After sixteen years of worshiping in borrowed and rented spaces, Icon Kazan of the Congregation of the Mother of God in Cardiff, Wales, finally has his own church.
The congregation has completed the purchase of the former Rhydyfelin Methodist Church. The building will be converted into an Orthodox church, with additional facilities for the use of the community. In a statement, the diocese claims that work begins in earnest with the handing over of the keys, and youth from around the deanery are already planning to help with the construction.
The purchase follows fifteen months of fundraising, during which the community says it has surpassed its £120,000 target thanks to donors "all over the world".