholas receives remission of his sins

The anointing of the brow


The anointing of the nostrils and lips

The anointing of the hands

The anointing of the feet

Welcome to our Congregation, Nicholas!
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