St Ignatius Antiochian Orthodox Church
Belfast, United Kingdom
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
On the weekend of 1–2 November, we held our regular monthly services at the church. Glory to God! On Saturday, we celebrated Great Vespers, followed by fellowship in the church kitchen, confessions, and private conversations with Fr Dmitry. Sunday began Read More
Dear brothers and sisters, On Wednesday, 24 September, the Feast of St Silouan the Athonite, our Father and Chief Shepherd, His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan, celebrates his Name Day. The traditional form of addressing a bishop in the Orthodox Church is “Master”, translated into Arabic Read More
Dear brothers and sisters, We held our regular monthly services at the parish on the first weekend of August. Glory to God for a beautiful weekend of services and fellowship at our parish of St Ignatius of Antioch in Belfast! Read More
On Sunday, 8th June, we celebrated the Great Feast of Holy Pentecost at our parish. This time, we had a special blessing: the Divine Liturgy was served using prosphora — the bread of offering that is concecrated to become the Read More
Christ is Risen, dear brothers and sisters! We had a beautiful weekend of services for the 5th Sunday after Pascha, Sunday of the Samaritan Woman. On Saturday, we celebrated Great Vespers, followed by a lovely time of fellowship over tea Read More
Dear brothers and sisters, I wish you all a blessed Feast of St Patrick, the Enlightener of Ireland! You can read about his life here: https://orthodoxwiki.org/Patrick_of_Ireland We are truly blessed to have such a great saint as our patron and Read More