Patronal Festival
We will be
celebrating our Patronal festival on the 4th
July. Following the
Holy Liturgy, there will be a celebratory feast, a barbecue organised
and
cooked by our resident specialist chef, Christos!Tickets cost £6 for adults and
£3 for
children; these can be bought in advance or on the day but a quick
phone call
to Christos on 01772 750684 would be helpful for catering purposes if
you
haven’t already bought your tickets.Tasty
salads and desserts will be welcome, also drinks.
As
usual there will
also be a raffle and
prizes will be welcome for this. If you have plants , jams,etc to sell,
do
bring these along. As well as adding to the fun of the day, funds are
made
which all help to buy our lovely building. We have always enjoyed the
celebration of the Feast of the Holy Apostles, and we look forward to
this time
together. Invite your family and friends for our special celebration.
Volunteers Christos and Manos are planning to do some
practical
work in the toilets and to paint them, probably in mid July. If you are
able to
help them with the painting or preparation work, please contact
Christos to
arrange the appropriate date to come. Many hands make light work!
Consecration of the Church We are
hoping to hear soon from Archbishop Gregorios about the date for this
historic
occasion in the life of our Community; it may be end of September or
during
October. Watch this space! We will all need to help to make the
Consecration
weekend the memorable time that it should be.
Orthros/Mattins This
beautiful service will be an integral
part of the Consecration Sunday. In order to become familiar with it,
we will
be serving Orthros/Mattins on the following days: Sunday 25th July
and Sunday 15th August. We will start this at 9.30am and it will
lead us directly into the Holy Liturgy on those dates. Please may I ask
each of
you to do your best to attend this service. It will be good for your
own
spiritual journey, and will help you to enter better into the
consecration
service when it takes place.
Baptism Congratulations On 2nd
May we had the joy of baptising baby Leo Andrew Paraskeva, our dear
Koulla and
Andrew’s first grandchild. On 13th
June we had the joy of baptising baby Sophia Nicole Cox.
Congratulations
and Many Years!
In Memory Sadly, Fr
Christodoulos’ mother, Anne, passed away peacefully on 27th
April.
Much loved by us all, her love and prayers remain with us. May her
memory be
eternal.
It was
with much sadness that we heard of the sudden, unexpected death of
George’s
father, C. V. Mathew on 9th May. George and
Sophiamma, along with
Jomes and Josna, left for India immediately, to be with their family
for some
weeks. May dear Mr Mathew’s memory be eternal. We offer our
condolences to all
the family.
