Each year, the Old Catholic Apostolic Church in the United Kingdom holds a 'Principal Service' and a 'Synod' as well as an Auxiliary synod. The other provinces and national churches in the Old Catholic Apostolic Church throughout the world hold similar events for exactly the same reasons.
These are held in different locations to allow as many people to attend, as well as to publicly ordain and recognise our clergy. As a dispersed church of part-time and unpaid (volunteer) clergy these are important events to recognise and re-assure not only our members but the members of other Christian Denominations of the work we do, and of the value of each person working out their calling in Christ.
These are where we ordain our clergy, and where we share learning and fellowship in the same 'space', not only within OCAC, but also the denominations of other churches that we work amongst. We call it 'synod' but in the strict sense they are not that: they are principal services and learning workshops. We welcome members of other churches that would like to attend to be with us at these events.
The 2025 Synod was held in Edinburgh on June 20th, 21st & 22nd.
Friday at St Giles Cathedral, Royal Mile, Edinburgh
Saturday at Liberton Kirk, Edinburgh
Sunday at St Catherine's Well, on the southern outskirts of Edinburgh
Our Auxiliary Synod was held in Swindon in October. Pictures Here.
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2025Auxiliary Synod in Swindon 4th & 5th October
Previous Synods
(Last year's can be seen here)
OCAC UK's 2024 synod was in Bolton, Greater Manchester:
The Friday was at Victoria Hall (Methodist)
Saturday at Claremont Church (Evangelical)
Sunday at St Georges & St Andrew's (URC)
OCAC UK's 2024 Auxiliary Synod was in Exeter.
OCAC UK's 2023 synod was in Bristol
The Friday was in Clifton Cathedral (Roman Catholic)
Saturday at Alma Church (independant)
Sunday at All Saints (Anglo-Catholic)
OCAC UK's 2023 Auxiliary Synod was in North Somerset
OCAC UK's 2022 synod was in Wimborne, Dorset.
The Friday was in the Wimborne Minster (Church of England)
Saturday at Allendale Centre (non-denominational)
Sunday at Wimborne Minster (Church of England)
OCAC UK's 2022 Auxiliary Synod was in Dulwich, South London.
We have held synods in previous years in Chester (including Chester Cathedral), Sheffield, Doncaster, Poole, Sussex, Guildford, Suffolk, Plymouth, Swindon, Lindisfarne, the list goes on...
Please pray for the people that allowed or enabled OCAC to hold synods in their buildings in previous years as well as for this year's OCAC Synod.
