The seventeen Serbian month in Great Britain starts on 25th January and lasts until 9th March 2025. The Catalogue of the Serbian Month is available HERE. 

Theophany is the Feast which reveals the Most Holy Trinity to the world through the Baptism of the Lord (Mt.3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22). God the Father spoke from Heaven about the Son, the Son was baptized by the St John the Forerunner, and the Holy Spirit descended upon the Son in the form of a dove. From ancient times this Feast was called the Day of Illumination and the Feast of Lights, since God is Light and has appeared to illumine "those who sat in darkness," and "in the region of the shadow of death" (Mt.4:16), and to save the fallen race of mankind by grace.

In the ancient Church it was the custom to baptize catechumens at the Vespers of Theophany, so that Baptism also is revealed as the spiritual illumination of mankind.

Program

January 25 – Saturday
9:30 Matins
10:00 Hierarchical Divine Liturgy – Guest: Metropolitan of the British Isles and Ireland, His Eminence Silouan of the Antiochian Church.
19:00 Vespers
19:00 Folklore Evening (Bishop Nikolaj Hall)

January 26 – Sunday
9:30 Matins
10:00 Hierarchical Divine Liturgy – Guests: Patriarchal envoy, His Grace Hilarion, Vicar Bishop of Novo Brdo, and His Grace Irinei, Bishop of London and Western Europe from the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.
(Immediately upon conclusion of the Divine Liturgy, festal refreshments will be served in the church courtyard for all attendees)
12:00 Saint Sava Program (Bishop Nikolaj Hall)

January 27 – Monday
9:30 Matins
10:00 Hierarchical Divine Liturgy – Guest: Father Christodoulos of the Greek Orthodox Church.

January 30 – Thursday
Vespers
Spiritual Discussion featuring His Grace Hilarion, Vicar Bishop of Novo Brdo (Bishop Nikolaj Hall).

Sunday 5th January: Sunday of the Holy Fathers, St. Naum of Ohrid 

09:30 Matins
10:00 Divine Liturgy 
19:00 Vespers and the Supplicatory Canon to the Most Holy Theotokos
 

Monday 6th January: Christmas Eve 

10:00 Divine Liturgy, Blessing of the badnjak
19:00 Vespers 

Tuesday 7th January: CHRISTMAS

06:00 Matins and Holy Hierarchical Liturgy
10:00 2nd Divine Liturgy
19:00 Vespers

Wednesday 8th January: Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of God

09:30 Matins
10:00 Holy Hierarchical Liturgy
19:00 Vespers

Thursdasy 9th January: Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen

09:30 Matins
10:00 Holy Hierarchical Liturgy

In January, the church will be open during the following times:
MONDAY-FRIDAY 9:00-13:00
SATURDAY 9:00-13:00 / 18:00-20:00
SUNDAY 9:00-14:00 / 18:00-20:00