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Special Celebration of the Feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God
to be held at Glastonbury Abbey, in the Lady Chapel on
Saturday 21st September 2013 (8th Sept, o.c.), 11:00 a.m.
The UK Western Rite Vicariate of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad will also receive and bless an icon of Our Lady of Glastonbury, our patron Saint, during this special celebration
7th January 2013
For up to the minute News of Events, please consult our main new web site:
Special Celebration of the Feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God
to be held at Glastonbury Abbey, in the Lady Chapel on
Saturday 21st September 2013 (8th Sept, o.c.), 11:00 a.m.
The UK Western Rite Vicariate of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad will also receive and bless an icon of Our Lady of Glastonbury, our patron Saint, during this special celebration
7th January 2013
Celebrating the Christmas Liturgy at Saint Dunstan’s,
Poole
We were very fortunate to have Father Thomas with us again,
this time to celebrate Christmas. The
beautiful church of Saint Dunstan’s with its impressive acoustics was a very
stunning setting for our Western Rite Liturgy.
We thank Father Chrysostom, the parish priest, very much for his
generous help in allowing us to use the western style altar in the Lady’s
chapel.
We had a very good attendance, considering it was the first
Monday back to work for most people. We
were very happy to welcome some Russian and Romanian parishioners among our
congregation. Others came from Somerset
and Southampton.
Our next Western Rite Liturgy will take place at Oxford during +Bishop Jerome's visit. See Schedule of Services above.
October 5, 2012
Ordination of Father Thomas
Father Thomas and Father Anthony
On October 5, 2012, being the Ember Friday, Fr Anthony, Pastoral Vicar for
Western Rite (ROCOR) presented to His Grace, Bishop Jerome of Manhattan,
Vicar Bishop for Western Rite, Thomas Harry Cook of Nottingham, England for
ordination to the Holy Priesthood in St Ambrose of Milan, Putnam Valley New
York. Father Thomas will be Rector of St Edmund the Martyr Orthodox Church.
He is the first Western Rite priest to be ordained by ROCOR for England. Fr
Thomas is married to Matushka Jane and they have two children. Fr Thomas
has been Orthodox for 6 years and holds a BA with Honors in Philosophy from King's
College, University of London and a DipHE in Orthodox Christian
Studies from the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, Cambridge. He
will receive his M. Div. in December. The Criminal Background Check required
of all Western Rite Clergy prior to ordination was completed by the
Nottinghamshire Police in June of 2012.
The Rev Thomas Cook
St Edmund the Martyr
7A Victoria Street, Geding
Nottingham, Notts. NG4 3JE
UK
"Dignus est!"
Fr Anthony, Pastoral Vicar
New York
