Important Information for Easter

Parking: Food bank parking is ONLY allowed after 5 PM, Monday to Saturday. Please do not park there at other times, especially this week for services.

Olive Oil: We need more olive oil for our lamps. If you can donate a bottle, amid oil is now being so expensive - it would be appreciated.

Flowers: In our Nottingham church, we traditionally use white lilies in our vases from Friday. Feel free to bring some, or any flowers you like.

Bright Monday: On Monday, April 21st, at 10 AM, we will have a Divine Liturgy. Afterward, there will be a bring-and-share BBQ in the church garden. If possible, please bring your own BBQ grill.

On 22nd Feb 2025, a Pilgrimage held at Serbian Orthodox Church of the Holy Prince Lazar to venerate and pray before the Miraculous Icon of the Mother of God Three-Handed.

In the Serbian parish dedicated to St. Prince Lazar, a copy of the miraculous icon of the Most Holy Mother of God "Trojerucica" (Three-Handed) is kept. The original belonged to the renowned theologian, confessor, defender of icon veneration, and author of "An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith"—St. John of Damascus. He served at the court of the caliph in the 7th century when the heresy of iconoclasm arose and began to spread. He was slandered in the eyes of the ruler, for which the caliph ordered his hand to be cut off. St. John spent the entire night in prayer to the Mother of God, and in the morning, he found his severed hand restored to its place. Only a scar remained. In memory of this miracle, a third hand appeared on the icon of the Mother of God, which was made of silver and encrusted in an expensive silver setting. At the end of his life, St. John of Damascus gave the icon to the Jerusalem monastery of St. Sabbas the Sanctified. Then, miraculously, the icon ended up in Serbia. And during the Turkish rule, it reached Mount Athos. As a gift to the Serbian parish, a maximally accurate copy of this icon was created and brought to England. Miracles of healing began to occur along the way. All the testimonies of miracles—medical certificates "before and after"—are collected and kept by the rector of the parish, Archpriest Nenad Popovic. 

On 9th November 2024, the Orthodox Pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Cedd in Lastingham at St. Mary’s Church took place

St Cedd and Lastingham have deep connections with our own parish patrons St Aidan & St Chad. St Cedd was a bishop and was the founding abbot of the monastery at Lastingham in 658, he was a brother to St Chad, St Chad also being a bishop and abbot at Lastingham at a later date. St Cedd was also a contemporary of St Aidan, both at that time living on Holy Island. Lindisfarne.  

On 7th Sep 2024, Annual Orthodox Pilgrimage held at St Bertram's Shrine in Church of Holy Cross of Ilam

St Bertram, Hermit of Ilam, lived approximately in the 8th century (Commemoration: August 10th). Saint Bertram is the patron saint of the town of Stafford in England. He was likely a Mercian prince, but preferred the solitary life of a hermit over authority. According to tradition, in his youth, he had a wife and son, who were killed by wolves. He first lived in Stafford, where he brought many to Christ, and then led a life of complete seclusion in the hills of Ilam. In the 12th century, a monastery dedicated to St Bertram was founded on the south bank of the River Mersey. The shrine with his relics is preserved in a chapel dedicated to him in the Church of the Holy Cross in the picturesque village of Ilam in Staffordshire – the place of his hermitic life. Numerous miracles of healing have occurred from the relics of this saint over the centuries. Regular pilgrimages of Orthodox Christians are made to Ilam. An English-language service to St Bertram was composed at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries.

The 2024 Annual Conference has taken place on (May 29th - 2nd June) at The Hayes, Swanwick, Derbyshire

The topic of the meeting "Being the Church Today: Tradition and Mission" 

The 2023 Conference has taken place on (May 26th – 28th) at High Leigh Conference Centre, Hertfordshire.

The Sourozh Diocesan Conference is an annual gathering of clergy and laity from Britain and Ireland, together with guests from abroad. The tradition of holding this type of gathering was established in the 1970’s by the ever-memorable Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom). Distinguished speakers from Russia, Britain and other countries are invited to the conference.

On November 2022, we participated in the Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St. Cedd in Lastingham