Eastern Orthodoxy in the Republic of Ireland

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Not to be confused with Oriental Orthodoxy in the Republic of Ireland.

Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Ireland (

Eastern Orthodox Christians in the Republic of Ireland. Within Ireland, there are several formally organized parishes belonging to various autocephalous churches, primarily the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, the Romanian Orthodox Church, and the Russian Orthodox Church
.

History

Some Eastern Orthodox propose the theory that the Church in Ireland had experienced a long period of impaired communication and communion with the

Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia and the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church claim that pre-schism Ireland was therefore in communion with the Orthodox Church and in recognition of this sometimes include Irish saints in their commemorations. Some congregations have dedicated church buildings to Irish saints, particularly within Western Rite Orthodoxy.[6][7][8]

Modernity

The Russian Orthodox tradition was brought to Ireland in the 1920s by the

Moscow Patriarchate
in the 2000s. Greek and Romanian Orthodox churches were first established in Dublin in 1981 and 2000 respectively. All three jurisdictions serve mostly eastern European and Greek immigrants, along with a number of Irish-born converts. Due largely to immigration from Eastern Europe, especially Romania, the number of Orthodox Christians in the Republic of Ireland has doubled in recent years.[9]

Russian Orthodox Church in Ireland

Russian Orthodoxy came to Ireland in the aftermath of the

White Russian refugees arrived in small numbers and settled throughout the country. The Russian Orthodox Divine Liturgy was held in various locations around the Dublin quays by visiting priests from England.[citation needed
] In the mid-1960s,
immigrants, and Irish-born converts from a Dublin house chapel until his death in May 1977.[10]

In the early 1990s, work began on Ireland's first Orthodox church to be built since the Schism. The church, situated in

Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia was assigned to the Parish of St Colman's in Stradbally where weekly services are now held.[12]

The late 1990s saw an influx of people to Ireland from eastern Europe. The Russian Orthodox Church began its activities in Ireland in 1999 with monthly liturgies at the Greek Church on

Cork and Galway
.

Greek Orthodox Church in Ireland

In 1981, the

Greek Orthodox parish of Our Lady of the Annunciation was established in the former St Mary's Church, Dublin 1, which had been given over by the Church of Ireland. On 24 May of that year, the Greek Orthodox archbishop of Great Britain and Ireland consecrated and elevated the building to the status of a cathedral. When these premises were declared unsafe in 1986, the parish transferred to a house chapel in Artane. In November of that same year, the Church of Ireland transferred another of its defunct churches, in Ranelagh, for Greek Orthodox use. In 1994 the first permanent church was consecrated in Arbour Hill, Dublin.[15] The adjacent hall in Arbour hill is used by the Hellenic Community of Ireland for the delivery of Greek language classes.[16] The community is currently served by Irish born Father Thomas Carroll
.

Romanian Orthodox Church in Ireland

Jesuit Fathers. In June 2005, the Church of Ireland made Christ Church Leeson Park in Dublin 4 available for the use of the Romanian Orthodox community. The Church celebrates The Exaltation of Holy Cross. It serves around 1,500 people in the Dublin area, around 120 of whom worship in two new parishes. Fr. Godfrey O'Donnell
, who helped establish the church service in Dublin in 2001, became the first Irish-born priest ordained into the Romanian Church in 2004.

From 2010, the Romanian Orthodox parish of Ballsbridge had been operating from two alternative locations in Blanchardstown: three recently appointed priests hold the liturgy there every Sunday. The parish has a full calendar of weekday activities, with an evening mass on Wednesdays and Fridays, and special masses are held for each of the celebrations of the Romanian Orthodox calendar. On 9 April 2006, a fourth priest in Ireland was ordained with responsibility for two new parishes in Cork and Galway (where services are conducted in the Anglican St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church). In 2010 Fr Ioan Irineu Craciun relocated to the Romanian Community after 29 years ministering to Greek Orthodox in Arbour Hill. In 2017, the Romanian Orthodox Church moved from Blanchardstown when it opened its new church, The Church of the Annunciation, on Western Way, Broadstone, Dublin D07 FA38.[17] The first mass was said in Western Way in March 2017 in the presence of the Romanian ambassador.[18] There are also occasional Romanian Orthodox liturgies in Tipperary, Tralee, Killorglin and Navan.

2019 saw the establishment of an orthodox monastery,[19] The Life-Giving Spring, in Shannonbridge, Co. Offaly, dedicated to St. Ciaran of Clonmacnoise, by a group of Romanian nuns.[20][21] The property Ard Ciaran was formerly a retreat centre run by the Catholic Ursuline Order.[22]

Other Orthodox Churches

In addition, the

Antiochian Orthodox Church has parishes in Ireland and their number continues to grow (Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of the British Isles and Ireland). Divine Liturgy is served every second Sunday in the Month at the Church of the Holy Rosary Chapel Street Castlebar by the clergy. While growth in the number of members was due to converts from other denominations, in recent years a number of refugees from Syria have increased its membership.[23]

The Serbian Orthodox Church has one missionary parish in Dublin, under the jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Britain and Scandinavia.[24]

The Georgian Apostolic Orthodox Church in Ireland serves mostly emigrants from Georgia; since May 2012, services have been conducted in the Catholic Carmelite community church in Avila in Dublin.[25]

See also

References

  1. ^ Orthodox Europe website, Orthodox Ireland page
  2. ^ "A Brief History of the Irish Orthodox Church". orthodoxinfo.com.
  3. ^ News, Nftu (6 June 2015). "The Belief of the Ancient Irish Church in the Bloodless Sacrifice and Real Presence". NFTU. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "Orthodoxy in Ireland is both old and new". The Irish Times. 9 May 2000. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  5. Encyclopedia Britannica
    . Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Russian Orthodoxy Opens Church To St. Patrick, Other Western Saints". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty.
  7. ^ "Russian Church to continue adding Western saints to its calendar".
  8. ^ "Home". Bealeton, VA: St. Patrick Orthodox Church. Archived from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Number of Orthodox Christians in Ireland DOUBLES in Five Years". Journey To Orthodoxy. 10 July 2013.
  10. ^ "Orthodox Ireland - Fr Nicholas Couris". 28 July 2003. Archived from the original on 28 July 2003.
  11. ^ "St. Colman of Oughaval Russian Orthodox church". www.st-colman-church.org. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  12. ^ "Russian Orthodox St. Colman of Oughaval Church". www.st-colman-church.org. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  13. ^ "Russian School of Music | The Best of Russian Music Teaching Traditions in Ireland".
  14. ^ "The ruling bishop of the Diocese of Sourozh visited Ireland - Diocese of Sourozh". Archived from the original on 28 September 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  15. ^ Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation Arbour Hill - St Bricins park Dublin 7 Buildings of Ireland.
  16. ^ Greek Orthodox Church - Hellenic Community of Ireland.
  17. ^ Romanian Orthodoxy Finds a New Home on Western Way by Cónal Thomas, Dublin Inquirer, May 31, 2017.
  18. ^ First newly build Romanian Orthodox Church www.dryseal.ie
  19. ^ Romanian Church Acquires Property for Monastery in Ireland www.orthochristian.com, December 23, 2020.
  20. ^ The Orthodox Monastery of the Life-Giving Spring
  21. ^ Orthodox Womens Monastery in Ireland by Rod Dreher, American Conservative, September 10, 2020.
  22. ^ Shannonbridge: leave-taking and welcome www.ursulines.ie February 20, 2020.
  23. Irish Catholic
    , October 5, 2017
  24. ^ "SPC-DERBY.org.uk : Ireland". SPC-Derby.org.uk.
  25. ^ Georgian Orthodox Church - Official Website

External links

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