Vigil Service, every Saturday at 5:30 pm
Hours and Liturgy, every Sunday at 9am
Christ of the Isles
The Icon of the Risen Saviour, in the sanctuary of St John’s Orthodox Church in Colchester, Essex, showing the Patronal Saints of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
Painted in memory of the servants of God, Kenneth and Dorothy.
Iconographer: Helen McIldowie-Jenkins http://www.elenisicons.co.uk
see article below – Holy Isles: Four National Saints
St John in England
For twelve years, from 1950 to 1962, St John was Archbishop of Western Europe, with his see first in Paris, and then in Brussels. As such he was also responsible for the British Isles and, in particular, England. During this time he made several visits to London …
Ten Years On – A Pastoral Report
A New Year’s Report on St John’s Orthodox Church in Colchester – January 2009
Fr Andrew Phillips – Biography
The Spirit of St Edmund and my Destiny
The Wonderworking Kursk Root Icon of Our Lady of the Sign
To the champion leader and good directress who guideth us to the heavenly Kingdom, come ye, let us who here have no continuing city all bow down, beseeching her all-powerful aid, recalling the miracles that from times past to this day have been wrought through her Icon; and let us cry out with a loud voice: Rejoice, O Sovereign Lady, who dost ever reveal signs of thy mercy unto the world …
Holy Suffolk: Four Local Saints
The Holy Isles: Four National Saints
Photos of St John the Wonderworker Church – Before and After
Sermon on the Feast of St John of Shanghai 2007
An Urgent Appeal – 25th Update
The icons and iconostasis in St Johns Orthodox Church
An Interview: St John’s Church September 2008 – September 2009
Weddings in the Orthodox Church
Visit of the Kursk Root Icon on 19 June 2010
December 2010 Report on St John’s Russian Orthodox Church, Colchester
External Links
BBC Radio Suffolk’s Rachel Sloane visits the church
The Archaeological Evaluation of the site of St John’s Orthodox Church (2007)
St John’s Orthodox Church plans memorial for fallen soldiers