Saint Birinus Orthodox Community: October 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.

25 October 2020

Nov-Dec 2020

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2020

Last Updated 8th December 2020

31st October: 6:30 p.m. Sarum 1st Vespers of Sunday in video conferencing with Father Thomas leading the service. Propers here.

1st November PENTECOST XXI / TRINITY XX / St John of Kronstadt: 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.

7th November: 6:30 p.m. Sarum 1st Vespers of Sunday in video conferencing with Father Thomas leading the service. For Propers, please click here.

8th November PENTECOST XXII / TRINITY XXI / St. Cedd, Abbott of Lastingham, "Apostle of Essex" (†ca. 589) B.C. / St. Eata of Lindisfarne (†685 or 686) B.C. / St. Alfred the Great (†899) K.C.: Unfortunately, the Mass at Isleworth is cancelled because of the national lockdown. The link to the Missa Sicca will be posted very soon.

14th November: 6:30 p.m. Sarum 2nd Vespers of ALL SAINTS with the commemoration of ALL SOULS in video conferencing with Father Thomas leading the service.

15th November PENTECOST XXIII / TRINITY XXII: 8:30 a.m. Sarum LAUDS in video conferencing with Father Thomas leading the service.

21st November: TRINITY 23: 5:00 p.m.(please note NEW TIME) Sarum 1st Vespers of Sunday in video conferencing with Father Thomas leading the service. Propers for both 1st Vespers and Lauds for this 23rd Sunday after Trinity.

22nd November PENTECOST XXIV / TRINITY XXIII: 8:30 a.m. Sarum LAUDS in video conferencing with Father Thomas leading the service.

28th November: 4:00 p.m.(please note NEW TIME) Sarum 1st Vespers of Sunday in video conferencing with Father Thomas leading the service. Propers for both Vespers and Lauds available here.

29th November PENTECOST XXV / TRINITY XXIV: 8:30 a.m. Sarum LAUDS in video conferencing with Father Thomas leading the service.

5th December: 4:00 p.m.(please note NEW TIME) Sarum 1st Vespers of Sunday in video conferencing with Father Thomas leading the service.

6th December CHRIST THE KING / SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE ADVENT: 8:30 a.m. Sarum LAUDS in video conferencing with Father Thomas leading the service.

12th December: 4:00 p.m. Sarum 1st Vespers of Sunday in video conferencing with Father Thomas leading the service. Propers for Vespers and Lauds available here.
From Vespers this evening we use Alma Redemptoris Mater as the Marian Hymn.
13th December: 8:30 a.m.(GMT) LAUDS of ADVENT I on GoogleMeet lead by Father Patrick.

13th December ADVENT I: 11:15 a.m. Litany/Terce and Liturgy at St Mary's Church, Isleworth, corner of Bridge Road and Worton road, TW7 6ER. Sung Mass Propers here and here.

19th December: 4:00 p.m. Sarum 1st Vespers of Sunday in video conferencing with Father Thomas leading the service. The Vespers Propers for Advent 2 are here.

20th December ADVENT II / ST AMBROSE: 8:30 a.m. Lauds on GoogleMeet lead by Father Patrick, followed by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Church at Saint Dunstan's church, Poole at 10:30 a.m.

26th December: 4:00 p.m. Sarum 1st Vespers of Sunday in video conferencing with Father Thomas leading the service. Vespers Propers available here.

27th December ADVENT III (Gaudete): 8:30 a.m. Lauds in video conferencing with Father Thomas leading the Service followed by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Church at Saint Dunstan's church, Poole at 10:30 a.m.

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.