Sunday 21st January 2018. Divine Liturgy 10.45 hrs

THE GOSPEL

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The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (19:1-10)

At that time, Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. And there was a man named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector, and rich. And he sought to see Who Jesus was, but could not, on account of the crowd, because he was small of stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Jesus, for He was to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down; for I must stay at your house today.” So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully. And when they saw it they all murmured, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.” And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham; for the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Glory to You O our God, Glory to You!

 

 

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Venerable Maximos the Confessor

GOYGB Summer Camp 2018 – Shropshire

Greek Orthodox Youth

of

Great Britain

Registration for Camp 2018 now open!

Wednesday 25 July to Friday 3 August.

Please follow Link below for details.

https://www.goygbcamp.org.uk/

 

 

National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth: Wed 14 Feb 2018. Who was St Valentine? 13:00

Lyfio chdi ar Ŵyl Sant Ffolant: ond pwy oedd Sant Ffolant?

Dr Rhiannon Ifans

Pwy yw’r sant a roddodd ei enw i ŵyl y cariadon? Ac yn fwy dyrys, sut mai sant gafodd y fraint honno? Sut mae rhosyn a chalon goch yn rhan o’r dathlu? Neu ydyn nhw? Dewch i glywed sut y bu’r Cymry’n dathlu Gŵyl Sant Ffolant o’r ail ganrif ar bymtheg hyd heddiw.

***Digwyddiad trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg***

***Darperir cyfieithu ar y pryd***

***Mynediad am ddim trwy docyn***

Who is this saint who gave his name to the festival of lovers? And slightly more perplexing, why was it a saint that was given this honour? Where do red hearts and roses fit in? Or do they? Find out how the Welsh celebrated Saint Valentine’s feast day from the 17th century to the present.

***Event held in Welsh***

***Simultaneous translation provided***

***Free admission by Ticket***

The feast of St Nicholas, Cardiff.

 

Veneration of the relics of St Nicholas.

Father Tim and a small contingent of the Lampeter community were honoured to celebrate vespers and the commencement of the feast of St Nicholas with our friends in Cardiff last night.  Father Luke and others from Llanelli will join them for further celebrations and the Divine Liturgy this evening, see here for further details.

A vespers service will take place in Lampeter this evening at 6.15.  See you there.  Happy feast day Nick!

St Nicholas the Wonderworker, pray for us!

 

Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Presentation of the Theotokos 21.11.17

09.00hrs

Lampeter Orthodox Church

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The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (10:38-42; 11:27-28)

At that time, Jesus entered a certain village; and a woman named Martha received Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to His teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving; and she went to Him and said, “Lord, dost Thou not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion, which shall not be taken away from her.” As He said this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore Thee, and the breasts that Thou didst suck!” But He said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

 

MEGALYNARION

The Angels beholding the entrance of the all-pure one were overtaken by surprise; how hath the Virgin entered into the Holy of Holies?

Since thou art a living temple of God, O Theotokos, no impure hand shall touch thee. But the lips of believers, let them ceaselessly laud thee, crying unto thee joyfully with the voice of the angels: Verily, O undefiled Virgin, thou art more exalted than all creatures.

Bewnans Ke: A Cornish Play on the LIfe of St Ke and Arthur

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/196852

Wed 6 Dec 2017, 1:15PM

To coincide with the 2017 Year of Legends and our current Arthur and Welsh Mythology  exhibition, a presentation about a Medieval Cornish manuscript.

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales
Aberystwyth

***Event held in English***

***Free admission by ticket***

I fynd law yn llaw â Blwyddyn Chwedlau 2017 a’n harddangosfa gyfredol ar Arthur a Chwedloniaeth Cymru, cyflwyniad am lawysgrif Ganoloesol Gernyweg.

***Cyflwyniad trwy gyfrwng y Saesneg***

***Mynediad am ddim trwy docyn***

Troparion of St Kea
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Thou wast unsparing in thy missionary labours
in Brittany and Cornwall, O Hierarch Kea.
As thou didst make the flame of the orthodox Faith burn brightly in the face of defiant paganism,
pray to God for us,
that we devote our lives to confronting the paganism of our times
for the glory of Christ’s Kingdom and the salvation of men’s souls

 

Day long seminar on Orthodoxy

There will be a day long seminar on ‘The (Greek, Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Rumanian …) Orthodox Church – History – iconography – music Introduced by Dr Peter Brooke on Wednesday 4th October 2017 at Coleg Trefeca (centre of the eighteenth century Welsh Methodist revival).
This is Day 4 of a series of ‘Days of Spiritual Reflection’ organised by Jonathan Morgan
Price: £22.00 (includes 3 course lunch, tea/coffee etc)
Contact Coleg Trefeca, Trefeca, Brecon, Powys LD3 OPP Tel: 01874 711423