Dear friends,
The society is pleased to announce a new talk by Fr. Alexander Tefft on
FEELING AND DOING: WHICH IS CHRISTIAN?
The talk will take place at 7PM on Thursday 23rd of May in
Junior Parlour in Trinity College. This is exactly the same place as where
the last talk by Fr. Alexander was. In short, Junior Parlour is located in
the building opposite of Trinity College Great Gate, and we will place
signs there so that you may find the place.
Yours in Christ,
Nikolay
Update: I have uploaded a summary of the talk here.
Dear all!
We are very pleased to announce a talk held by Fr. Alexander Tefft, the
priest of St. Botholph’s Antiochian Orthodox Church in London.
The title of the talk is “Sola Scriptura… Why not? Why do we need the
rest?”. The talk will take place in Junior Parlour, Trinity College on
Thursday the 28th of February (that is this week), 7.00 PM.
The entrance to the talk is free. Everyone is most welcome to come! If you
are unsure of where the place is, we will put a sign on the entrance to
Whewell’s Court opposite of Trinity College Great Gate.
Dear friends,
Thanks to all that have volunteered for the Cambridge Societies fair and welcome to our new members.
A few week ago the Nepsis UK group (unfortunately the site is only in Romanian as far as I can see) has organised a talk in London on the theme of the Orthodox family. Please find my translated notes here.
We’ll have our next meeting on Thursday 11th October from 6pm at the Common Room at 7 Charles Babbage Road (CB3 0FT).
Please join us for a very interesting film (“Bless you, prison”) and also to elect the next presidents of our society and to discuss the following events.
Next week, on Saturday October 13th from 10:30, the IOCS will be hosting Mr. Alexander Ogorodnikov at Westminster College (Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0AA).
The conference proper starts at 11am, with coffee/tea from 10:30am. Attendance fee is £30 and students benefit from a 50% reduction.
See also this poster.
On Monday 12th November we’ll have Fr. Melchizedek from St. John the Baptist Monastery in Essex.
The talk will take place from 6pm in the Common Room at 7 Charles Babbage Road (CB3 0FT).
Dear brothers and sisters,
This week the Cambridge society fair will take place in Cambridge on the 2nd and 3rd of October.
The societies fair will be held at Kelsey Kerridge Sports Hall, Queen Anne Terrace, Cambridge CB1 1NA.
We need your help at our society stand to welcome new students to the Orthodox life in Cambridge and to our Churches.
Please feel free to drop by or even to help us during these two days.
Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday 11th October, from 7:15pm at Darwin College. We’ll see the movie “Bless you, prison” and then we’ll have a meeting to discuss the directions of our society for this new academic year. Please join us.
Dear brothers and sisters,
About 3 weeks ago I had the great pleasure to participate in the Orthodox Youth festival UK, that took place in the period 1-5 June at Dovedale House, Peak District.
I expected this to be a good time along with Orthodox brothers, but it was much better.
Even if we arrived there one day later (on the 2nd), we managed to enjoy all of the following:
- Team competition in the first night: all kind of fun games played together.
- Very nice trip around the area, even if we had a bit of rain. This was a great chance to learn more about the people. We have also visited the cave of one of the local Saints.
- Dancing evening: we had a real band that taught us how to dance on some popular (I think Greek?) songs.
- Artistic evening: we had to come up with a way to perform (yes, we were actors) a fairytale. Then we had great performances from Anna Conomos (apparently professional storyteller), and many others.
Appart from that we enjoyed many beautiful services by Fr. Philip Hall from Loncolnshire and Fr. Timothy from Northampton.
Besides the services what I also enjoyed very much were the “hot potato” sessions, in which both Fr. Timothy and Fr. Philip answered as many questions as they could from us.
If all of that was not enough, there have been 3 invited talks by Metropolitan Kallistos, Fr. Alexander from London and Fr. Nikolai from St John the Baptist monastery.
I have made a summary of Fr. Nikolai’s talk on relationship and faith, which is available here.
Unfortunately I have missed the first 2 talks, although I have listened to the recordings of one of them, which I may upload on this website soon.
Some of the best moments from the festival have been captured and uploaded by Rami here.
If you haven’t been to this festival before, then I highly recommend that you come next year, or perhaps to the upcoming youth festival organised by our French friends.
Christ is risen!
Continuing our series of talks we will have sister Magdalen from St John the Baptist Monastery, Essex. On 27th of April sister Magdalen will be speaking about prayer, but the talk is open to any questions regarding the life in the Christian orthodox faith. The time of the talk modified and the talk will start at will start at 19:15. The location of the talk is: Forster Court, Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge.
http://tinyurl.com/65q3khz
We will be in the bus station (Near Cavendish Laboratory – West Cambridge) between 19:00 and 19:10 to guide everyone to the room where the talk is.
Dear brothers and sisters,
On Saturday 17th March I’ve attended the weekend study at the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies:
http://www.iocs.cam.ac.uk/
I’ve summarised in my own words what I have understood and I’ve also added some comments from Fr. Alexander.
You can find this summary in this file:
http://orthsoc.soc.srcf.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/phyletism_iocs_march_2012.pdf
There are two interesting events this week: a Russian Choir performing
today and the visit of Metropolitan Kallistos this Saturday.
Details below.
Best wishes,
Omar
1. Russian choir
Dear friends,
Children Choir “Ulibka” from Moscow performing for one day only in
Cambridge, Tuesday 27 March
Organised by Cambridge Russian-Speaking Society & Cambridge Russian School
WHEN: Tuesday, 27 March, 17:00 – 18:00WHERE: Emmanuel United Reformed
Church at 72 Trumpington Street.
Doors open at 16:30.
About the choir:
Ulibka is a choir of about 65 singers, girls and boys aged 10 – 12 y.o.
The choir is one of the departments of the State Musical School
“Radost”, the famous center of choral education in Moscow. The choir was
set up in 1993 by Irina Karavanskaya who is still the choir’s artistic
director and conductor. “Ulibka” is engaged in extensive concert and
touring programs, having made many award-winning appearances at
prestigious contests and festivals. The children have been singing in
St. Petersburg, Kiev, Vilnius, Kazan, London, Warsaw, Plovdiv, Paris,
Stockholm and many other places. The press in Britain referred to these
kids as “little singing angels”. Despite the young age of the children
their repertoire is wide-ranging and multifarious, featuring classical
pieces and folk tune of many countries of the world (often performed in
original languages) and music by contemporary composers. Some of these
pieces were custom-written for the choir “Ulibka”.
Choir’s repertoire:
http://choir-ulibka.ucoz.ru/index/repertuar/0-9
2. Metropolitan Kallistos
Dear Friends,
We have the pleasure to remind you that, a week from now, Metropolitan
Kallistos Ware will inaugurate the series of IOCS Community Days, on
Saturday, 31 March, by giving two lectures which will address the
question ‘What is prayer?’. Do join us for this exciting event!
The programme of the day will be:
10.30-11.00: Welcome coffee
11.00-12.30: First Lecture – ‘”Heaven on earth”‘: the inner meaning of
the Divine Liturgy’
12.30-14.30: Lunch
14.30-16.00: Second Lecture — ‘Finding the place of the heart: the
practice of the Jesus Prayer’
16.00-16.30: Tea
16.30-17.30: Vespers
This affordable Community Day (£30 per person for the whole day,
including the lectures, lunch and coffees) will take place in the Dining
Hall of Wesley House, Jesus Lane in Cambridge (CB5 8BJ).
I have attached here an updated enrolment form/poster with more details
of future Community Days:
http://orthsoc.soc.srcf.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Community-Days-Poster-new.pdf
We would be very grateful if you could help us
in spreading the word about these events by displaying or forwarding the
attached poster.
With warm wishes,
Razvan
Dear brothers and sisters,
The Institute of Orthodox of Christian Studies (http://www.iocs.cam.ac.uk/) would like to make known to our community the courses they provide. Therefore please read the information provided below.
I had the pleasure of attending last week’s lecture (17/12/2011), given by the Metropolitan Kallistos Ware. A summary of this lecture is available here.
Would you like to study Orthodox Theology and the history of the Orthodox Church from the comfort of your own home? Are you in full time employment or live in remote areas and you cannot afford the time and money to travel to Orthodox Theological Schools, but you wish to receive a high quality university education in Orthodox Theology?
Then the IOCS Distance Learning Programme is for you. We are the Institute of Orthodox Christian Studies, specializing in high quality and advanced Orthodox Studies for 10 years now, being situated in Cambridge, UK.
All our Distance Learning study material (in English) is provided at the start of the study and is for a low all-inclusive fee, payable at the start of each module (a significant discount is provided for the registration to the whole programme).
Here is what one of our distance learners has to say about our programme:
“Here is an opportunity to take classes offered by one of the world’s finest and most respected Orthodox lecturers and to enjoy them in the comfort of your own home and at a time that fits your schedule. You will actually see and hear world class theologians and biblical scholars lecturing in a classroom setting. You will experience, through chat rooms or Skype, lively interactions with intelligent, well-informed tutors who will guide you through the materials presented in the lectures. Most importantly, you will experience all of this in a supportive and caring environment that encourages questions and thoughtful discussion.”
Our Distance Learning Certificate Brochure: http://www.iocs.cam.ac.uk/resources/texts/distance_learning_brochure.pdf
Our Distance Learning Portal (with free access to many of our On Line Library Videos): http://distancelearning.iocs.cam.ac.uk/
Distance Learning Inquiries: ca356@cam.ac.uk
Also, please note that there is an International Conference on the Philosophical and Theological Significance of the work of St Gregory Palamas (Thessaloniki, 7-15 March 2012).
Conference Website (with Registration Form and Method of Payment):
http://distancelearning2.iocs.cam.ac.uk/ICStGP-2/
Further info from ca356@cam.ac.uk and icsgp@aeath.gr
Dear all,
The youth committee of the Orthodox Fellowship of Saint John the Baptism is organising several events during this academic year. They are as follows:
http://www.orthodoxyouth.co.uk/coming-events.html
The pelgrimage runs over 2 days and all included is £59. If you are interested I think you should get in touch asap since this is next week. There is an application form available here.
http://www.ofsjb.org/sw2012prog.pdf
and the booking form here:
http://www.ofsjb.org/sw2012booking.pdf
A summary of the topic:
The Macarian Homilies are among the greatest treasures of the Orthodox Church. Issuing from Syria in the late Fourth Century, these texts testify to a spiritual life and mystical vision of the highest order – full of fire, light, love, and hope. It is a vision which remains as fresh, vital, and accessible today as it was 1600 years ago.The Homilies have had a decisive impact on the Orthodox Christian tradition, helping shape the life and thought of such great saints and theologians as St Maximos the Confessor, St Gregory Palamas, and St Silouan the Athonite.
This weekend course offers an initiation into and exploration of this enthralling and engaging spiritual treasure.
http://www.orthodoxyouth.co.uk/orthodox-festival-2012.html
Dear All,
The first talk of this 2011/2012 academic year will be given by Fr. Raphael
(from Saint Ephraim Orthodox Church, Cambridge) on Tuesday 8th of
November at 18:30. The location of the talk is: Forster Court, Charles
Babbage Road, Cambridge.
http://tinyurl.com/65q3khz
We will be in the bus station (Near Cavendish Laboratory – West
Cambridge) between 18:15 and 18:35 to guide every one to the room
where the talk is. There should be enough space for those coming by car.
