Pilgrimage to St Boniface Old Church, Isle of Wight

God willing, and with the blessing of His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, we shall have our annual pilgrimage to the Church of St Boniface on the Isle of Wight on Saturday August 17th.

The timetable:
We suggest to get the 09:00 ferry from Southampton Red Funnel terminal (arrive between 08:15 and 08:30 - location: https://w3w.co/drew.boring.fuels) . This should arrive in East Cowes around 10:00. It is about a 45 min drive to Bonchurch. See below for the location.

11:00 Hours and confessions
11:30 Divine Liturgy
13:00 Clear up
14:00 Picnic on the beach, weather permitting.
15:45 Depart (or not, if you want more time on the Island)
16:45 Arrive East Cowes ferry terminal (location: https://w3w.co/endlessly.lilac.menswear) for 17:30 crossing
18:30 arrive Southampton

The address is:
St Boniface Old Church,Bonchurch Village Rd, Ventnor PO38 1RQ
Exact location: https://w3w.co/cares.foil.legroom
PLEASE NOTE: The church is at the end of a narrow road and there is no parking. We suggest you drop off passengers at the junction (location: https://w3w.co/obstruction.gratuity.bumping) from where it is a short walk to the church. You can park at Shore Road Car Park (location: https://w3w.co/speeds.master.perfumed) and walk to the church by Shore Rd, a lane off to the left and a footpath. 

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Holy Week and Pascha 2024

Christ is risen! This year we celebrated the services of Great and Holy Friday and Pascha at Holy Trinity Church, Winchester by kind permission of the Priest in Charge, Fr Jamie Franklin, and the Parochial Church Council. 

More photos in the Photogallery.

Divine Liturgy in Holy Trinity church, Winchester. 16 March 2024.

On Saturday, March 16th, on the eve of Forgiveness Sunday and the beginning of Great Lent, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated in Holy Trinity church, Winchester, by kind permission of the Priest in Charge, Fr Jamie Franklin, and the Parochial Church Council. With the blessing of His Grace, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, the Liturgy was celebrated by Archpriest Joseph Skinner, Rector of the Parish of St Silouan, Southampton and Dean of South-West England. 

Around thirty members of our Parish who live in and around Winchester, or further afield as far as Basingstoke and the Isle of Wight, attended this first service in Winchester, as well as some new people. At the end of the Liturgy, icon cards of St Ephraim the Syrian with the text of his Lenten prayer in English or Slavonic were distributed to the worshippers by Valentina Futoryanova, Churchwarden of the Parish of St Ephraim in Cambridge.

It is hoped that the Liturgy will be served at Holy Trinity  once a month. All Orthodox Christians and those interested in Orthodoxy are very welcome, there being no other Orthodox presence in Winchester at present.

Holy Trinity is an Anglo-Catholic parish church, situated in the heart of the historic city of Winchester, which was the capital of England in late Anglo-Saxon times. The church was built in the mid-19th century in the Early Decorated style. Funds were provided by a Church Commission established by an Act of Parliament intended to support the construction of new churches in towns with growing populations. It is a Grade II listed building.
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Pilgrimage to Winchester

With the blessing of His Grace, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, our Parish pilgrimage took place on 18th September 2023 in the city of Winchester, the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Wessex. We celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the majestic 12th century church of the Holy Cross, by kind permission of the Master of the associated Hospital of St Cross.

It was followed by a picnic lunch on the banks of the nearby River Itchen, and the walk to the historic cathedral in the heart of the city. There we celebrated a moleben at the shrine of St Swithun, a bishop of Winchester in the 9th century who was subsequently glorified by God by numerous miracles. His shrine in the cathedral was a popular pilgrimage destination until its destruction in the reign of Henry VIII.

The contemporary symbolic shrine remains a focus of prayer and has recently been adorned with a number of icons depicting the Lord, the Mother of God, St Swithun and other local saints, including St Birinus, Apostle to the West Saxons.

More photos of the event are in our Photogallery.

Easter Services 2023

Christ is risen!

More pictures of our Easter service can be seen in the Photogallery.