Saint Birinus Orthodox Community: March 2019

+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.

31 March 2019

April 2019

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

APRIL - MAY 2019

Sunday Terce Service can be downloaded here as a Word document or here as a pdf.

The Terce Propers for each Sunday can be downloaded by clicking on the links below

The Hymn Nunc Sancte nobis Spiritus from the Sarum Breviary can be downloaded here

Last Updated 21st April 2019

31st March: LENT III: 11:00 a.m. Western Rite Terce followed by the Saint Gregory the Great Liturgy in Saint Joseph Chapel at St Mary the Virgin Church, Worton Road, Isleworth TW7 6ER in West London.

Coffee after Mass on 31st March with Father Patrick from Suffolk at the far right.

7th April: LENT IV, LAETARE SUNDAY: 10:00 a.m. Western Rite Terce is 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 April: LENT V Passion Sunday: 10:00 a.m. Western Rite Terce is 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.

21st April: PALM Sunday: 11 a.m. Benediction of the Palms and Procession followed by the Saint Gregory the Great Liturgy in Saint Joseph Chapel at St Mary the Virgin Church, Worton Road, Isleworth TW7 6ER in West London.

27th April: EASTER VIGIL: 8:30 p.m. Easter Vigil Vespers (and part 2), Exultet, Litany (part 2, part 3 and part 4) to be sung at Saint Aldhelm Chapel, in Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH14 9JG followed at 10:00 p.m. by the Midnight Office, Rush Procession, Orthros and Divine Liturgy of Pascha.

28th April: EASTER SUNDAY: Western Rite Terce followed by the Saint Gregory the Great Liturgy in Saint Joseph Chapel at St Mary the Virgin Church, Worton Road, Isleworth TW7 6ER in West London.

Fr Thomas blesses the food for the Feast after the Paschal Mass at St Mary's this Easter Day.

5th May: LOW SUNDAY: 10:00 a.m. Western Rite Terce is 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.

12th May: EASTER II: 10:00 a.m. Western Rite Terce is 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.

19th May EASTER III: 10:00 a.m. Western Rite Terce is 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.

26th May EASTER IV: 11:00 a.m. Western Rite Terce followed by the Saint Gregory the Great Liturgy in Saint Joseph Chapel at St Mary the Virgin Church, Worton Road, Isleworth TW7 6ER in West London.

2nd June: EASTER V ROGATION SUNDAY: No Western Rite Terce today but the usual Antiochian Liturgy is celebrated at Saint Dunstan's Parish Church at 10:30 a.m.

Planned Services at Isleworth:
June 23^rd (Trinity Sunday)

July 21^st (Pentecost 5)

August 18^th (Pentecost 9)

September 15^th (Pentecost 13)

October 13^th (Pentecost 17 / St. Jerome)

November 10^th (Pentecost 21 / Saints Simon and Jude)

December 8^th or 15^th (Advent 1)

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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