THE Select Vestry of St Mary’s Church of Ireland in Killarney has dedicated a new area in the side chapel for the use of members of Orthodox tradition in Killarney.
It is designated by an Iconostasion or plinth and Orthodox Christians are invited to visit at any time to pray.
Normally, each Friday at 6pm, the Rector of Killarney, Archdeacon, the Venerable Simon J Lumby, recites the Orthodox Jesus Prayer Liturgy and invites any of the Orthodox faith and others to join him in this ancient form of prayer.
There is a significant number of people living and working in Killarney who have grown up in the Orthodox tradition of the Christian Faith. They have usually emigrated to Ireland from Eastern Europe and countries bordering on the Mediterranean.
“There are no Orthodox Churches close to Killarney so it seems fitting that the Orthodox community is made welcome in our churches by the provision of a dedicated space for their own distinctive prayers and liturgies,” said Archdeacon Lumby.
The space set aside in St Mary’s – the Church of the Sloes – is in the South Transept Chapel area.
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