St. Hilda's Orthodox Church

08/09/2026

How do we 'get into' heaven?

Is heaven even a place we can 'get into'?

Do we just need to say a prayer and accept Jesus' invitation?

Or is salvation something fuller and more beautiful than a one-time decision?

Our Lord tells a parable in which we are shown the way of salvation; we must wear the wedding garment! It is not enough to simply accept the invitation and turn up, we must put on and KEEP on the robe of grace; how? By participating in all the Christ offers us.

The robe is a gift, but we must keep it on. Those who do not maintain their robe, those who do not participate in the divine grace offered through the Church will find themselves naked on the day of Christ's return; they will find that they do not belong.

If you want to know more about how you can join the church and be clothed in Christ - come to St. Hilda's or find your nearest Orthodox Parish.

Glory to God.

19/08/2026

Another great day with St. Hilda’s Learning Community.

We’re studying ‘What is the Soviet Union?’, learned about St. Gabriel Urgebadze, and enjoyed some team building games.

(all weapons were real, but decommissioned)

18/08/2026

Forgiveness - what is it?

What does it mean for God to forgive us?

And why will he only forgive us, if we forgive others? Thats a bit petty isn't it?

We have a fundamental misunderstanding of what forgiveness is, because we have a flawed understanding of salvation and the gospel. In the gospel Jesus tells a parable to help us to understand that forgiveness is not simply the rubbing out of a number in a column, but rather the complete healing and transformation of the human person.

To be forgiven is not freedom to get away WITH our sin, but freedom to get away FROM our sin.

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

14/08/2026

https://youtu.be/TM1yCk0FFls?si=4HYAnHXB0pXwetPT

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

03/08/2026

Life is hard.

When the storms of life come, where is the place of safety?

The Church.

There is a dangerous form of 'Christianity' that says 'all I need is Jesus' - of course in its FULLEST sense this is true! Only Christ can save us, only Christ can give us life - BUT - what does it mean to 'only' need Christ?

It CANNOT mean all I need is me and my Bible. It cannot mean I just need to have alone time with God, I don't need to go to church. It cannot mean I don't need the services, fasts, feasts, and saints of the church. That would be like saying to someone "I need your help, but I don't need your body..." because the Church IS the body of Christ.

This is no mere figure of speech. When St. Paul writes in Ephesians 5:31-32 about a man and a wife becoming one flesh he says: 'I speak concerning Christ and the Church.’ St. Paul tells us that Christ and the Church cannot be separated; that they are no longer two but one. Just as your body IS you, so the church IS Christ!

The 'me and Jesus' approach to Faith is one that leaves us on the sea without a boat. There may be times of calm waters where all is well, we can see Christ clearly, and we stay afloat; but all it takes is a large wave of one of life's storms, our view of Christ is obscured, and we find ourselves alone in the storm.

Peter had a momentary lapse of Faith, but this wasn't the reason he nearly drowned - it was because he wasn't on the boat!

Christ has given us the boat of the church. Only by staying on the boat with Christ as our captain can we hope to weather life's storms, and be brought safely into the harbour of salvation.

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

29/07/2026

28/07/2026

https://www.antiochian-orthodox.com/post/ordination-to-the-holy-priesthood-of-fr-dn-caedmon-at-st-hilda-halifax-on-sunday-26-july-2026

This is a selection of a full photo album, the link for which is here: Photo AlbumThe Archbishop's homily is in full on this page but also as a file here: An Account of the DayVenue: St Malachy's Catholic Church, Halifax by kind permission of the parish.Day: Sunday 26 July 2026 Feast: Martyr Parakev...

28/07/2026

On Sunday 26th July 2026, by the hand of his eminence Metropolitan Silouan, Archbishop of the God-protected Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of the British Isles and Ireland, Fr. Dn. Caedmon was ordained to the Holy Priesthood.

Metropolitan Silouan Oner also announced that the Community would no longer have a Mission status but now become the Parish of St Hilda in light of the fact that so much progress had been made in every aspect of Church life in just under a year. Father Caedmon was now a priest in charge under the continuing training of Father Gregory and Father Stavros, with Father Gregory remaining a parish priest for one year.

Praise God!

20/07/2026

Last week Dn. Caedmon and his family made a pilgrimage to Whitby Abbey. Climbing the 199 steps they came to the place of St. Hilda’s abbey where they prayed the Menaion to St Hilda, singing her Troparion and processing her icon.

They also visited Caedmon’s cross.

“Mother, chosen one of God, you have passed the storm of life without fear, piloting into the safe harbor of eternal life. Together with the Angels you now praise the Redeemer, and you pray to Christ for us that he may grant us grace and mercy, and preserve the flock which you gathered by your labours.”

☦️

20/07/2026

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.