# The Edinburgh Orthodox Community of St Andrew

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC040613
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Unincorporated association
- **Registered:** June 26, 2009
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC040613


## Contact

- **Address:** 2 Meadow Lane, Edinburgh
- **Postcode:** EH8 9NR
- **Website:** http://www.edinburgh-orthodox.org.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals&#x27;,&#x27;It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations&#x27;,&#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of religion&#x27;

**What the charity does:** To give right worship to the One God in Three Persons and to establish churches for such worship. to preserve and teach the holy Orthodox Faith. to receive according to the rites of the Holy Orthodox Church all those who freely decide and sincerely desire to adopt that Faith and to live according to is spiritual &amp; moral teachings. to undertake charitable work for the benefit of those who need financial assistance, including those suffering persecution. to provide welfare of the poor. to visit the sick and imprisoned. to provide Christian burial for those Orthodox who die in Scotland without financial means and who are not in the pastoral care of any Orthodox Community. to pray for the living and the dead. As well as offering worship to God and religious education for our members and all those interested, we offer our facilities to the Greek School under the name of Edinburgh Hellenic School of St Andrew. The School opens its doors to children and adults of Greek and other nation.

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;No specific group, or for the benefit of the community&#x27;

**Objectives:** Aims of the Community - To give right worship to the One God in Three Persons and to establish churches for such worship. to preserve and teach the Holy Orthodox Faith as defined at I (iii) above. to receive according to the rites of the Holy Orthodox Church all those who freely decide and sincerely desire to adopt that Faith, and to live according to its spiritual and moral teachings. to undertake charitable work for the benefit of those who need financial assistance, including those suffering persecution. to provide for the welfare of the poor. to visit the sick and imprisoned. and to provide Christian burial for those Orthodox who die in Scot land without financial means and who are not in the pastoral care of any other Orthodox Community. to pray for the living and the dead, and to advance education.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Midlothian
- **Geographical spread:** More than one local authority area in Scotland






