The Pastoral Visit of our Patriarch Youssef Absi to our Melkite Parish
زيارة غبطة أبينا البطريرك يوسف…
“Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.”
Saint John Chrysostom
The Parish
St. John, named Chrysostom (golden-mouthed) on account of his eloquence, came into the world of Christian parents, about the year 344, in the city of Antioch. His mother, at the age of 20, was a model of virtue. He studied rhetoric under Libanius, a pagan, the most famous orator of the age.In 374, he began to lead the life of an anchorite in the mountains near Antioch, but in 386 the poor state of his health forced him to return to Antioch, where he was ordained a priest.Read more
History
During his visit to London in November 1989, His Beatitude Maximos V Hakim, the Melkite Patriarch, was urged by the Council of the Melkite Greek Catholic Association – UK to appoint Father Shafiq Abouzayd as a parish priest for the Melkites in London. The Patriarch’s immediate response to the suggestion was positive, and Father Shafiq Abouzayd celebrated his first Melkite mass for the Melkites in Greater London on Christmas Day 1989. Read more
Mission
The Melkite parish in London is a multi-cultural community, though Arabs still represent more than 85% of our parishioners. Many of our parishioners are married to British people who represent 4% of our Melkite flock, and 7% are married to people from different countries, namely Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Lithuania, Ukraine, Croatia, Russia, USA, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Australia, China, Korea, Japan, and India. Read more
Where you can find us
Come and pray with us every Sunday at 12 Noon
Address:
Saint John Chrysostom Parish
Melkite Greek-Catholic Church
At St. Barnabas church
St. Barnabas Street
Off Pimlico Road
London SW1W 8PF
Parish Email & Web:
The Melkite Clergy in the UK
Father (Dr.) Shafiq Abouzayd, parish priest
46 Sunderland Avenue, Oxford OX2 8DU
Tel: 01865-514041
Mobile 07977-495150.
Email:
melkitelondon@gmail.com
Father (Dr.) Robert Gibbons, assistant parish priest
40 Nethercote Road, Thackley OX5 3AT
Tel: 01869-331 186
Mobile 07760 252690
Email:
melkitelondon@gmail.com
Get in Touch
Underground:
- Sloane Square
- Victoria Station
St. Barnabas church is 5 minute-walk from Sloane Square Underground,
and 10 minute-walk from Victoria Station.
Bus Service:
Bus11, Bus 170, Bus 211
Alight at the Pimlico Road stop.
Coach Service:
St. Barnabas church is 2 minute-walk from Victoria Coach Station.