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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 14, 20253 min read


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 14, 20253 min read


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 6, 20251 min read


Reverend Fr Gregory Hallam
Apr 29, 20250 min read


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 8, 20252 min read


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 20, 20252 min read


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 8, 20251 min read


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 4, 20251 min read


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 4, 20254 min read


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 24, 20252 min read


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 19, 20251 min read


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 19, 20252 min read


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 9, 20252 min read


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 26, 20252 min read


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 9, 20252 min read


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


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


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


The Visit of Sayedna Silouan to St Aidan of Lindisfarne Parish, Manchester over the weekend of 23rd / 24th November 2024
Sayedna Silouan visited the parish of St Aidan of Lindisfarne over the weekend of 23rd and 24th November (2024) and ordained Edward...
Reverend Fr Gregory Hallam
Nov 25, 20241 min read


The Visits of the "Hawaiian" Iveron Icon of the Theotokos
VISIT OF THE WONDERWORKING “HAWAIIAN” IVERON ICON OF THE THEOTOKOS TO THE PARISH IN LINCOLN AND THE CONCELEBRATION AT THE ROCOR DIOCESAN...
Reverend Fr Gregory Hallam
Nov 25, 20243 min read
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