+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.

5 March 2023

March 2023

  SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

MARCH - APRIL 2023

The First Vespers of Sunday are sung at 3:45pm over GoogleMeet.
The Sunday Matins are usually sung at 8:30 a.m. on GoogleMeet.

We use The Orthodox Divine Office according to the Use of the Western Rite of the Holy Orthodox Church by Abbot David Colburn 2018  obtainable from http://www.olwtn.org/online-store/
Alternative source from Lulu bookstore: Hardcover: £39.65   Paperback: £25.97

The Orders of Service can be downloaded here:
All items with this symbol & can be found in the Propers for the day as linked in the descriptions.

Marian Hymn for Christmas to Purification: Alma Redemptoris Mater.
Marian Hymn from Purification to Holy Wednesday: Ave Regina Caelorum
Marian Hymn from Holy Saturday to Saturday after Pentecost: Regina Caeli 
Marian Hymn for Sundays after Pentecost: Salve Regina.

Last Updated 7th March 2023


We hold Prayer Services once a month at St Mary's church, Isleworth TW7 6ER starting at 11:00 a.m.  Please see below.
You are all invited to attend.

1st March: ASH WEDNESDAY: 8:30 a.m. Matins by video conferencing.

4th March: First Vespers of Quadragesima / Lent I by video conferencing.
5th March: QUADRAGESIMA / LENT I.  11:00 a.m. Matins/Lauds of Septuagesima and Missa Sicca (sung Propers) at Saint Mary the Virgin Church, Worton Road, Isleworth, TW7 6ER.  

Hymns for the Divine Office in Lent: can be downloaded here.
Commemoration of Ash Wednesday at the Divine Office during Lent, to be said after the Collect of the day.

11th March: First Vespers of Lent II by video conferencing.
12th March: LENT II.  8:30 a.m. Matins by video conferencing.  9:45 a.m. Terce at St Aldhelm Chapel, followed at 10:30 a.m. by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Church at Saint Dunstan's Church, Poole.  Western Rite sung Propers.  Missa Sicca. 

18th March: First Vespers of Lent III by video conferencing.
19th March: LENT III.  8:30 a.m. Matins by video conferencing.  9:45 a.m. Terce at St Aldhelm Chapel, followed at 10:30 a.m. by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Church at Saint Dunstan's Church, Poole.  Western Rite sung Propers.  Missa Sicca. 

25th March: First Vespers of Lent IV (Laetare) by video conferencing.
26th March: LENT IV.  11:00 a.m. Matins/Lauds and Missa Sicca at Saint Mary the Virgin Church, Worton Road, Isleworth, TW7 6ER.  

1st April: First Vespers of PASSION SUNDAY by video conferencing.
2nd April: PASSION SUNDAY.  8:30 a.m. Matins by video conferencing.  9:45 a.m. Terce at St Aldhelm Chapel, followed at 10:30 a.m. by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Church at Saint Dunstan's Church, Poole.  Western Rite Sung Propers.  Missa Sicca. 

8th April: First Vespers of PALM SUNDAY by video conferencing.
9th April: PALM SUNDAY.  8:30 a.m. Matins by video conferencing.  9:45 a.m. Terce at St Aldhelm Chapel, followed at 10:30 a.m. by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Church at Saint Dunstan's Church, Poole.  Western Rite sung Propers.  Missa Sicca. 

15th April: HOLY SATURDAY: 6:00 p.m.: Exultet, Litany of the Saints, and First Vespers of EASTER by video conferencing.  10:00 p.m. Services of the Paschal Vigil at Saint Dunstan's church, Poole.
16th April: EASTER SUNDAY.  8:30 a.m. Matins of Easter and Missa Sicca by video conferencing. 

22nd April: First Vespers of EASTER I (Low Sunday) by video conferencing.
23rd April: EASTER I (Low Sunday). 11:00 a.m.  Matins/Laudsand Missa Sicca () at Saint Mary theVirgin Church, Worton Road, Isleworth, TW7 6ERsung Propers .

29th April: First Vespers of EASTER II by video conferencing.
30th April: .  8:30 a.m. Matins by video conferencing.  EASTER II: 9:45 a.m. Terce at St Aldhelm Chapel, followed at 10:30 a.m. by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Church at Saint Dunstan's Church, Poole.  Western Rite sung Propers.  Missa Sicca. 

6th May:  by video conferencing.First Vespers of EASTER III
7th May: .  8:30 a.m. by video conferencing.  MatinsEASTER III: 9:45 a.m. at St Aldhelm Chapel, followed at 10:30 a.m. by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Church at Saint Dunstan's Church, Poole.  .  . TerceWestern Rite sung PropersMissa Sicca

9th May: First Vespers of EASTER IV by video conferencing.
10th May: .  8:30 a.m. Matins by video conferencing.  EASTER IV: 9:45 a.m. Terce at St Aldhelm Chapel, followed at 10:30 a.m. by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Church at Saint Dunstan's Church, Poole.  Western Rite sung Propers.  Missa Sicca. 

Next dates for Meetings at Isleworth during 2023 (All are subject to change at short notice):

28th May Sunday after Ascension
25th June Pentecost III
23rd July Pentecost VII
20th August Pentecost XI
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