Every second Saturday of the month, Divine Liturgy in English of Sunday - Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family, Duke Street, London W1K 5BQ.
4pm Divine Liturgy. Next: 13th November 2021

Very sadly, the Divine Liturgy in English at 9-30 am on Sundays at the Holy Family Cathedral, Lower Church, have had to be put on hold. Until the practicalities we cannot use the Lower Church space. Hopefully this will be resolved very soon. Please keep checking in here for details.

Owing to public health guidance, masks should still be worn indoors and distance maintained. Sanitisers are available. Holy Communion is distributed in both kinds from the mixed and common chalice, by means of a separate Communion spoon for each individual communicant.

To purchase The Divine Liturgy: an Anthology for Worship (in English), order from the Sheptytsky Institute here, or the St Basil's Bookstore here.

To purchase the Divine Praises, the Divine Office of the Byzantine-Slav rite (in English), order from the Eparchy of Parma here.

The new catechism in English, Christ our Pascha, is available from the Eparchy of the Holy Family and the Society. Please email johnchrysostom@btinternet.com for details.

Tuesday 27 April 2010

Pope Benedict, President of the Synod of Bishops of the Catholic Church, makes appointments for the Special Assembly on the Middle East

Pope Benedict XVI  has appointed six members for the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East, to take place October 10-24, 2010, in the Vatican, to the following offices:

  • Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, Maronite patriarch of Antioch, Lebanon - President Delegate "ad honorem"
  • Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly, Chaldean patriarch of Babylon, Iraq - President Delegate "ad honorem"
  • Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches - President Delegate
  • Patriarch Ignace Youssif III Younan, patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians, Lebanon - President delegate
  • Patriarch Antonios Naguib, patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts, Egypt - Relator-General
  • Archbishop Joseph Soueif, Maronite archbishop of Cyprus - Special Secretary.

The synod's theme is "The Catholic Church in the Middle East: Communion and Witness, founded on the text, 'Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul' (Acts 4: 32)." The Pope will meet with the six appointed leaders during his visit to Cyprus, June 4-6 2010. On the last day of that visit, he will present the "instrumentum laboris" for the special synod on the Middle East.

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