Every second Saturday of the month, Divine Liturgy in English of Sunday - Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family, Duke Street, London W1K 5BQ.
4pm Divine Liturgy. Next: 13th November 2021

Very sadly, the Divine Liturgy in English at 9-30 am on Sundays at the Holy Family Cathedral, Lower Church, have had to be put on hold. Until the practicalities we cannot use the Lower Church space. Hopefully this will be resolved very soon. Please keep checking in here for details.

Owing to public health guidance, masks should still be worn indoors and distance maintained. Sanitisers are available. Holy Communion is distributed in both kinds from the mixed and common chalice, by means of a separate Communion spoon for each individual communicant.

To purchase The Divine Liturgy: an Anthology for Worship (in English), order from the Sheptytsky Institute here, or the St Basil's Bookstore here.

To purchase the Divine Praises, the Divine Office of the Byzantine-Slav rite (in English), order from the Eparchy of Parma here.

The new catechism in English, Christ our Pascha, is available from the Eparchy of the Holy Family and the Society. Please email johnchrysostom@btinternet.com for details.

Tuesday 1 July 2014

Notes on Arab Orthodoxy: Patriarchate of Jerusalem Reacts, Escalating Tensions with Local Believers


Sunday, June 29, 2014

Patriarchate of Jerusalem Reacts, Escalating Tensions with Local Believers

Reacting to their letter demanding better spiritual care, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem decided on the evening of June 23 to stop paying the salary of Met Atallah Hanna of Sebastea and to transfer Archimandrite Christophoros Atallah from Jordan to Jerusalem. The latter decision was ostensibly a promotion to be "spiritual adviser" of the patriarchal seminary, but was interpreted both by Archimandrite Christophoros and by the faithful in Jordan as a move to unjustly remove him from the monastery he founded, since the seminary only has seven students, all Greek nationals and has long been beset with rumors of sexual abuse. Almost immediately, protestors gathered at the residence of Metropolitan Venedictos in Amman. They removed the picture of Patriarch Theophilos III from the wall and smashed it. They also delivered a letter for Venedictos to deliver to the patriarch. Yesterday, the 24th, another protest was held at the bishopric at Irbid in Northern Jordan, where Bishop Philomenos responded by taking a position strongly against the children of his Church and their needs. More info about these events can be found in Arabic (with pictures and video) here, in Greek here and English here.

The following day, a large number of laypeople gathered at the Monastery of the Life-Giving Spring in Dibeen, Jordan to show support for its founder, Archimandrite Christophoros, who has refused to be moved from his monastery. They formed a human chain around the monastery, singing "To Thee O Champion Leader" and denounced the arbitrary, oppressive decision taken by Patriarch Theophilos.

Notes on Arab Orthodoxy: Patriarchate of Jerusalem Reacts, Escalating Tensions with Local Believers

No comments: