Sts. Peter and Paul, co-Patrons of the see of Antioch and all the East		 Antiochian Orthodox Deanery
of the United Kingdom and Ireland

Sts. Peter and Paul
Registered Charity No. 1057533

"the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch." [Acts 11:26] 

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St. Theodore of Tarsus and Canterbury
Patron of the Deanery
Bishop Ignatius 
Patriarchal Vicar: His Grace, Bishop Ignatios


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H.B. John X

His Beatitude, John X, Patriarch of Antioch & all the East

After the election of our former Metropolitan H.E. John as Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, H.G. Bishop Ignatios is pastoring this Archdiocese with H.B. the Patriarch until a new Metropolitan is appointed.

 John Chrysostom

St. John Chrysostom, Patron of the Archdiocese

 

St. Edward, King and Passionbearer Athelhampton

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The Iconostasis at St. Edward's Church

How to find us

The church may be found near Puddletown (5 miles east of Dorchester).  It is owned by the Athelhampton Estate in which it is situated.

Services and Contact

Holy Week and Pascha

28th April Palm Sunday -
Divine Liturgy with Procession of Palms at 10.00 a.m.

1st May, Great and Holy Wednesday
Service of Anointing at 6.00 p.m.

2nd May, Great and Holy Thursday
The Divine Liturgy at 10.00 a.m.

3rd May, Great and Holy Friday
The Lamenations and Burial of Christ at 6.00 p.m.

4th/5th May, Holy Pascha
The Paschal Liturgy at 9.00p.m., followed by the Feast
Please bring something to share for the Feast.

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Fr. David

Chapel in the grounds of the Estate

Divine Liturgy: Sunday, 10.00 am

Fr. David Harris

01305 849410

email:
frdavidharris@yahoo.com

Who was Saint Edward?

Edward lived from c.959 to 978 or 979. He was the great grandson of Alfred the Great, and uncle of Edward the Confessor.

After a short reign he was murdered near the gates to Corfe Castle on 18th March978/9.  It was thought that his step-mother was implicated, and her son, Ethelred, succeeded Edward.  He is known to history as “the Unready”

Edward was initially buried at Wareham, where many came to visit and pray at his grave, and miracles were reported.

In 980 the body was translated to Shaftesbury Abbey, where it was enshrined in 1001 and Edward was canonised in 1008.  During the Middle Ages, many pilgrims visited the shrine until the Reformation, when it was destroyed and the relics disappeared.

The relics were re-discovered in the ruins of the Abbey in 1931 and are now enshrined in the church of the Orthodox Monastery of St Edward, in Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey.

“Men murdered him but God has magnified him.”  Anglo-Saxon Chronicle