Saint Birinus Orthodox Community: November 2016

+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.

2 November 2016

November 2016

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

NOVEMBER 2016

Last Updated 27th November 2016

6th November: PENTECOST XX: 10:00 a.m. Western Rite Terce sung at the Saint Aldhelm Chapel in Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH14 9JG followed at 10:30 by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

13th November: PENTECOST XXI: 10:00 a.m. Western Rite Terce sung at the Saint Aldhelm Chapel in Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH14 9JG followed at 10:30 by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

14th November: ALL SAINTS: No office today. Collect for the Festival of All Saints:
O Almighty God, Who has knit together Thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of Thy Son Christ our Lord; grant us grace so to follow Thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys, which Thou has prepared for them that unfeignedly love Thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

19th November, Saturday: 12 noon Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Saint Wite, the Patron Saint of Dorset at Whitchurch Canonicorum. Click on her icon on the right for more imformation about her life. This Pilgrimage is organised by the Parish of Saint Dunstan's, Poole and places are limited to 25. If you are interested in coming and you do not normally attend Saint Dunstan's, please contact me at sainteanswytheoss @ gmail.com: just delete the spaces on either side of @.

20th November: PENTECOST XXII: 10:00 a.m. Western Rite Terce sung at the Saint Aldhelm Chapel in Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH14 9JG followed at 10:30 by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

27th November: PENTECOST XXIII: 11:00 a.m. Western Rite Terce followed by the Saint Gregory the Great Liturgy in Saint Joseph's Chapel Saint Mary the Virgin Church, Worton Road, Isleworth TW7 6ER in West London. The Annual General Meeting of the ROCOR Western Rite Community (UK), will take place immediately after the Mass, hopefully over lunch in a nearby venue.

Father Thomas giving the Blessing at the conclusion of the Mass on 27th Nov.

A Prayer to Saint Aldhelm

Thou didst set the lamp of Orthodoxy alight amid the gloom of the dark night of thy times, O blessed Aldhelm, favourite of Christ; wherefore thou dwellest now in everlasting light, where thou prayest that our souls be saved.

Thy radiant and God-pleasing countenance sheddeth light on all the English lands, O blessed Aldhelm our father; for spurning thy royal rank and all worldly pursuits, thou didst eagerly seek the true knowledge of God, and having devoted thy life to prayer and the ascetic struggle, thou has been vouchsafed to behold the Unapproachable One. Him do thou ever beseech, O hierarch of Christ, that in His mercy He save our souls. Amen.

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