St.Stephen's Indian Orthodox Church Birmingham, UK B26 2RR Registered Charity No.1145271
We are delighted to have your visit to our church website and to host you in the spirit of love and warmth that is characteristic of our parish family. We are the St. Stephen's Indian Orthodox church of the The Diocese of UK-Europe and Africa of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
We are a place of worship, welcome and hospitality.
Holy Qurbana on every Sunday Morning Prayer : 9.00 AM Holy Qurbana : 9.45 AM *English Qurbana every 3rd Sunday
Pentecost Sunday 19th May Bava Thirumeni Visit 9th June
This is a spiritual organization functioning in all the parishes of the Orthodox Church throughout the world. It takes care of the spiritual nurturing of the children, by bringing them up in the knowledge and fellowship of Jesus Christ and His Church. The classes are conducted in Malayalam for the children in Kerala and for others in English.
Our parish is under the diocese of UK-Europe and Africa Diocese of the Indian Orthodox Syrian Church under the spiritual leadership of H.H. Baselios Marthoma Mathews III. Our parish have (75) registered members. Total members including family members are more than 350.
We have members from Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull, Redditch, Worcester, Malvern, Kidderminster, Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Telford.
H.H. Baselios Marthoma Mathews III Catholicos of the East
H.G Abraham Mar Stephanos Metropolitan
Rev Fr Mathew Abraham Vicar
Sunday School - More than 50 children attending regular Sunday School Prayer Meetings - Evening prayers on Saturdays before the Holy Qurbana Martha Mariam Vanitha Samajam (Women's Wing of Indian Orthodox Church)
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The word Orthodox is a combination of two words, Orthos which means 'true' and Doxos which means 'glory'.Orthodoxy is nothing but True Glory, glorification of the Triune God in the True Way.
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The Indian Orthodox Church is a prominent member Of the Oriental Orthodox Church family. The Church traces its origin to St.Thomas the Apostle,who came to India in AD 52 and established the church and suffered martydom.
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Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.
Read MoreSaint Stephen is the Protomartyr or first martyr of Christianity and is venerated as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church and its Eastern Rite, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Church of England and its Anglican Communion among other religious denominations. He is identified as one of the first deacons chosen by the early church in Acts of the Apostles. The Feast of Saint Stephen is celebrated on December 26 in the Western Church and December 27 in the Eastern Church. One of the seventy-two disciples of Christ, after the Ascension Saint Stephen was chosen as one of the seven deacons. Scriptures tell us that "full of grace and fortitude, he did great wonders and signs among the people." Many adversaries rose up to dispute him, but "they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the spirit brought before the Sanhedrin and charged with blasphemy against Moses and against God,he was filled with the Holy Ghost and looking up to heaven, he cried out, "Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God". In demonic fury the onlookers rushed upon him, dragged him outside the city, and stoned him to death." On December 415 A.D. a priest called Lucian discovered the relics of Saint Stephen, together with those of Gamaliel,Nicodemus and Abibo,at Kafr Gamala in Palestine. According to a narrative attributed to Lucian, this discovery was made in consequence of dreams and visions. God was pleased to glorify His name by miracles brought through the intercession of His First Martyr. Saint Augustine said of him, "Let us so desire to obtain temporal blessings by his intercession that we may by imitating him, and deserve those, which are eternal." May the intercessions of our Patron Saint be upon us forever.
Dearly beloved in Christ The relentless effort of our people combined with the blessings of our Lord Jesus Christ have helped us to come this far. In the life of the Parish the central factor is to maintain the spirit of reconciliation. This would be possible only if we could relate the running of the system to the ‘Worship of God’. As a Church, we are a worshipping community and it is our responsibility to run everything as some thing appended to the liturgical service. At this outset, as your priest and pastor, I would like to wish all of you all the bliss which could experience through the life of the community.
