We are a parish of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR) in the Diocese of Great Britain and Western Europe (ROCOR), striving to live the Orthodox Faith.
We are a growing community from various backgrounds, with people from The Russian Federation, The Baltic States, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia and the USA with some converts to Orthodoxy and others exploring the Faith. At the last count we had 16 nationalities. We use the Julian Calendar and our services are mainly in English with some Church Slavonic. We are a traditional parish and very welcoming. If you are Orthodox already and looking for a parish, we are a lovely community to join. If you are interested in the Orthodox faith you are most welcome to contact us. The Parish takes Safeguarding very seriously. Our Safeguarding Policy is available here.
Divine Liturgy every Sunday at 10.00 a.m. and some weekdays at 9.30 a.m. or just after
Contribution Lunch and talk by one of the clergy after the Liturgy on the last Sunday of the month
Children's Church is normally once a month. Parents are contacted by WhasApp. We meet on a Sunday immediately after the Liturgy.
Vespers most Saturday evenings at 6.00 p.m.
Those interested in becoming Orthodox should initially speak with or contact Father Paul
Catechumen quiet sessions on occasional Saturdays by arrangement with Fr Paul
There is normally an Akathist at 6.00 p.m. on a Tuesday evening. In Lent it precedes the Presanctified Liturgy
For arrangements of services please see the details below
Father Paul, our parish priest, can be contacted on 07926194031 or frpaulelliott@aol.com
- Regular members of the congregation will be informed of services by text message.
- Private arrangements for confession or receiving of Holy Comunion are always possible.
Church services.
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Tuesday 15th April | Bridegroom Matins | 6.00 p.m. | ||
Wednesday 16th April | Matins | 6.00 p.m. | ||
Thursday 17th April | Vesperal Divine Liturgy 12 Gospels Service |
9.30 a.m. 6.00 p.m. |
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Friday 18th April |
Royal Hours Burial Service of the Lord |
9.30 a.m. 4.00 p.m. |
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Saturday 19th April |
Vesperal Liturgy of St Basil Reading of the Acts of the Apostles Midnight Office |
9.00 a.m. 9.30 p.m. 11.30 p.m. |
Church. Open for the blessing of Paschal Foods Bring a bible in your own language
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Saturday/Sunday 19th/20th April |
PASCHAL MATINS AND DIVINE LITURGY Agape Vespers |
12.00 midnight
9.30 a.m.
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Contribution Paschal Breakfast (about 3.00 a.m.) Blessing of Paschal Foods Please make arrangements with Fr Paul if you wish to make your holy communion
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Monday 21st April |
Divine Liturgy |
9.30 a.m. |
mainly in Slavonic |
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Tuesday 22nd April | Akathist | 6.00 p.m. | ||
Saturday 27th April |
Divine Liturgy Vespers |
9.00 a.m. 6.00 p.m. |
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Sunday 27th April |
Divine Liturgy |
10.00 a.m. |
Parish AGM during the meal after church
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Tuesday 29th April | No Akathist | |||
Saturday 3rd May |
Vespers | 6.00 p.m. | ||
Sunday 4th May |
Divine Liturgy Holy Matrimony |
10.00 a.m. 1.30 p.m.
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Making of Catechumens at the end of the Liturgy Sighburt and Ita |
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Tuesday 6th May |
Divine Liturgy Akathist |
9.30 a,m. 6.00 p.m. |
St George Patron of England | |
Saturday 10th May | Vespers |
6.00 p.m. |
Fr Paul at London Cathedral with Synod of Bishops | |
Sunday 11th May | Divine Liturgy | 10.00 a.m. | Fr Paul at London Cathedral with Synod of Bishops | |
Tuesday 13th May | Akathist and prayers for travel | 6.00 p.m. | ||
Wednesday 14th May to Wednesday 21st May | Pilgrimage to Serbia | Joint Pilgrimage with London Cathedral Parishioners | ||
Saturday 17th May | Vespers | 6.00 p.m. | Fr Paul in Serbia | |
Sunday 18th May | Divine Liturgy | 10.00 a.m. | Fr Paul in Serbia | |
Tuesday 20th May |
No Akathist |
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Saturday 24th May |
Vespers |
6.00 p.m.
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Possible Pilgrimage into Wales Visit of Schemamonk and Subdeacon Antony from Adelaide |
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Sunday 25th May | Divine Liturgy | 10.00 a.m. | Contribution meal after the service | |
Wednesday 28th May |
Divine Liturgy of leavetaking of Pascha Great Vespers of Ascension |
9..30 a.m.
6.00 p.m.
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Thursday 29th May | Divine Liturgy of Ascension | 9.30 a.m. | ||
Saturday 31st May | Vespers |
6.00 p.m. |
Fr Paul in Durham with Fr Alban | |
Sunday 1st June | Divine Liturgy | 10.00 a.m. | Fr Paul in Durham with Fr Alban | |
Tuesday 3rd June | Akathist | 6.00 p.m. | ||
Saturday 7th June |
Divine Liturgy and Pannikhida Vespers |
9.00 a.m. 6.00 p.m. |
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Sunday 8th June | Divine Liturgy and Kneeling Prayers | 10.00 a.m. | Pentecost...wear green! | |
Monday 9th June | Divine Liturgy | 9.30 a.m. | Holy Spirit Day | |
Tuesday 10th June | Akathist | 6.00 p.m. | ||
Friday 13th June | Divine Liturgy | 9.30 a.m. |
Liturgy at Little St Elisabeth's 58 Shrewsbury Rd, Oxton.CH43 2HY Visit of Fr Robert from Clifden |
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Saturday 14th June | Vespers | 6.00 p.m. | Fr Paul and Fr Robert at the Cathedral for Fr Stanislav's Ordination | |
Sunday 15th June | Blessing of the Waters and Divine Liturgy | 10.00 | Feast of All Saints (Altar feast of All Saints Barons Court where our Iconastas came from) | |
Tuesday 17th June |
Divine Liturgy Akathist |
9.30 a.m. 6.00 p.m. |
St Mary and St Martha |
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Saturday 21st June |
Vespers |
6.00 p.m. |
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Sunday 22nd June |
Divine Liturgy |
10.00 a.m. |
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Tuesday 24th June |
Akathist |
6.00 p.m. |
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Saturday 28th June |
Vespers |
6.00 p.m. |
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Sunday 29th June |
Divine Liturgy |
10.00 a.m. |
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Tuesday 1st July |
Akathist |
6.00 p.m. |
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Saturday 5th July |
Divine Liturgy Vespers |
9.00 a.m. 6.00 p.m. |
St John of Shanghai |
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Sunday 6th July |
Divine Liturgy |
10.00 a.m. |
Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God |
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Monday 7th July |
Divine Liturgy |
9.30 a.m. |
Nativity of St John the Baptist |
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If you have any concerns please contact Father Paul on 07926194031 or frpaulelliott@aol.com
Christos voskrese!
ХРИСТОС ВОСКРЕСЕ!
Christ is Risen!
Holy Week and Paschal Services
Lazarus Saturday 12th April Baptismal Liturgy 9.00 a.m. and Great Vespers at 6.00 p.m.
Palm Sunday 13th April Blessing of Palms and Divine Liturgy 10.00 a.m.
Great Monday 14th April Bridegroom Matins 6.00 p.m.
Great Tuesday 15th April Bridegroom Matins 6.00 p.m.
Great Wednesday 16th April Bridegroom Matins 6.00 p.m.
Great Thursday 17th April Vesperal Divine Liturgy 9.30 a.m. and 12 Gospels Service 6.00 p.m.
Great Friday 18th April Royal Hours 9.30 a.m. and Burial Service of the Lord 4.00 p.m.
Great Saturday 19th April Vesperal Liturgy 9.30 a.m.
Reading of the Acts of the Apostles 9.30 p.m.
Midnight Office 11.30 p.m.
PASCHAL MATINS and DIVINE LITURGY
Paschal Breakfast
Sunday 20th April Vespers and Blessing of Paschal Foods 9.30 a.m.
- A new schedule of services has been published above for March and some of April. There may be extra services added to this.
- Children's Church will meet after the Liturgy as announced.
- The Divine Liturgy is currently served on occasional weekdays and Saturdays. It is always served on Sundays at 10.00 a.m. Please check in the schedule of services published above.
- A simple peoples' service book in English and Russian can be downloaded and printed. You can find more services under "Liturgica" on this website.
- An Akathist or Moleben will be served most Tuesday evenings at 6.00 p.m. though in Lent it precedes the Presanctified Liturgy at 5.30 p.m. on a number of Wednesdays (see above).
- Baptisms will normally take place on Saturday mornings during or immediately after Divine Liturgy or at about 10.00 a.m. or by private arrangement
- Choir Practice has resumed but is now up at church as announced.
Children are welcome at the Divine Liturgy. If they need a bit of "time out" there is a place for them in the side porch where mums or dads can sit with them with some toys and books and they can still see what is happening in the Liturgy. Children's Church tries to meet monthly on a Sunday after the Liturgy.
This Parish supports the Fund for Assistance. Please consider this in your giving.
Father Paul will send £500 to this Christmas appeal this year. We are very fortunate at St Elisabeth's and so should look at opportunities to support those priests and parishes far less fortunate than ourselves.
Well done St Elisabeth's!
Fr Paul now serves a few more weekday services.
Akathists of intercession
There will normally be an Akathist to the Mother of God or occasionally a Moleben served on Tuesdays at 6.00 p.m. and some Wednesdays at 6.30p.m. These services may be subject to change due to Fr Paul's commitments. It is best to text Fr Paul on 07926194031 to check if it is going ahead. There are details in the Timetable of services above.
Great Vespers
Great Vespers is often served on the eves of Great Feasts at 5.00 p.m. and on some Saturday evenings
Divine Liturgy
The Divine Liturgy is served on some Saturdays at 9.00.a.m. and at 9.30 a.m. whenever possible on Great Feasts.
Presanctified Liturgy
This will be served during Great Lent normally on most Wednesday evenings after the Ninth Hour
Pannikhidas
These are served on request and on some Saturdays during March and April or on Sundays after the Divine Liturgy
Hierarchal Unction
Bishop Irenei normally comes to St Elisabeth's to serve the Unction service in Great Lent. Details will be posted on the website nearer the time.
Church Singing is a very important work in any Russian Orthodox Parish. Matushka Elizabeth is the choir director, assisted by Alison Sailor. They work hard to enable the choir to sing as beautifully as possible. We are blessed with some very good singers and the choir does a wonderful job creating the right prayerful atmosphere for the Holy Liturgy. If you feel you are able to contribute to choral singing please speak to Matushka. We especially need singers for occasional and weekday services.
An initiative of our choir, Blessed by Metropolitan Nicholas, is in the promotion of an English-American Paschal Troparion composed by Alison Sailor and first performed at the Liturgical Music Conference in New Divievo, last year. If you would lie to hear it please follow the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch/v=tLNcmjSUeQY
Please copy this into your browser if the link does not work
Since the earliest times young men served in the altar. This is important work as it enables the Bishop or Priest to concentrate on the prayers. The traditional vesture for a server is the Stichar, which was originally a decorated garment which covered the toga in the Eastern Roman Empire. The vesture assists the server to step into the role and stay focused upon spiritual work. We have a number of servers at St Elisabeth's who greatly add to the solemnity of the service and therefore the sense of holiness. Some new vestments have just been made for them at the Convent of St Elisabeth, in Minsk. Some of the funding for this has come from Lena Miloshovich in memory of her mother Dushanka. The recently acquired red vestments are the kind donation of Subdeacon Pavel Lisitsin. Father Paul is very grateful for those who assist him in the altar. If you are interested in serving in the altar, please talk to Subdeacon Chad or Father Paul.
We are delighted that you would like to have your child baptised in our church. Baptisms are normally conducted at about 10:30 on a Saturday morning though other arrangements can be made. The post code of the church is CH45 5DE. Father Paul’s phone number is 07926194031 and his email is frpaulelliott@aol.com Please fill in the online Baptism Registration form and email it to Fr Paul. For details of having your son or daughter baptised in St Elisabeth's please follow this link : Baptism in the Russian Orthodox Church
Getting married in St Elisabeth's can be arranged. Normally, the couple must be married in the Registery Office first unless the Registrar is present. The couple should both be baptised and free to marry. The chief bridesmaid and the best man should be of the Orthodox faith. Couples should normally ask Fr Paul to seek a blessing from Bishop Irenei before the wedding is arranged especially if either the bride or the groom are not of the Orthodox Faith. A blessing can be granted, though any children of the marriage must be brought up Orthodox. Weddings take place normally at 13:00 on a Sunday and only then outside the church fasts.
St Elisabeth's Russian Orthodox Church - Liverpool, Wallasey, Birkenhead