+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.

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

25 November 2013


SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

DECEMBER 2013

Last Updated 28th December 2013

1st December 2103 PENTECOST XXIII: 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.

Saturday 7th December 2013:  10:00 or 10:30 a.m. Father Thomas will celebrate a Western Rite Liturgy at Manton-St-Paul, Pelham Street, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S80 2ST, please check the starting time here.

8th December 2013 THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST: CHRIST THE KING: 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.

15th December 2013 ADVENT I: 10:30 a.m. Terce followed by the Saint Gregory the Great Liturgy at Headington Cemetery Chapel, Dunstan Road, OXFORD, OX3 9BY. (see photographs below)

22nd December 2013 ADVENT 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.

29th December 2013 ADVENT III, 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.

Tierce Sunday 15th December 2013



The Sermon

Reading the post-communion collect

27 October 2013

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

NOVEMBER 2013

Last Update 23rd November 2013

3rd November 2013 PENTECOST XIX: 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.

10th November 2013 PENTECOST XX: 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.

17th November 2013 PENTECOST XXI: 10:30 a.m. Terce followed by the Saint Gregory the Great Liturgy at Headington Cemetery Chapel, Dunstan Road, OXFORD, OX3 9BY.
Following this Liturgy, we held our Annual General Meeting

24th November 2013 PENTECOST XXII: 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.

Saturday 30th November 2013: Message received 7th November 2013
Dear Fathers, Brothers and Sisters!
I am glad to inform you that on 30th November a part of the Holy Life-giving Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ will be brought to the Cathedral of the Diocese of Sourozh for veneration.
With this letter I would like to invite the clergy and laity of your parishes and communities to take part in the meeting of the Holy Relic and a Moleben at 3 pm on that day. Vestments colour will be purple.

With brotherly love in Christ,
+Archbishop Elisey of Souroz

 Diocese of Sourozh, Russian Orthodox Church. 67 Ennismore Gardens, London SW7 1NH


The Liturgy on 17 Nov 2013 with incense!


The Annual General Meeting