Founded in 1996, at home on Providence Row, and open to everyone.
Join usPlenty of people in the parish first walked in knowing nothing about Orthodoxy. Here is what a Sunday looks like, so you know what to expect.
Sunday Divine Liturgy at 10:30, Vespers on Saturday at 17:00, and the Psalter read on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings from 18:00.
Providence Row, a short walk from the city centre. Parking is in the Sands car park just across the road.
The services are mostly in English, with Romanian, Greek and Slavonic woven in, and everyone is invited to the shared meal afterwards.
A Great Feast of the Mother of God, kept during the Nativity Fast: the young Virgin is brought to the Temple in Jerusalem and dedicated to God.
The feast of the First-Called Apostle and patron of Romania, a day of special celebration for the Romanian faithful of the parish.
The festal Divine Liturgy for the Nativity of Christ. All are welcome.
The parish began in 1996 as a small mission at Durham University. Thirty years on, it is a parish of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese with a church of its own on Providence Row and a congregation drawn from across the North-East. The short film tells the story of the building.
Read our full history →
Our church on Providence Row is a restored 19th-century chapel. Its historic footprint cannot accommodate the toilets and facilities that a growing congregation needs.
Learn about the campaign →Groups, classes and pilgrimages, with a warm welcome for anyone who wants to join in.
Latest sermon
Fr Andrew Louth · 26 July 2020 · 6 min read
“The Gospel tells the story of the healing of two blind men and a dumb demoniac.”Read the homily
Giving
Everything the parish does is paid for by the people who worship here and by friends who wish it well. A gift of any size to the general fund helps keep the services, the Sunday School and the catechism going.
Give“The path of God is a daily cross. No one has ascended into heaven by means of ease.”
St Isaac the Syrian
