Saint Birinus Orthodox Community: July 2020

+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.

8 July 2020

July-August 2020

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

JULY - AUGUST 2020

The Propers for Matins can be reached by clicking on the highlighted Matins
The Propers of the Missa Sicca for each Sunday can be reached by clicking on the highlighted Missa Sicca for each Sunday.

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 link at the relevant Sunday in previous postings (they can be reached from the blog archive links at the bottom of this page).
The Hymn Nunc Sancte nobis Spiritus from the Sarum Breviary can be downloaded here

COVID 19: All the events below are subject to change at short notice, according to the improving situation and the gradual return to activities.

Last Updated 1st August 2020

12th July PENTECOST V / TRINITY IV: St Peter & Paul, Apostles Matins to be sung via internet video conferencing with Father Thomas providing the Order of Service. Missa Sicca to be said at home. Liturgy of the Antiochian Church at Saint Dunstan's church, Poole at 10:30 a.m.

15th July: Visitation of the B.V.M.

19th July PENTECOST VI / TRINITY V: Matins to be sung via internet video conferencing with Father Thomas providing the Order of Service. Missa Sicca to be said at home. Liturgy of the Antiochian Church at Saint Dunstan's church, Poole at 10:30 a.m.

26th July PENTECOST VII / TRINITY VI: Matins to be sung via internet video conferencing with Father Thomas providing the Order of Service. Missa Sicca to be said at home. Liturgy of the Antiochian Church at Saint Dunstan's church, Poole at 10:30 a.m.

1st August: 6:30 p.m. Sarum 1st Vespers of Sunday in video conferencing with Father Thomas leading the service.

2nd August PENTECOST VIII / TRINITY VII: 9:45 a.m. TERCE in St Aldhelm's Chapel followed by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Church at Saint Dunstan's church, Poole at 10:30 a.m.

8th August: 6:30 p.m. Sarum 1st Vespers of Sunday in video conferencing with Father Thomas leading the service.

9th August PENTECOST IX / TRINITY VIII: 9:45 a.m. TERCE in St Aldhelm's Chapel followed by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Church at Saint Dunstan's church, Poole at 10:30 a.m.

14th August: 6:30 p.m. Vesperal Liturgy of the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God at St Dunstan's church. (New revised calendar, Antiochian jurisdiction)

15th August: 10:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy by Fr Maxim of the Moscow Patriarchate at St Dunstan's church (old calendar)

6:30 p.m. Sarum 1st Vespers of Sunday in video conferencing with Father Thomas leading the service.

16th August PENTECOST X / TRINITY IX: 9:45 a.m. TERCE in St Aldhelm's Chapel followed by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Church at Saint Dunstan's church, Poole at 10:30 a.m. The Missa Sicca to be said at home for this Sunday can be found here

19th August (6th August OC) Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord

22nd August: 6:30 p.m. Sarum 1st Vespers of Sunday in video conferencing with Father Thomas leading the service. The Propers for today can be downloaded here

23rd August PENTECOST XI / TRINITY X: 9:45 a.m. Sarum TERCE in St Aldhelm's Chapel followed by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Church at Saint Dunstan's church, Poole at 10:30 a.m. If you are unable to attend today's Liturgy, the Missa Sicca can be said at home.

28th August: Feast of the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God, Feast of Our Lady of Glastonbury, patroness of the ROCOR Western Rite Community in the British Isles.

29th August: 6:30 p.m. Sarum 1st Vespers of Sunday in video conferencing with Father Thomas leading the service.

30th August PENTECOST XII / TRINITY XI: 9:45 a.m. Sarum TERCE in St Aldhelm's Chapel followed by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Church at Saint Dunstan's church, Poole at 10:30 a.m. If you are unable to attend Liturgy, the Missa Sicca can be siad at home.

5th September: 6:30 p.m. Sarum 1st Vespers of Sunday in video conferencing with Father Thomas leading the service.

6th September PENTECOST XIII / TRINITY XII: 9:45 a.m. Sarum TERCE in St Aldhelm's Chapel followed by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Church at Saint Dunstan's church, Poole at 10:30 a.m.

Planned Services at Isleworth, all to be confirmed:

September 13th Pentecost 14 Saint Aidan
October 11th Pentecost 18 Vigil of Saint Michael
November 15th Pentecost 23 All Souls
December 13th 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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