ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE

Exarchate of Parishes of Russian
Tradition in Western Europe

THE ORTHODOX EUCHARISTIC COMMUNITY OF ST THEODORE OF CANTERBURY

Services are held in
the Memorial Chapel,
The King's School, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2ES
(entry via the Mint Yard Gate)

The Liturgy is celebrated normally on the third Sunday of every month

Current Schedule
of services in PDF format

The priest responsible is Archpriest Alexander Fostiropoulos
who may be contacted at c/o The Chaplains' Office, King's College London, The Strand, London WC2R 2LS; telephone: 020-7722 1663

  e-mail: fostiropoulos@clara.net

Local contacts

Peter and Maria Moore
26 St Augustine's Road, Canterbury, Kent CT1 1XR
telephone: 01227 452 804  e-mail: p.g.moore@ukc.co.uk

Roy Simmons
3 Bournemouth Gardens, Folkestone, Kent CT19 5BB
telephone: 01303 254 545

Information for newcomers and visitors

The service used is the Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom (of St Basil the Great during Lent), sung mainly in English, with some prayers in Greek and Church Slavonic

After the service, all are welcome to join us at our bring-and-share lunch

The community is part of the worldwide Orthodox Church, being part of the Deanery of Great Britain and Ireland of the Exarchate of Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition, within the Jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

Our local members represent a diversity of Orthodox languages and cultures, including English, American, Arab, Bulgarian, Cypriot, Finish, Georgian, Greek, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian and Ukrainian

Members of all Christian communities are most welcome to attend our services