The Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh Foundation (MASF.org.uk) is a body of independent trustees whose principal task is to collect together and publish the writing of the late Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh (1914 – 2003)
The list of workshops for this year's Conference and Festival is now available for people who have applied to give us their preferences - either online at the website, or by downloading a hard copy, and sending the completed form to Irina Gusarova (her contact details can be found on the form).
In this newsletter we would like to remind you that the deadline for the conference applications is 31 March 2015. This year this is a strict date, as High Leigh now use different method for entering data. Exceeding our deadline to register the names of the people attending with High Leigh, will mean possible cancelation of the whole conference.
Beloved brothers and sisters, dear children in the Lord,
Our Lord Jesus Christ grafts us into His body, inviting us to become saints, “just as He is holy.” (1 Peter 1.16) Our Creator wants us to be in communion with Him in order to taste His grace, which is to participate in His sanctity. Communion with God is a life of repentance and holiness ; whereas estrangement from God, or sin, is identified by the Church Fathers with “evil of the heart.” Sin is not natural, but derives from evil choice” (Theodoret of Cyrus, Dialogue 1, Immutabilis, PG 83.40D) or from the evil spirit, since “no one sins, who promises faith,” according to Ignatius of Antioch, the “God-bearer.”
On 13 February 2015, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, at the proposal of His Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew unanimously elected the very reverend Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Throne, Jean (Renneteau) as bishop of Charioupolis as auxiliary bishop to the Patriarch.
It is essential to the nature of the UK Deanery’s Conference and Festival - as the reflection of the whole body of the church - that everyone who wishes to, regardless of financial status, should be able to attend. Prices at the Conference Centre are fair, but are higher than many are able to afford.
1. I was in prison and you visited me… 2. Poitiers (France) Pastoral visit 3. The Parish of Poitiers 4. Saint Hilary of Poitiers 315-367 5. The relics of St Hilary 6. First Liturgy 7. Ordinations
Contents: 1. Christmas message of archbishop Job of Telmessos 2. Great is God in his Saints — Maastricht (Pays-Bas) 3. The Story of a Link between Orthodox Communities in England and Uganda 4. Fifty years of the Crypt of the St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Paris
Dear Fathers, beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Year after year, the approach of the Feast of Christ’s Nativity fills with joy Christians who are preparing to celebrate this solemn Mystery. And it is right to so rejoice, for the prophecy of Isaiah has been fulfilled: today, "unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given" (Isaiah 9.6). In truth, the feast we are celebrating today is the feast of the God Who gives Himself by becoming incarnate and humbled for the life of the world. This is precisely what the Apostle John the Theologian declares, saying: "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." (John 3:16). Without this sacrificial gift from God, humanity would never have been able to truly know God and unite with Him, as much as this is possible for human nature, and so have access to the Heavenly Kingdom.
In this newsletter we would like to remind you that the deadline for the conference applications is 31 March 2015. This year this is a strict date, as High Leigh now use different method for entering data. Exceeding our deadline to register the names of the people attending with High Leigh, will mean possible cancelation of the whole conference. 
It is essential to the nature of the UK Deanery’s Conference and Festival - as the reflection of the whole body of the church - that everyone who wishes to, regardless of financial status, should be able to attend. Prices at the Conference Centre are fair, but are higher than many are able to afford.
