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Meeting of the Holy Synod in Cairo
Abba Seraphim, accompanied by Deacon Daniel Malyon, visited Cairo 22-29 May for the annual plenary meeting of the Holy Synod. As usual, they stayed at St. Mark’s Centre in Nasr City, where they were...
View ArticleRepose of Sybil Saunders
On 28 May, Sybil Doreen Saunders (nee Cross), wife of Deacon Mark Saunders, the deacon in charge of St. Felix Church at Babingley, Norfolk, reposed at her home in here ninetieth year after a long...
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Sybil Saunders laid to rest at Babingley
The funeral of Sybil Saunders (1927-2015) took place at the Orthodox Church of St. Mary & St. Felix at Babingley on 5 June in the presence of a large congregation of family, friends and church...
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Memorial Prayers for the late Lord Leicester
On 7 June Memorial Prayers for the repose of the late Earl of Leicester were held following the Divine Liturgy at Babingley in the presence of the present Earl, his mother (Valeria, Viscountess Coke),...
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A Reader ordained for the BOC Stoke Mission
On 13 June, during the Divine Liturgy at St. George-in-the-East at Shadwell, Abba Seraphim ordained Philip Turner of Burslem as a Reader to serve the BOC Mission at Stoke-on-Trent. Philip, who has a...
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Bishop Angaelos awarded the O.B.E.
The news that His Grace Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church, has been awarded the O.B.E. in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, has been widely welcomed by those working for...
View ArticleFr. Peter Farrington transfers to mission ministry under Pope Tawadros
For some time Father Peter has been conducting an energetic missionary ministry to support those seeking to learn more about Orthodoxy, especially centred on missions in Stoke-on-Trent, Swindon and...
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Annual Pilgrimage to Glastonbury
Abba Seraphim led a pilgrim group to Glastonbury. Under the expert guidance of Subdeacon Paul Ashdown, on 10 June the group were conducted on a very thorough tour of the archaeological and historical...
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Father Habtom visits the Secretariat
On 11 August Abba Seraphim was pleased to welcome to lunch at the Church Secretariat, Father Habton Ftuwi, priest of the Medhane Alem Eritrean Tewahdo Church of Greater Manchester. Father Habtom was...
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Celebrations in South Yorkshire
On 29 August Abba Seraphim visited Saint Mary Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church, which currently worships in Saint Charles Borremeo Catholic Church in Attercliffe, Sheffield, to share with them the...
View ArticleBOC London Mission at Shadwell closes
The transfer of Father Peter Farrington to wider work within the Patriarchal diocese in the UK, has necessitated a review of the mission activities begun by him. As a result, the Windsor,...
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New-Build House blessing
Following the Divine Liturgy at Babingley on 20 September, Abba Seraphim visited the newly built terrace house of the Malheiro family in the Nar Valley Park development in King’s Lynn, which he...
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Joint announcement from the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom and...
The Coptic Orthodox Church (COC) has been present in Britain since the 1960s, and through its ministry became known to the British Orthodox Church of the British Isles (BOC). Subsequently, in 1994...
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Memorial dedicated at Bournemouth Church
At the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy at the Church of Christ the Saviour, Winton, Bournemouth, Abba Seraphim dedicated a brass memorial plaque to his late Mother, Joyce Edwards, who died last...
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Deacon Mark’s 90th birthday thanksgiving
Deacon Mark Saunders celebrated the 90th anniversary of his birth on 18 October and the following day, being a Sunday, the congregation at St. Felix, Babingley, led by Father Simon Smyth, offered him...
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Death of Tasoni Effa 1919 – 2016
During the evening of 5 February 2016, Tasoni Effa died in Cairo died in her 97th year. Miss Effa Boules Garas was born on 28 November 1919 in Nagada, Egypt. She was the eldest of three children in a...
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Christ is Risen ! – celebrations for Holy Pascha
Following the Good Friday services in Charlton, Abba Seraphim travelled to Babingley where he celebrated the Divine Liturgy for Joyous Saturday, 30 April, during which he also taught on the...
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Thomas Sunday: Faith & Doubt
On Thomas Sunday, 8 May, Abba Seraphim preached at St. Alban’s Church, Chatham, on the Lord’s Resurrection appearance to the Apostle Thomas, where he specifically confronted Thomas’ doubts....
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Sharing hope with the Faithful Departed
On 15 May, the second Sunday of the Glorious Fifty Days following the Lord’s Resurrection, following the Divine Liturgy at the Church of Christ the Saviour, Bournemouth, Abba Seraphim and Archdeacon...
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Funeral of Christine Khopoaka (née Kryworuczka): 1956-2016
On 6 June, Abba Seraphim officiated at the funeral of Mrs. Christine Khopoaka, who died on 20 May 2016. Christine was a third generation member of the Bournemouth congregation, having been baptised at...
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