Храм Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы (Манчестер)

Our «Pokrov» (Intercession of the Holy Virgin) parish was founded by Russian refugees in displaced persons’ camps in Austria and has been present in Manchester since early 1950s. Originally under the omophorion of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, it has received a blessing from St John of Shanghai, at that time the ruling bishop for Western Europe. Archimandrite Vitaly (later a Metropolitan and First Hierarch, of blessed memory) helped in establishing the parish.

In 1993, by the request of the parish council, the ever-memorable Metropolitan Antony of Sourozh has received us under his care. His Eminence Archbishop Anatoly of Kerch, the suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Sourozh, was our rector from July 2002 till November 2010.

By the Holy Patriarch’s decree, our parish Rector since November 2010 is His Eminence Archbishop Elisei of Sourozh. Archpriest Gennady Andreyev has been appointed Sacristan and Vice-Rector. He celebrates in the parish alternating with Priest Evgeny Selensky. Our parish remains stavropegic, i.e., under a direct rule of the Patriarch of Moscow, but keeps close links with the Diocese of Sourozh (which is the diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church in Great Britain and Ireland).

This is a Russian parish, but there are many English people as well. We welcome everybody!

Our church address is: 64 Clarence Road, Longsight, Manchester, M13 0YE. Clarence Road is off Plymouth Grove, near the junction with Stockport Road. See the map. If you want to send a letter to the church please DO NOT address it to 64 Clarence Road, but send it to Mr George Dance at: 3 The Green, Hawk Green, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 7HT. Enquiries: Please ring Mr George Dance at (0161) 292-1652 (English) or send a message to parish@pokrov.org.uk.

Источник: http://www.pokrov.org.uk/