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In Remembrance of the Bombing of St Elias Church, Dweilaa
Dear Reverend Fathers and beloved faithful, Â With hearts full of sorrow and eyes filled with tears, we received the grievous news of the...
Reverend Fr Gregory Hallam
Jun 242 min read
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'Pascha' by Jacob Clark
Receiving the Light of the Risen Christ at the Vigil of Pascha 2025 (St Aidan of Lindisfarne Orthodox Church) Editor's note: The...
Reverend Fr Gregory Hallam
May 155 min read
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Hierarchical Concelebration at the Romanian Orthodox Cathedral
Date: 10 May 2025, Saturday Location: Romanian Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of Saint George the Great Martyr, 102A Church Street,...
Reverend Fr Gregory Hallam
May 143 min read
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Hierarchical Concelebration at the ROCOR Cathedral
Date: 11 May 2025, Sunday Photo album: Location: The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God and the Holy Royal Martyrs, Diocese...
Reverend Fr Gregory Hallam
May 143 min read
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The Church of the Resurrection and Joy
Fr Alexander's Address at the Barking Pilgrimage In his talk at the annual pilgrimage to Barking Abbey, Fr Alexander Haig reflects on the...
Reverend Fr Gregory Hallam
May 61 min read
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Sayedna's visit to Stoke and the Ordination of Deacon John (Maxfield)
By the grace of God, His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan, Archbishop of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of the British Isles...
Reverend Fr Gregory Hallam
Apr 82 min read
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Orthodox Pilgrimage to Saint Withburga's Holy Well, Dereham
Archimandrite Paulinus offers prayers at the holy well of the saint. On March 17th, over a dozen Orthodox Christians gathered in the...
Reverend Fr Gregory Hallam
Mar 202 min read
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An Orthodox Mission in Formation
A video cast interview with "The Transfigured" Life - Pastor Doug Clark tells how his whole community (St Hilda's, Halifax) is coming...
Reverend Fr Gregory Hallam
Mar 81 min read
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When whole Communities become Orthodox
I (Archpriest Gregory Hallam, St Aidan's Manchester) have just contributed to a podcast hosted by my dear friend, the Orthodox Swedish...
Reverend Fr Gregory Hallam
Mar 41 min read
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Clergy Gathering In Walsingham
Archdiocesan Clergy Meeting in Walsingham, 28 February 2025 On Friday, 28th February, His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan, together with...
Reverend Fr Gregory Hallam
Mar 44 min read
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Sayedna visits All Saints, Lincoln
Left to Right: Fr Deacon Ephraim Haddad, Archimandrite Philip Hall, Sayedna Silouan, Archimandrite Paulinus Heggs (newly elevated) and Fr...
Reverend Fr Gregory Hallam
Feb 242 min read
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Ordinations in York
On Sunday, 16th February 2025, His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan visited the parish of Saint Constantine in York to celebrate the Divine...
Reverend Fr Gregory Hallam
Feb 191 min read
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A New Group Coming Home
Left to right: Fr Patrick Cardine, Abbot Theodore, Fr Justin Slaughter Doty, Fr Philip, Dcn James Cavendish, Sayedna, Fr Boniface, Fr...
Reverend Fr Gregory Hallam
Feb 192 min read
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Pilgrimage to Orthodoxy Reborn!
Sayedna Silouan has blessed a catechumenate process to prepare a whole evangelical church in Halifax, West Yorkshire to be received into...
Reverend Fr Gregory Hallam
Feb 92 min read
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Sayedna's Fraternal Visit to St Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in London
On the 25th of January, by invitation of His Grace Nektarije, Bishop of London and Great Britain and Ireland (Serbian Orthodox Church),...
Reverend Fr Gregory Hallam
Jan 262 min read
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The Ordination of brother Ramy Haddad to the Diaconate, taking the name Ephraim
On Sunday, January 5th, His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan presided over the Divine Liturgy at our Cathedral parish to celebrate the Feast...
Reverend Fr Gregory Hallam
Jan 102 min read
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Fr Alexander Haig (Senior) retires, is elevated to Archpriest, and Fr Mark Shillaker is installed as Parish Priest
PARISH REPORT: SUNDAY AFTER THE NATIVITY 29 DECEMBER 2024 The Orthodox Parish of St Martin & St Helen Colchester On the Sunday after The...
Reverend Fr Gregory Hallam
Dec 30, 20242 min read
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2024 Cathedral Nativity Services and the Ordination of Fr Dmitry Ismagilov to the Priesthood
Nativity Celebration and Ordination of deacon Dmitry to holy priesthood at St George's  Cathedral Parish, London A photo album of these...
Reverend Fr Gregory Hallam
Dec 30, 20242 min read
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Sayedna's Nativity Message 2024
London 20th Dec. 2024 The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ 2024 To the Reverend Fathers, Deacons, and Faithful of this God-protected...
Reverend Fr Gregory Hallam
Dec 20, 20242 min read
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