Welcome to the Orthodox Parish of St Aidan & St Chad, Nottingham.

We exist to love and worship God and joyfully to do His will for us, and for each other, in all situations, as revealed in Christ and in ongoing Tradition.
The heart of the Christian Gospel is nothing less than this - that God entered His Creation for love of all His creatures, and became Man so that we may live in Him. In the words of St Athanasius, 'He was made man that we might be made divine' (De Incarnatione, 54,3).

We are part of the worldwide Orthodox Church, which can trace its history back to the very beginning in the historical events related to the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles. It is the continuation of the original Church of Christendom and was the Universal Church until the Great Schism in 1054. We are part of the Orthodox Church in Great Britain and Ireland, under the jurisdiction of The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. Although our principal language is English, we follow the Russian Tradition. Our members include people from many Orthodox countries as well as British people. We continue to be open to all Orthodox and all who wish to embrace or learn of the Orthodox Faith.

Services are held regularly. Please check  our Services and Events page (click here). 

A little information about visiting us: 

• You are welcome here. We are always honoured to have visitors join us for prayer and worship.
• All of our services are in English with some Church Slavonic and Greek. Our main community language is English, though you might hear many other languages spoken. 
• Our children worship with us. If you have young children, they are welcome here, too. If you need to step to the back of the Church with your child for any reason, you are not disturbing us. We hope that Christian children will be raised in the Church and to do that, they have to be in the Church.​
• You won’t be asked to do anything which would make you feel uncomfortable. We also don’t expect visitors to contribute anything to the financial support of our Church, parish or our programmes.
• If you need any assistance at all, please let us know. We are here to be of service to you! 

christ is risen! He is risen indeed!

Христосъ воскресе! Воистину воскресе! 

Χριστὸς ἀνέστη! Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη!