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Saint Silouan was a modern-day elder who has much to teach us about living the Christian life today. Our co-patrons are all the Saints who shone forth in the islands of Great Britain and Ireland.

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We usually meet on the first and third Sunday and fourth Saturday of every month at 10:30am, where the Divine Liturgy is served. More details

On occasional evenings, we also meet to pray specific services, akathists or canons. Anyone is welcome to join us and pray for specific needs or people. You may also send names to be commemorated during these prayers.

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See below for our latest activities and news:

Sunday 15th December at Chesterfield @silouan_allsaintsgbi

There are 24 chapters in the Gospel of St Luke. By reading a chapter per day from the 14th December until the 6th January, we will come to the Christmas feast with a fuller understanding of why we celebrate the birth of Christ.

“If an earthly king, our emperor wrote you a letter, would you not read it with joy? Certainly, with great rejoicing and careful attention... You have been sent a letter, not by any earthly emperor, but by the King of Heaven. And yet you almost despise such a gift, so priceless a treasure. Whenever you read the Gospel, Christ Himself is speaking to you. And while you read; you are praying and talking to Him.”
- St Tikhon of Zadonsk (+1783)

☦️ Happy Feast! С праздником! ☦️

Today is the prelude of God's good will/ and the proclamation of the salvation of men./ The Virgin hath manifestly appeared in the temple of God/ and proclaimeth Christ unto all./ To her let us cry aloud:/ Rejoice, O thou fulfillment// of the Creator's dispensation!

Днесь благоволе́ния Бо́жия предображе́ние,/ и челове́ков спасе́ния пропове́дание,/ в хра́ме Бо́жии я́сно Де́ва явля́ется,/ и Христа́ всем предвозвеща́ет./ Той и мы велегла́сно возопии́м:/ ра́дуйся смотре́ния Зижди́телева исполне́ние.

☦️A blessed and fruitful Advent to all! ☦️

Come, O ye faithful, inspired by God let us arise and behold the divine condescension from on high that is made manifest to us in Bethlehem. Cleansing our minds, let us offer through our lives virtues instead of myrrh, preparing with faith our entry into the feast of the Nativity…

#nativity #advent #orthodox

NEXT SERVICE:
Sunday 1st December, 10:30am
at Christ Church, 91 Sheffield Road, Chesterfield S41 7JH.

Everyone welcome.

#advent #divineliturgy #orthodox #chesterfield

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❇📿Рождественский пост - молитвы на каждый
день📿❇

☦Понедельник:
Во́инство благоугото́вися Боже́ственных А́нгел/ воспе́ти неизрече́нное Госпо́дне низхожде́ние,/ волсви́, пости́гните, па́стырие, потщи́теся:/ прии́де, Ему́же належа́ше, Христо́с,/ ожида́ние язы́ков и избавле́ние.

☦Вторник:
Ви́делся еси́, я́ко мо́щно бе проро́ком Тя ви́дети;/ в после́дняя же времена́ Челове́к быв,/ всем яви́лся еси́ челове́ком, в Вифлее́ме, гра́де Иуде́йстем,/ звезда́ показу́ющи Тя звездосло́вцем, Несказа́нне.

☦Среда / Пятница:
В бе́здне грехо́вней валя́яся,/ неизсле́дную милосе́рдия Твоего́ призыва́ю бе́здну;/ от тли, Бо́же, мя возведи́. Страннообра́зне Христо́с во Своя́ прихо́дит,/ устрани́м себе́ грехо́в и Сeго́ прии́мем,/ в кро́тких душа́х обита́ющаго.

☦Четверг:
Да пою́т, ра́дующеся, ца́рствия вся земна́я,/ оте́чествия же язы́ков да веселя́тся;/ го́ры, и удо́лия, и хо́лми, ре́ки, мо́ре/ и вся тварь Го́спода, ны́не ро́ждшагося, велича́ет.

☦Суббота:
О Ча́до Сладча́йшее, ка́ко пита́ю Тя, пита́ющаго?/ ка́ко держу Тя, держа́щаго вся ма́нием?/ ка́ко же пелена́ми повию́ повива́ющаго всю зе́млю мгло́ю?/ – вопия́ше Всечи́стая Влады́чица,/ Ю́ же непреста́нно велича́ем.

☦Воскресенье:
Христо́с ражда́ется – славите! Христо́с с Небе́с – сря́щите! Христо́с на земле́ –
возноси́теся! По́йте Го́сподеви, вся́ земля́, и весе́лием воспо́йте, лю́дие, я́ко просла́вися.

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Предпразднство Рождества Христова. Тропарь, глас 4:
Гото́вися, Вифлее́ме,/ отве́рзися всем, Еде́ме,/
красу́йся, Евфра́фо,/ я́ко дре́во живота́ в верте́пе процвете́ от Де́вы:/
рай бо Óноя чре́во яви́ся мы́сленный,/ в не́мже Боже́ственный сад от него́же я́дше, жи́ви бу́дем,/ не я́коже Ада́м у́мрем./
Христо́с ражда́ется пре́жде па́дший возста́вити о́браз.

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❇📿Daily Advent Prayers📿❇

☦Monday:
O army of divine angels, make ready to sing the praises of the ineffable condescension of the Lord. O, ye Magi, come with all speed; O shepherds, make haste. Christ is come, the predestined expectation of the nations and their deliverance.

☦Tuesday:
As far as it was right, Thou wast seen by the prophets. Made man in the last times, Thou hast appeared to all in Bethlehem, city of Judah, and a star showed Thee to the star-gazers, O Thou Who passest all interpretation.

☦Wednesday/Friday:
Compassed about in an abyss of sin, on the unsearchable abyss of Thy tender mercies do I call: bring me out of corruption, O God.
Christ in strange ways comes to His own. Let us make ourselves strangers to sin, and let us receive Him who dwells in the souls of the meek.

☦Thursday:
Let the kings of the whole earth sing rejoicing, and let the companies of the nations be in exceeding joy. Mountains and hills and hollows, rivers and seas, and the whole creation, magnify the Lord who now is born.

☦Saturday:
‘O sweetest Child, how shall I feed Thee Who givest food to all? How shall I hold Thee Who holdest all things in Thy power? How shall I wrap Thee in swaddling clothes, Who dost wrap the whole earth in clouds?’ So cried the all-pure Lady whom in faith we magnify.

☦Sunday:
Christ is born, give ye glory! Christ comes from Heaven, meet ye Him! Christ is on earth, be ye exalted! O all the earth, sing unto the Lord, and sing praises in gladness, O ye people, for He has been glorified.

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Hymn of the Forefeast, Tone I:
Rejoice O Bethlehem! Prepare yourself O Ephratha!
The Lamb is on her way to give birth to the Chief Shepherd she carries in her womb.
The God-bearing forefathers will rejoice beholding Him
And the shepherds will glorify her nursing Him.

☦The Miracle from an Icon of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Beirut.
☦Чуда от иконы Господа нашего Иисуса Христа в Бейруте.
(11/24 Oct)

At the 7th Ecumenical Council (787) St Peter of Nicomedia, in support of icon-veneration, presented an account about a miracle, which occurred in the city of Beirut.
In this city lived a Christian near the Jewish synagogue. Having moved out, he left behind an icon of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Jew, who moved into the house, paid no attention to the icon. One time his friend took note of the image of Jesus Christ on the wall, and said to the home-owner: "Why dost thou, a Jew, have in thy house an icon?" He then went to the synagogue and reported about this transgression of Jewish law. The Jews cast out from the synagogue the owner of the house, and they took the icon from the wall and began to scoff over it: One Jew took a spear and thrust it into the side of the Saviour. Suddenly from the opening in the icon, flowed blood and water. The Jewish rabbis, seeing the miracle, decided: "The followers of Jesus Christ affirm, that He could heal the sick. We shall take this blood and water into the synagogue and we shall anoint those afflicted with infirmities, and then we shall see, whether this be spoken truly of Him".
A vessel with the blood was put in the synagogue. The inhabitants of Beirut began to bring to the synagogue those suffering from various illnesses, and all were healed, having been anointed with the blood from the icon of the Saviour. All the high-priests, priests and Jewish people believed in Christ and exclaimed: "Glory to Thee, O Christ, Whom our fathers crucified, Whom we also crucified in the guise of Thine icon. Glory to Thee, O Son of God, for having worked such a miracle! We believe in Thee, wherefore be Thou merciful to us and receive us!" The Jews went to the bishop of Beirut and, having shown him the wonderworking icon, they told about their misdeed. The bishop, seeing their sincere repentance, accepted them, chatechised them and baptised them, and then consecrated the synagogue into the church of our Saviour Jesus Christ. And "there became great joy in that city."

Sunday at @silouan_allsaintsgbi
(06.10.24)

Sunday after the Exaltation of the Cross
☦️Reception of converts into the Church.
☦️Divine Liturgy
☦️Veneration of the Cross
☦️Food and drink afterwards plus our first Russian lesson for the kids.

☦Happy Feast ☦ с праздником☦

Akathist to Saint Silouan the Athonite
(Акафист преподобному Силуану Афонскому):

https://www.orthodoxchurchsheffield.com/post/akathist-to-saint-silouan-the-athonite-11-24-sept

Today is lit the Divine lamp; today the rose blossoms in Nazareth; today the lilies in pagan Galilee have sprouted forth; today the treasure of the world is found; today Mary is born!
(Vespers on Saturday evening, the after-feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos and the week before the Exaltation of the Cross) ☦

Sunday 15th September 2024
Feast of Ss Peter and Febronia.

Come, ye Christians of these latter days, and let us lift up our voices in hymnody, giving utterance to goodly laudation, praising our righteous father Bertram. For, bereft of his family by the inscrutable providence of God, he cast aside his princely rank and wealth, and amid great privation and voluntary poverty, withdrew into the wilderness, and there struggled against the weakness of his nature, prevailing over the delusions of the demons. Wherefore, in heaven he hath received the wreath of victory from the hand Christ his Master, and there prayeth with boldness in behalf of those who honour his holy memory with love.

Saturday 7th September 2024 - Divine Liturgy at the shrine of St Bertram, blessing of the waters and outdoor vespers.

He who, taking flesh, strangely made His dwelling in thy most pure womb, Himself received thine holy spirit, and as a Son paying His due, He gave it rest with Himself.
[Canticle VIII, Matins Canon]

☦️🌷🌷HAPPY FEAST! С ПРАЗДНИКОМ!🌷🌷☦️

UPCOMING SERVICES in CHESTERFIELD

☦ Sun 1st September at 10:30. Church open from 9:45am.
Our Lady of the Don (Донской иконы Божией Матери).

☦ Sun 15th September at 10:30. Church open from 9:45am.
Prince Peter and Princess Febronia, wonderworkers of Murom (кн. Петра и кн. Февронии Муромских, чудотворцев).

☦ Sat 21st September at 10:30. Church open from 9:45am.
Nativity of the Mother of God (Рождество Пресвятой Богородицы.).

☦ Sun 29th September at 10:30. Church open from 9:45am.
Sunday after the Elevation of the Cross of the Lord (Неделя по Воздвижении).

+ AKATHIST HYMN to SAINT ILIE LACATUSU +
One of the modern Saints canonised by the Romanian Orthodox Church in July was Holy Confessor Priest Ilie (Lăcătușu), who's feast day is tomorrow (Monday 22nd July).
Matushka Catalina translated this akathist into English many years ago - before his official canonisaton, but when his veneration was still strong among the Romanian faithful.
Akathist hymn available at link below:

https://www.orthodoxchurchsheffield.com/post/akathist-hymn-to-the-holy-confessor-ilie-lacatusu

Today we remember Holy martyrs Elizabeth and Barbara.
Grand Duchess Elizabeth was a grand-daughter of Queen Victoria of England and the older sister of the Empress Alexandra (July 17). After marrying Grand Duke Sergei she converted to the Orthodox faith, though this was not required by her position. After her husband was assassinated in 1905, she took monastic vows and withdrew from the world, founding the Convent of Saints Mary and Martha. There she served as superior, devoting her time to prayer, fasting, and caring for the sick and the poor.
During the Russian Revolution, she was seized by the God-hating Bolsheviks and taken to the Urals, where she and several with her were martyred by being thrown alive down an abandoned mine-shaft. When the fall did not kill them, soldiers threw grenades down the shaft to complete their work. Saint Elizabeth was singing the Cherubic Hymn when she died.
The Nun Barbara, her cell-attendant, voluntarily followed St Elizabeth into exile and received martyrdom with her. Their relics were recovered and taken at great risk to China, then to Jerusalem, where they were deposited in the Convent of St Mary Magdalene. When their reliquaries were opened in 1981, their bodies were found to be partly incorrupt, and gave off a sweet fragrance.
Icon is from St. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church in Hong Kong

We have not inherited our lands by the sword, but it is by Thy right hand, Thine upraised arm and the light of Thy countenance, and the by tears of Thy saints, their struggles and sweat, by their blood and their teaching, that our homes are firmly established.

Canon for All Saints of Great Britain and Ireland, including the standalone service that can be read at home. All ye Saints of the Isles, pray to God for us!

https://www.orthodoxchurchsheffield.com/post/canon-for-all-saints-of-great-britain-and-ireland

Sunday 19th May 2024
Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women - Orthodox "Women's Day".
Flowers and icons were given out to the ladies and girls of the parish after the Liturgy.

PASCHAL HOURS
Keep the joy of Easter with the Paschal hours during Bright Week!
Link: https://www.orthodoxchurchsheffield.com/post/the-paschal-hours

Christ is Risen! Христосъ воскресе! Hristos a înviat!
Happy Easter from St Silouan & All Saints Orthodox Church, Sheffield

The Twelve Passion Gospels Service, Thursday evening, 02/05/24

Behold, the Bridegroom comes at midnight,
And blessed is that servant whom He shall find watching,
And again, unworthy is the servant whom He shall find heedless.
Beware, therefore, O my soul, do not be weighed down with sleep,
Lest you be given up to death, and lest you be shut out of the Kingdom.
But rouse yourself crying: Holy, Holy, Holy, art Thou, O our God,
Through the Theotokos have mercy on us.

(Bridegroom Matins, Mon 29th April 2024)

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