Regular services
On the 2nd Sunday of each month during the winter months at 6.00pm, we have a full Anglican Communion service at the Amphitheatre in Pissouri. From June through to September, there is also a service on the 4th Sunday of the month at 6pm.
Due to the shape of the room under the Amphitheatre, the congregation is sometimes seated in a curve. As the room is used for other activities during the week, everything needed for the service, including the chairs, has to be set up.
If you receive Communion in your home church, you are welcome to receive the bread and the wine, (only intincted bread during Covid-19 restrictions), or you can receive a blessing if you are not sure.
[For those still unable or reluctant to attend a live service, you can join in the Zoom service from St Barnabas at 10am every Sunday. Please go to the St Barnabas website for the link.]
Dates for 2023
| January 8th | Service at Pine Bay Centre not the Amphitheatre |
| February | No service |
| March 12th | |
| April 9th* | *Easter Sunday. Service to be held at Kyrenia Beach at 1pm. |
| May 14th, 18th** & 28th | **Ascension Day service at Hill View Restaurant at 8am |
| June 11th & 25th | |
| July 9th*** & 23rd | ***Anniversary of Inauguration (t.b.c.) |
| August 13th & 27th | |
| September 10th & 24th | |
| October 8th | |
| November 12th | Remembrance Sunday |
| December 10th & 24th**** | ****Christmas Eve |
Special services
At various times throughout the year, we have additional or special services from the normal monthly or bi-monthly services. These usually include:
At Easter we hold an open-air service on the beach in Pissouri Bay or at another local beach. (See Outreach, Easter Beach Service for more details).
Ascension Day is an early morning open-air, (weather permitting), Eucharist service held in a high place, usually at a local restaurant. (See a report of our service in 2023, here).
A Carol Service is usually held on the 2nd Sunday in December at the Pine Bay Centre in Pissouri at 6pm. This service attracts people from outside our usual congregation, and is followed by complimentary refreshments befitting the season.
On Christmas Eve we have a 6.00pm Holy Communion service, and then the Chaplain races back to Limassol to do it all over again at St Barnabas.
Baptismal services. These can be held by arrangement with our minister. For more information, please go to the Life Events, Baptisms page here.
Confirmation services. These can be held by arrangement with our minister. For more information, please go to the Life Events, Confirmation page here.
Other services. On occasions during the year (when it’s warm enough!), St Lazarus joins with the congregation of St Barnabas for a picnic lunch followed by a Holy Communion or Evensong service at the church of St George-in-the-Forest, which is set in the Troodos Mountains.
Our Resident Priest
Fr. Ian Nicholson and his wife Carol arrived in Limassol at the end of October 2020. He was licensed by Archbishop Michael on 19 January 2021, (after deferrals due to Covid-19 restrictions). The start of his ministry was somewhat disrupted by the pandemic, however before normal services resumed, he was able to engage with the congregations of St Lazarus and St Barnabas via Zoom, and continues to do so for those still reluctant / unable to attend church.
Our place of worship….
