11.10.23 Report of the Parish Pilgrimage to St Albans Cathedral and Knebworth House. 30th September 2023
https://gdelizabeth-society.co.uk/report-of-the-trip-to-st-alban-cathedral-and-knebwoth/
A pilgrimage to honour St Alban the first martyr of England and venerate his relics in one of the great English Cathedrals, and after lunch to visit Knebworth House, once the home of the Grand Duke Michael (Tsar Nicholas’ brother). There will be a bus from the Church at 8 am, with a return by 6 pm. It is a 22 seater bus. The cost is £50, and includes bus and house entrance. Please buy or bring your own food and drink. This will, I hope, be a happy and holy day. Please support us.
The Grand Duchess Elizabeth Romanov Society is organising a memorial day for the Romanov martyrs on the 16th July, 2023. It is to be located at the grounds of St. Benedict House, 81 Pevensey Rd, St Leonards on Sea, TN38 0LR. Please see the full timetable of the event here
Father Alexander lead the group of our parishioners to a pilgrimage to the Isle of Wight to serve a prayers service (moleben) to the Royal Martyrs of Russia and Holy Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth in front of the Romanov Monument which was erected in East Cowes five years ago to mark 100th Anniversary of their martyrdom. See full report of this trip organised by GDERS and the parish here.
PLEASE HELP OUR COMMUNITY TO RAISE MONEY TO BUY THIS CHURCH BUILDING! THE OLD ONE IS TOO SMALL FOR OUR GROWING COMMUNITY.
YOU CAN SEE THE MODEL OF THE NEW CHURCH. THIS IS OUR DREAM OF HOW IT MIGHT LOOK IN THE FUTURE.
FUNDRAISING EVENTS FOR OUR NEW CHURCH. April - June 2025
A model of our new church interior
10/04/2025 On St Lazarus Saturday, after Liturgy, our Easter Fair will start. Please come and bring your friends.
Open Garden. Teas. Cakes. Plants. Bric-a-brac.
12/04/2025 A huge thank you to you all for a lovely and successful Easter Fair today . Thank you for baking and donatin, and for making such a happy day. We raised £710 for our new Church. Amazing! Let's do it again. God Bless you!
Father Aleksandr
18/03/2025 Here are the details of the upcoming fundraising event on the Saturday after Pascha. Tea with Princess Olga Romanoff with some interesting talks and presentations. I hope a good number of us will be able to support this event. Please forward this to anyone else who might like to come. With my Blessing!
Father Aleksandr
04/05/2025 Do look at this report on the last week fundraiser in Sandwich. The day was a great success and a donation to our new Church fund of £1000 has been received with thanks to Maria Harwood and AnnaScriven for their organisation. With my Blessing,
Father Aleksandr.
https://gdelizabeth-society.co.uk/category/news
The report about this funraising event event, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, was published on the site of orthochristian.com
https://orthochristian.com/169522.html
Our big fundraising weekend: 3d-5th May
02/05/ May. Do try and support our funfraiser tomorrow - teas, cakes, barbecue, Greek coffee and baklava, and lots of hunting among the jumble. Great fun, lovely garden. Bring your friends. With my Blessing,
Fr Aleksandr
05/05/2025. Thank you all for a happy weekend and a great fundraiser. Total £3057.50 Fantastic result! Fr Aleksandr
HOLY SYNOD OF ROCOR IN LONDON
At the London Cathedral, the Sunday Divine Liturgy was Concelebtated by Seven Hirerchs at the Conclusion of the Paschal Session of the Holy Synod of Bishops.
https://orthodox-europe,org/content/synodal-liturgy-in-london/
VISIT OF HIRARCHS TO OUR CHURCH
First Hirarch of ROCOR
METROPOLITAN NICHOLAS
On Tuesday 13th May 2025 at 3 pm our Vladyka, Bishop Irenei of London and Western Europe, will visit our parish together with Metropolitan Nicholas, First Hirarch of the Russian Church Outside Russia, and will bring the ancient and wonderworking Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God to our Church for a Moleben (at 3pm). We will then process to our new Church which is being made available to us for the day. We will walk home for tea in the garden. All this is indeed very great priviledge for us. Please come! With my Blessing
Fr Aleksandr
Kursk Icon of the Sign will visit us on 13th May 2025