Welcome to
The Orthodox Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God.
Palfrey, Walsall
Archdiocese of Thyateira in the Ecumenical Patriarchate
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
APRIL 2026 SERVICES
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CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
1A Sun Street, Palfrey, Walsall, West Midlands WS1 4AL
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PROGRAMME OF SERVICES APRIL 2026​
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​Thursday 2nd April 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Catechism Class (Confessions until 7 pm)
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Saturday 4th April 10 am Divine Liturgy Resurrection of Lazarus
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Sunday 5th April 9:15 am Matins 10:15 am Divine Liturgy Palm Sunday
(Confessions after Divine Liturgy)
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Monday 6th April 6:30 pm Bride-Groom service (Lenten Matins) presided over by his Eminence Archbishop
Nikitas of Great Britain and Thyateira
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Tuesday 7th April 10 am – 11:25 am Presanctified Gifts Liturgy Great and Holy Tuesday
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Wednesday 8th April 6 pm – 8 pm Service of Holy Unction
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Thursday 9th April 10 am Last Supper Vesperal Liturgy
6 pm – 9 pm Service of Holy Passion (Reading of 12 Gospels)
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Friday 10th April 9 am – 12:30 pm The Imperial Hours
5:30 – 6:30 pm Taking Christ down from Cross
6:30 pm – approximately 9 pm Lamentations
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Saturday 11th April 10 am Divine Liturgy
11:30 pm Evening Service of Easter/Pascha Resurrection, Christ has risen.
Followed by Midnight Procession, Blessing of the Baskets, and PASCHA (EASTER) DIVINE LITURGY
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Thursday 16th April 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Catechism Class (Confessions until 7 pm)
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Friday 17th April 6 pm – 7 pm Confessions
Arrive 7:45 pm start 8 pm – 9:50 pm BIBLE CLASS
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Sunday 19th April 9:15 am Matins 10:15 am Divine Liturgy Saint Thomas Sunday
(Confessions after Divine Liturgy)
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Thursday 23rd April 6 – 8:15 CHANTING CLASS (all welcome)
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Catechism Class (Confessions until 7 pm)
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Friday 24th April 6 pm – 7 pm Confessions
Arrive 7:45 pm start 8 pm – 9:50 pm BIBLE CLASS
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Sunday 26th April 9:15 am Matins 10:15 am Divine Liturgy Sunday of the Holy Myrrhbearing Women
(Confessions after Divine Liturgy)
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Thursday 30th April 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Catechism Class (Confessions until 7 pm)
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Celebrations & Passages
Feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God
Your nativity, O Mother of God,
Has made known joy to the whole inhabited earth;
For from you there dawned the Sun of righteousness,
Christ our God.
He abolished the curse and gave the blessing
And by making death of no effect
He bestowed on us eternal life.
07/09/24
ABOUT US
We are an Orthodox church in the Archdiocese of Thyateira under the Ecumenical patriarchate. The parish was established in the year 2000, when the late Archbishop Gregorios visited and gave his blessing for us to negotiate the purchase of the church building and the former vicarage from the Anglican Church. The main services are in English and we use the traditional byzantine chant. As an Orthodox Church, we welcome Orthodox Christians of whatever background. We celebrate weddings, baptisms, funerals, house blessings and other prayers and services in whatever language is most suitable for the families and communities concerned.: English, Greek, Romanian, Slavonic.
SERVICES
CHURCH PROGRAMME
Title | Date |
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Programme April 2026 | 29/03/2026 |
NOTES ON SERVICES
Title | Date |
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Service Notes 4th to 26th of April | 29/03/2026 |
ARTICLES
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CONTACT THE CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
Black Country Orthodox Trust
1A Sun Street
Palfrey
Walsall
United Kingdom
WS14AL
01922633451
