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The Royal Hours of Holy  Good Friday On Holy Good Friday morning, 18 April  2025, the service of the Royal Hours and the Vespers of the Descent from the Cross was held at our Greek Orthodox Cathedral  in Woodstock.  The Royal Hours (in Greek: Basilikai Hōrai) is a solemn service, rich with scripture readings and…

Honouring the Epitaphios Service of the Lamentations and the Procession of the Epitaphios, held on Friday evening 18 April  2025 at St George‘s Cathedral with his Eminence Archbishop Sergios, Reverend Archimandrite Doukas Coulbanis and Very Reverend Father Nikolaos Giamouridis. Our journey through Great and Holy Week is coming to an end with the morning service…

The saddest Holy Week night On Thursday night 17 April 2025 we had our Holy Thursday and the Holy Passion service is one of the most crucial, and the longest, of the Orthodox Holy Week. “Today He who hung the earth upon the waters is hung on a tree.The King of the angels is decked with…

A floral tribute to Lay our Lord into It’s been two weeks since we were feverishly getting things ready for the final big days of Easter.And the last Thursday of Holy Week, 17 April 2025, was a very special day…….. What a splendid morning it was as some of the ladies of the community came…

RED EGGS DAY!  Thursday 17 April 2025 was a day of feverish activity. The Thursday in Holy Week is a very spiritual and solemn day as we commemorate the Last Supper, the Passion of Christ and His Crucifixion. But in Greek Orthodox homes it’s also a day of prepping for the happiest day of the…

On Wednesday 16 April 2025 the Holy Unction Service was held at St George’s Orthodox Cathedral, Woodstock, with His Eminence Archbishop Sergios, Archimandrite Doukas Coulbanis and Very Reverend Father Nikolaos Giamouridis.  The anointing ceremony  This evening on Great Wednesday during Holy Week the Sacrament of Holy Unction was offered for the healing of body and…

Lessons on how to transform ourselves On Holy Tuesday 15 April we found ourselves again, literally and figuratively,  at the door of the most holy of times in our Church’s life, Holy and Great Week. Believe me there is something very emotionally uplifting and mystical about this time of the year as we commemorate the…

Celebrating Palm Sunday on 13 April 2025 at our St George’s Cathedral,with His Eminence Archbishop Sergios, Archimandrite Doukas Coulbanis and Very Reverend Nikolaos Giamouridis. Behold, Our King Comes in Glory!_“Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord!” Today Christians around the world are celebrating the triumphant entry of…

The Service of the Bridegroom was held on Sunday night 13 April 2025 at St George‘s Cathedral with His Eminence Archbishop Sergios, Archimandrite  Doukas and Pater Nikolaos. We entered into the last part of our preparation for Pascha (Easter) which will culminate at midnight on Saturday 19 April. Until then we accompany Jesus on his…

On the Saturday before Holy Week, this year on 12 April, the Orthodox Church celebrates the miracle of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead after four days in the grave! This feast, combined with Palm Sunday, marks a triumphant moment as the Church witnesses Christ’s victory over death and proclaims Him as King. As we…