Shrewsbury Orthodox Church

31/05/2026

Please follow the link below to our calendar of services and events for this month.

Here you will find a schedule of the services and other events including children’s activities, catechism and social events of our community. You can copy this link to add the calendar to your phone or computer.

28/05/2026

More photos of our lovely church community from our Patronal Feast celebrations this week. Thank you to everyone who made this event possible.

26/05/2026

We had a wonderful and blessed pilgrimage to the Holy Shrine of St. Melangell yesterday.
With people joining us from Chester, Worcester, Northampton, Lampeter, and a bus from Cardiff, plus pilgrims from other places, we persevered the heat together on a long climb to the Holy Well before Vespers in the church.
St. Melangell pray for us!

24/05/2026

What a day for our parish! We celebrated our 40th anniversary Patronal Feast and marked the retirement of Father Stephen Maxfield.

His incredible leadership - over four decades - supported by the amazing Presvytera Catherine, has created the strong, vibrant and ever expanding community that we enjoy today.

The day started with Holy Matins and Divine Liturgy, presided over by His Grace Bishop Maximos, at the Church of the 318 Holy Fathers of Nicaea at Sutton.

We then all tucked into a spectacular Greek-Cypriot barbecue - more of those pics (and a video) later!

24/05/2026

Tomorrow is our annual pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Melangell in the beautiful Welsh valley at Pennant Melangell.
Meet at 11am with Vespers later in the afternoon.
Bring some lunch. Everyone is welcome. It’ll be a beautiful day.

22/05/2026

Join us on 24 May for our patronal feast. From 12.30pm onwards, we are having a Greek BBQ: pork and chicken souvlaki and grilled haloumi. £10 a pita.
There will also be a selection of desserts, a bar and soft drinks.
The Animal Family will provide entertainment for the children, with lots of creatures (furry and not so furry) to cuddle.

20/05/2026

On 24 May, we celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the parish and our annual Patronal Festival.

We are delighted to announce that His Grace Bishop Maximos of Melitene will join us for this triple celebration and will preside at the patronal Matins and Divine Liturgy.

Not only are we celebrating the birth of our parish 40 years ago, we’re also marking the retirement of our legendary parish priest Father Stephen Maxfield and Presbytera Catherine without whose dedication, resilience and inspirational leadership the great commmunity we have today would not exist.

Details for the Patronal Festival weekend:

🗓 Saturday 23 May
⏰ 6pm Patronal Vespers
📍Church of the 318 Holy Fathers & St John the Baptist

🗓 Sunday 24 May
⏰ 9am Matins (NB earlier start time)
⏰ 10.30am Divine Liturgy
⏰ 12.30pm Parish Barbecue with children’s activities and Greek music
📍Church of the 318 Holy Fathers & St John the Baptist

We look forward to seeing you all there.

Please sign up for the barbecue using this signup form so that we have an idea of numbers: https://shrewsburyorthodox.churchsuite.com/events/fzphnqgq

NB there will be no Matins or Divine Liturgy at St Julian’s on 24 May.

19/05/2026

Join us on Sunday 24 May for Divine Liturgy and our 40th anniversary Patronal Feast at the Church of the 318 Holy Fathers, at Sutton, Shrewsbury. ✨

Enjoy a super delicious Greek-Cypriot bbq feast, including Souvlaki, salad, desserts and drinks - and great company of course!

Not only are we celebrating the birth of our parish 40 years ago, we’re also marking the retirement of our legendary parish priest Father Stephen Maxfield and Presbytera Catherine without whose dedication, resilience and inspirational leadership the great commmunity we have today would not exist.

We will also have the blessing of His Grace Bishop Maximos who will be presiding at Matins and the Liturgy. He will also be with us for the feast afterwards..

Matins: 9am:
Holy Liturgy: 10.30am
Patronal Feast: 12.30pm - 4pm

Please register to reserve your place at the Patronal Feast by following the link:

https://shrewsburyorthodox.churchsuite.com/events/fzphnqgq

📍Church of the 318 Holy Fathers of Nicaea
Sutton, Shrewsbury SY2 6FB

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