#bathwick

Orthodox Christianity in Britain: St. John of Kronstadt Orthodox Church, Bathwick, England

An Orthodox parish within the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain. Our community is made of people of many nationalities. Our services are all in English, although some litanies are sung in different languages.

We worship at the church of St. John the Baptist, St. John’s Road, Bathwick. Our regular services each week are: Vespers or Vigil: Saturday, 5pm We pray for those affected by the invasion of Ukraine at every service, but we make a particular focus for these intercessions on Saturday evenings. Divine Liturgy: Sunday, 11am On the first Sunday of each month, there will usually be a public celebration of the Proskomedia before the Liturgy, commencing at 10:35am.

The Pulteney Arms, Bathwick, Somerset

I searched high and low for the North Wilts trail and became convinced that one was not lain, today.  So, to kill off a few miles and the remaining time until noon (when the pubs open) I took off up a steep incline above Bathwick and then back toward the city centre looking for the first one with doors open.  Turned out, this was the Pulteney Arms.

I had a lovely pint of Otter and an…