St Fursey's Christian Orthodox Church, Stalham.
Having moved into the area, I was thrilled to find this unusual little church tucked away in the middle of the Norfolk Broads and thought it would make a great addition to the Church Micro series.
St Fursey’s Church is an Orthodox Christian community in Stalham, Norfolk, serving the beautiful Norfolk Broads area of England.
The parish's patron saint, St Fursey, lived only 20 miles from the town and established his monastery in the nearby ruins of a Roman fortress, Burgh Castle, in the 600’s. He endeavoured to bring Christianity to the pagan Anglo-Saxon people in this part of England, and his profound Christ-like life and example earned him a place in the Venerable Bede's 'Ecclesiastical History'.
In 2017 the need for new, purpose-built premises to accommodate a growing church community led to the purchase of the old police station on Yarmouth Road in Stalham and work began converting it for Orthodox worship. The church was consecrated by His Eminence Silouan, Metropolitan Archbishop of the British Isles and Ireland, on Saturday 25th February 2023.
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