St Ignatius Antiochian Orthodox Church
Belfast, United Kingdom
On the weekend of 5th and 6th September, St Ignatius Parish in Belfast had the great joy of welcoming our archbishop, His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan, for a pastoral visit. The photo album from the weekend is available here: https://saintignatiusbelfast.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/SaintIgnatiusChurchDocuments/IgCyOAUD9lOoSa7jb8qG_GBIAaL-0h0DrfuxozzLNX5_F0E?e=rcMnsv The Read More
As part of the pastoral visit of His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan to St Ignatius Orthodox Church on 5–6 September, we are delighted to announce the inauguration of YAM Belfast — the Belfast chapter of the Archdiocesan Young Adult Ministry (YAM). Read More
By God’s grace, we held our regular monthly Divine Services at St Ignatius of Antioch Parish on the weekend of 25–26 July. With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan, on Saturday, 25 July, following Great Vespers, we celebrated the Sacrament of Holy Unction. Read More
On Saturday and Sunday 9th and 10th May we held our regular monthly weekend of divine services at the church. Full photo album available here: https://saintignatiusbelfast.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/SaintIgnatiusChurchDocuments/IgCfxKsSroNqSbvdevhmWHYCAR-icC-lFyUHmq4LF0dUZvA?e=VNAUG1 1. Pilgrimage to Bangor Abbey Saturday began with a pilgrimage to Bangor Abbey in Read More
Christ is Risen, brothers and sisters! Join us on the 9th of May, Saturday, on a pilgrimage to Bangor to commemorate St Comgall, whose feast falls on Sunday, 10th of May. Comgall is one of the most important local Irish Read More
With God’s help, we had a beautiful and eventful long weekend of services, activities, and fellowship at our parish. You can read a short report below. Some photos are included in the text, and the full photo album for the Read More
On the weekend of 17–18 January, we held our usual monthly divine services. On Saturday, 17 January, we celebrated Great Vespers, followed by informal fellowship in the church kitchen. On Sunday, we celebrated Orthros and the Divine Liturgy. At the conclusion of Read More
On 19 and 20 December our parish celebrated the patronal Feast of St Ignatius the God-Bearer, Bishop of Antioch, in the presence of our beloved father and Metropolitan, His Eminence Silouan. The hierarchical visit began on Friday morning, 19 December, Read More
Dear brothers and sisters, We will be celebrating the Feast of our patron, St Ignatius of Antioch, on the 19th and 20th of December. As we honour our patron, we are blessed to receive our bishop, His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan, Read More
On Wednesday, 26 November, at the invitation of His Grace Bishop IRENEI of London and Western Europe (ROCOR) and Fr Justin, priest of the Parish of St John of Shanghai Belfast, faithful from our community joined that parish in welcoming Read More