+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.

26 May 2014

June 2104


SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

JUNE 2014

Sunday Terce Service can be dowloaded here
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 23rd June 2014

1st June SUNDAY after ASCENSION: 9:30 a.m. Western Rite Terce sung at the Saint Aldhelm Chapel in Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH12 9JG followed at 10:30 by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Orthodox Church. 

8th June WHITSUNDAY or PENTECOST: 11:00 a.m Western Rite Terce followed by the Saint Gregory Liturgy at Saint Martin of Tours church, North Holmes Road, Canterbury, CT1 1PW.  St. Martin's Church is the oldest Church in the English speaking world still used for worship. It was here that St. Augustine set up his mission when he arrived from Rome in 597 AD to convert the English. After the Liturgy, we plan to go to the ruins of Saint Augustine's Abbey, Longport, Canterbury (CT1 1PF) to pray to Saint Augustine at the Crypt.
Saint Martin's church ready for our Pentecost celebration
Icons of Saint Augustine and of Pentecost

Father Thomas censing the altar

Picnic in the grounds of Saint Martin's

Singing the Litany at the site of Saint Augustine's original grave at the Abbey ruins

15th June TRINITY SUNDAY (PENTECOST I): No Western Rite Terce today but at 10:30 a.m. the usual Antiochian Liturgy at Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH12 9JG

22nd June PENTECOST II: No Western Rite Terce today but at 10:30 a.m. the usual Antiochian Liturgy at Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH12 9JG

29th June PENTECOST III: 10:30 a.m. Western Rite Terce followed by the Saint Gregory the Great Liturgy at Headington Cemetery ChapelDunstan Road, OXFORD, OX3 9BY.

27 April 2014

May 2014


SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

MAY 2014

Sunday Terce Service can be dowloaded here
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 27th April 2014

4th May EASTER II: 9:30 p.m. Western Rite Terce sung at the Saint Aldhelm Chapel in Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH12 9JG followed at 10:30 by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

11th May EASTER III: 9:30 a.m. Western Rite Terce sung at the Saint Aldhelm Chapel in Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH12 9JG followed at 10:30 by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

18th May EASTER IV: No Western Rite Terce today but at 10:30 a.m. the usual Antiochian Liturgy at Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH12 9JG

25th May ROGATION SUNDAY, EASTER V: 10:30 a.m. Western Rite Terce and the Rogation Litany followed by the Saint Gregory the Great Liturgy at Headington Cemetery ChapelDunstan Road, OXFORD, OX3 9BY.

29th May ASCENSION THURSDAY: to be announcedTerce Propers.

30 March 2014

Services April 2014


SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

APRIL 2014

Sunday Terce Propers can be dowloaded by clicking on Terce  
The Hymn Nunc Sancte nobis Spiritus from the Sarum Breviary can be downloaded here

Last Updated 20th April 2014

6th April 2014 LENT V PASSION SUNDAY: No Western Terce today but at 10:30 a.m. the usual Antiochian Liturgy at Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH12 9JG

13th April PALM SUNDAY: 9:30 a.m. Western Rite Terce sung at the Saint Aldhelm Chapel in Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH12 9JG followed at 10:30 by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

19th April EASTER EVEN10:00 p.m. (Click on the links to access the resources):
sung at the Saint Aldhelm Chapel in Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH12 9JG followed at 
11:00 p.m. by the MIDNIGHT OFFICE, Rush Procession, Orthros and Divine Liturgy of the Antiochian Church

27th April EASTER I, LOW SUNDAY: 10:30 a.m. Terce followed by the Saint Gregory the Great Liturgy at Headington Cemetery ChapelDunstan Road, OXFORD, OX3 9BY.



Blessing the Water
Adding Salt to the Water
Singing Terce
Confession

16 March 2014

Services March 2014


SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

MARCH 2014

Sunday Terce Propers can be dowloaded by clicking on Terce  
The Hymn Nunc Sancte nobis Spiritus from the Sarum Breviary can be downloaded here

Last Updated 26th March 2014

2nd March 2014 QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY: Western Rite Terce sung at the Saint Aldhelm Chapel in Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH12 9JG followed at 10:30 by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

5th March 2014 ASH WEDNESDAY: no service today

9th March 2014 LENT I, QUADRAGESIMA SUNDAY: Western Rite Terce sung at the Saint Aldhelm Chapel in Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH12 9JG followed at 10:30 by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

16th March 2014 LENT II: 9:30 a.m. Western Rite Terce sung at the Saint Aldhelm Chapel in Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH12 9JG followed at 10:30 by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

23 rd March 2014 LENT III: 10:30 a.m. Terce followed by the Saint Gregory the Great Liturgy at Headington Cemetery ChapelDunstan Road, OXFORD, OX3 9BY.

30th March 2014 LENT IV, Lætare Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Western Rite Terce sung at the Saint Aldhelm Chapel in Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH12 9JG followed at 10:30 by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

26 January 2014

Services February 2014


SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

FEBRUARY 2014

Last Updated 25th February 2014

2nd February 2014 EPIPHANY II: 9:30 a.m. Western Rite Terce sung at the Saint Aldhelm Chapel in Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH12 9JG followed at 10:30 by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

9th February 2014 EPIPHANY III: Western Rite Terce sung at the Saint Aldhelm Chapel in Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH12 9JG followed at 10:30 by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

15th February 2014 CANDLEMAS Feast of the Purification of the Virgin and Presentation of the Lord in the Temple celebrated in the West on 2nd February: no service today.

16th February 2014 SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY: Western Rite Terce sung at the Saint Aldhelm Chapel in Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH12 9JG followed at 10:30 by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

23rd February 2014 SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY:10:30 a.m. Terce followed by the Saint Gregory the Great Liturgy at Headington Cemetery ChapelDunstan Road, OXFORD, OX3 9BY.

Pictures from the Liturgy of Sexagesima Sunday, 23rd February 2014
Choir

Reading the Epistle

Censing the Altar

Washing the hands

Putting incense in thurible

communion

suitably restaured!

29 December 2013

Services for January 2014


SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

JANUARY  2014

Last Updated 26th January 2014


5th January 2014 ADVENT IV:  9:30 a.m. Western Rite Terce sung at the Saint Aldhelm Chapel in Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH12 9JG followed at 10:30 by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

7th January 2014 NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO THE FLESH: 10:00 a.m. Terce followed by the Nativity Liturgy of Saint Gregory the Great at Headington Cemetery Chapel, Dunstan Road, Oxford, OX3 9BY.

12th January 2914 SUNDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF THE NATIVITY: 9:30 a.m. Western Rite Terce sung at the Saint Aldhelm Chapel in Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH12 9JG followed at 10:30 by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

14th January 2014 THE CIRCUMCISION OF THE LORD: no service

19th January 2014 THE EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST:9:30 a.m. Western Rite Terce sung at the Saint Aldhelm Chapel in Saint Dunstan's Parish Church, Saint Osmond's Road, Poole, BH12 9JG followed at 10:30 by the Liturgy of the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

26th January 2014 EPIPHANY I and THE BAPTISM OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST: 10:30 a.m. Terce followed by the Saint Gregory the Great Liturgy at Headington Cemetery ChapelDunstan Road, OXFORD, OX3 9BY.  See Pictures below:

Opening Prayer for Tierce


Rite of Blessing Holy Water

Adding salt to Holy Water

Censing the altar

Singing the Pater Noster