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Saint Sava church
St.Sava church adress: 89 Lancaster Road
London W11 1QQ
Telephone: 020 7727 8367
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The Serbian Orthodox Cemetery in Brookwood
Over many years our parishioners have been mainly buried in the Kensal Green Cemetery, which is situated near our church.
A need to have our own, Serbian cemetery arose over time. The opportunity presented itself in the 1980s when the British authorities allowed a part of the Brookwood cemetery in Surrey to be sold to individuals or religious institutions.
The initiator and the man in charge of buying the cemetery was a respectable parishioner and vice-president of the London Church Community, Mr Boshko Stanojlovic.
It is worth noting here that the Brookwood cemetery is the only remaining cemetery in England still largely governed by the British Parliament.
The monks at St. Edward’s monastery bought this land while they were under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad. At first, we bought 200 graves from them. A few years later, the church administration accepted the monks’ offer and bought another piece of land acquiring freehold in addition, thus making this land an exclusive possession of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
The cemetery is conveniently situated near London at the distance of 30 miles (48 kilometres). It is properly built – there is a small house in the Serbian style consisting of all the necessary facilities for people to gather after funerals or shield themselves in bad weather.
If you want to learn more, please see the Statute of the cemetery.
Grave plots fees.
If you need information about graves/plots please contact the Church office.
The Gospel on fasting
Matthew 6:14-21
To not give in to the enemy—that is the main rule for those who are fighting a war. An army commander warns every soldier ahead of time about the threat of enemy subterfuge, so that they would not be deceived and taken captive. A soldier left alone, hungry, shivering and without warm clothing undergoes a strong temptation to give himself up to the enemy. The cunning adversary will take advantage of his situation with all possible means. He will deprive himself of bread in order to throw a bit of it at the soldier and give him the impression that he has an abundance of food. He’ll remain dressed in rags, half-naked and freezing, just to throw him some a piece of clothing to make him think that he himself is well dressed and rich. He will start throwing letters boasting of his already assured victory and deceive the wretched soldier, saying that many of his comrades at arms have already given up left and right, that his general has been killed, or his king is pleading for peace! He’ll then promise a speedy return to home and hearth, and rank, and money, and everything that a man in extreme need can see only in his dreams. The commander describes all of these enemy tricks and traps to the soldiers, warning them not to believe any of it but to hold their position, not give up, and remain loyal to their standard to the death.
