St Anne and All Saints of Worcestershire Orthodox Christian Church
We are a warm and welcoming church community worshipping in a beautiful 11th-century chapel in Bransford, Worcester. Our church is part of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain.
Our mission is to provide a welcoming and inclusive space where people of all situations and stations of life can come together, worship, and explore the Orthodox Christian faith.
Welcome to our Community
We are a vibrant faith community of people of all ages and backgrounds who are working out their faith together and raising their families in accordance with the commandments of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and the sacred norms for spiritual life of the ancient Holy Eastern Orthodox Church.
Come and see!
Worship
Worship in the Orthodox Church is expressed in the Eucharist, the Mysteries, Special Services and Blessings and the Daily Office. The Eucharist is the most important worship experience of Orthodoxy. Eucharist means thanksgiving, and is known in the Orthodox Church as the Divine Liturgy.
Ministries
We have an adult education programme from entry level, locally, to advanced Certificate and Diploma courses accessed through the Thyatiera Midland Ecclesiastical Seminary in Birmingham (https://tmes.org.uk/). We also have a growing liturgical chant ministry and, as numbers grow, we plan to develop active youth, and philanthropic ministries.
Our Archbishop
Archbishop Nikitas (Lulias) of Thyateira and Great Britain is the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Great Britain under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, elected by the Sacred and Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on 12 June 2019.
Assistant Bishop to the Midlands
Bishop Maximos (Pafilis) of Melitene is assistant bishop to his Eminence Archbishop Nikitas. He assists Archbishop Nikitas with episcopal duties in the Midlands.
