After the unexpected death of our Bishop, David, the Cusworth community were missing a church leader to pick up the day-to-day duties that fell on the shoulders of Abba David for so many years. Due to providence and the foresight of Abba David a successor was in training and was in the process of advancing from Sub-Deacon to Deacon with the expectation to become Priest later after more tutorage from Abba David.| The British Orthodox Church
Abba David Seeds was born at Codnor, Derbyshire, on 7 October 1939 and was educated at Swanwick Grammar School. He graduated from Manchester University with a B.Sc. in 1960 and from the University of Birmingham with a post-graduate Certificate of Education. He studied at Linacre College, Oxford University and Ripon Hall Theological College, where he graduated with a B.A. in Theology (1967) and was later awarded an M.A. (1987). He taught for a number of years in boys’ secondary schools and a...| The British Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Feast of Holy Pascha in 2023 is Sunday, 16th April, a week after the Roman Catholic & Anglican Easter. Palm Sunday is on 9th April, which is the Seventh Sunday in Lent and the Orthodox Good Friday is on 14th April. Pentecost will be on Sunday, 4th June. Abba Seraphim and Abba James| britishorthodox.org
On Sunday, 9 October Abba Seraphim performed the ordination of David Bolatiwa of Gillingham, Kent, as a Reader at St. Alban & Sr. Athanasius Orthodox Church in Chatham. Although he was born at Brent in Greater London he was of Nigerian descent, who had been baptised & chrismated by Abba Seraphim on 13th March 2022,| britishorthodox.org
Whilst officiating on Sunday, 18th September at our Bournemouth Church, Abba Seraphim was assisted by his Coadjutor, Abba James, and Father John Ives, the Bournemouth Parish priest, and Abba Seraphim started officiating by ordaining as a Reader, Cristian Craciun, a Romanian who was born in the historical region of Western Moldavia in north-eastern Romania, but| britishorthodox.org
We are very sad at the news of the recent death of our sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth II and during all our church services we will maintain her in prayer for her repose in the Lord and encourage all our clergy and laity to recite a panikhida for her. During the Divine Liturgy we will| britishorthodox.org
On 24 August 2022 the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Kallistos Ware died, aged 87 years. He had been born in Bath, Somerset, as Timothy Richard Ware on 11 September 1934. He was educated at Westminster School in London and Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1958 at the age of 24 he became an Orthodox layman and was| britishorthodox.org
As Archdeacon Antony Holland for health reasons has given up driving to our Bournemouth Church, Abba Seraphim, accompanied by Abba James, has now celebrated a Sunday Divine Liturgy for him in the chapel which he has established in his garage in Portsmouth on 17th April, 18th May and 17th July.| britishorthodox.org
Abba Seraphim has frequently visited his second cousin, Keith Francis Watson, now aged eighty, who lives in the Earlham Road Care House for mental health needs, in Wood Green, London, N22, which is 20.9 miles from the Church Secretariat at Charlton. Keith Watson received the clerical tonsure in April 1972 and was also ordained to the| britishorthodox.org
Following the intruder's damage to the Babingley Church window the Hunstanton Police arranged for it to be replaced with just a secure wooden board, for which we paid £240 to 'Rapid Secure Company'; but we wanted the window to be restored to its original condition and engaged Gavin of 'Heritage Windows' of Norfolk to utilise| britishorthodox.org