Saint Birinus Orthodox Community: November 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.

10 November 2019

Nov 2019

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

NOV-DEC 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 10th November 2019

3rd November PENTECOST XX: No Western Rite Terce today but the usual Antiochian Sunday Liturgy in Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH14 9JG at 10:30.

10th November PENTECOST XXI: 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.

Father Thomas welcomes Celeste (Elizabeth will be her orthodox name) into the Church

Father Thomas addresses the congregation after Mass today 10th Nov 2019

Refreshments after Mass

17th November PENTECOST XXII: 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.

24th November PENTECOST XXIII: 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.

1st December PENTECOST XXIV: 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.

8th December CHRIST THE KING: 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.

15th December ADVENT I: 11:00 a.m. Elizabeth's Chrismation 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.

We had a good attendance for Elizabeth's Chrismation

Elizabeth provided us with a very warm Agape meal that was most welcome

22nd December ADVENT 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.

29th December ADVENT 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.

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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