Governing document THE GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF SAINTS RAPHAEL NICHOLAS & IRENE
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
TRUST DEED DATED 23 DEC 2023 DATED 23 DEC 2023
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION OF THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH AND TRADITION AS CONTAINED IN HOLY SCRIPTURE, AS INTERPRETED BY THE (SEVEN) ECUMENICAL COUNCILS (AND THE LOCAL COUNCILS) AND AS IT IS SAFEGUARDED AND TAUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRACTICE AND ORDER OF THE GREAT CHURCH OF CHRIST OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE OF CONSTANTINOPLE BY THE PRESERVATION OF THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OF THE GOSPEL IN THE DIVINE LITURGY AND THE PASTORING OF THE FAITHFUL THROUGH SACRED SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TYPICON OF THE GREAT CHURCH OF CHRIST, AND WHICH ARE TO BE CARRIED OUT BY CANONICAL CLERGYMEN, AS WELL AS BY SERMONS AND CATECHETICAL SCHOOLS WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRE ENGLISH OR OTHER LANGUAGES MAY BE USED. THE ACQUISITION, PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE SACRED CHURCH OF THE COMMUNITY FOR THE WORSHIP OF THE TRIADIC GOD AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOLS FOR THE TEACHING OF GREEK ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN EDUCATION, CATECHISM AND TRADITION