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Покровский приход в Манчестере
Our "Pokrov" (Intercession of the Holy Virgin) parish was founded by Russian refugees in displaced persons' camps in Austria and has been present in Manchester since early 1950s. Having originally been under the omophorion of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, it received a blessing from St John of Shanghai, at that time the ruling bishop for Western Europe. Archimandrite Vitaly (later a Metropolitan and First Hierarch, of blessed memory) helped in establishing the parish. In 1993, by the request of the parish council, the ever-memorable Metropolitan Antony of Sourozh has received us under his care. In July 2002, His Eminence Archbishop Anatoly of Kerch, the suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Sourozh, was appointed our rector.
This is a Russian parish, but there are many English people as well. We welcome everybody!
Our church address is: 64 Clarence Road, Longsight, Manchester, M13 0YE. Clarence Road is off Plymouth Grove, near the junction with Stockport Road. See the map. If you want to send a letter to the church please DO NOT address it to 64 Clarence Road, but send it to Mr George Dance at: 3 The Green, Hawk Green, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 7HT. Enquiries: Please ring Mr George Dance at (0161) 292-1652 (English) or send a message to parish@pokrov.org.uk.
Through efforts of many people our church has been recently rebuilt on the parish land, at the place where it has existed since 1952. We pray for everybody who has worked at the re-building and for numerous benefactors for their donations, small or large. (Here are some pictures of the original church. The original iconostasis has been reinstalled in the new building.) Glory be to God for all!
The church is open every Sunday morning at 10am.
The Divine Liturgy is celebrated typically every three weeks by Archbishop Anatoly of Kerch who comes from London, or, sometimes, by Archimandrite Ephrem of St. Andrew's monastery in Manchester. Please do come for confessions early, around 9.30am. If there is no priest available on a Sunday or a feast day, we have Typica (a reader's service in place of Liturgy). The Sunday Typica is followed by either a Lity (prayers for the dead) or Molieben (prayers for the living). You can submit notes with names and a donation for commemoration at the Lity or Molieben.
After the service we have a cup of tea or even a light meal upstairs. You are welcome to join us and to get to know other people. If you bring food to share with others, please do stick to fasting rules.
The services are in Church Slavonic. We follow the traditional Julian Calendar ("old style"). (The civil, or Gregorian, calendar, or the "new style", is ahead of it for 13 days in this century.)
The dates at these pages are shown in the Julian (ecclesiastical) and Gregorian (civil) calendars, as Gregorian [Julian].
On-line calendar for today.
Another calendar (Russian)
Calendar and lectionary 2008 (PDF; English)
Sunday 1st June [19 May]. The 6th Sunday of Easter. Sunday of the Blind Man. Tone 5
Hours and Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom at 10:00am.
Confessions before the Liturgy. Please come for confessions early.
Wedding after the Liturgy. (Please see notice.)
Thursday 5 June [23 May]. The Ascension of the Lord
Hours and Typica at 10:00am.
Sunday 8 June [26 May]. The 7th Sunday of Easter. The Holy Fathers of the 1st Universal Council. Tone 6
Hours and Typica at 10:00am.
Sunday 15 June [2 June]. Trinity Sunday (Pentecost)
Hours and Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom at 10:00am. Vespers with Kneeling Prayers.
Confessions before the Liturgy. Please come for confessions early.
Sunday 22 June [9 June]. The 1st Sunday after Pentecost, of All Saints. Tone 8.
End of Pentecostarion.
Hours and Typica at 10:00am.
The Apostles’ Fast begins (from Monday 23 June [10 June])
Sunday 29 June [16 June]. The 2nd Sunday after Pentecost, of All Russian Saints. Tone 1
Hours and Typica at 10:00am.
Sunday 6 July [23 June]. The 3rd Sunday after Pentecost, of All British Saints. Tone 2.
+ The Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God
Hours and Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom at 10:00am.
Confessions before the Liturgy. Please come for confessions early.
Saturday 12 July [29 June]. The Holy Apostles Peter and Paul.
The Apostles’ Fast ends
Sunday 13 July [30 June]. The 4th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 3.
Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles.
Hours and Typica at 10:00am.
• Жертвование на церковь • On donating to the church • О поведении в церкви • On behaviour in the church
This web page was started with the
blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Anatoly of Kerch. However, I
bear the sole responsibility for its contents. I try my best to
maintain it without mistakes, but if there are any, I ask to let me
know about them. The humble servant of God The Webmaster
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17 (30) May 2008
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