St Seraphim's Trust

11/11/2020

Fakenham Christmas Tree Festival – Fakenham Christmas Tree Festival – Raising Money for Charities

We are excited to take part in the 2020 Fakenham Virtual Christmas Tree Festival. You can read more about the Festival and donate to help support the Quiet Garden at St Seraphim's and the other charities taking part on the link below. Videos will be uploaded every day from 26 November to 3 December. The Christmas tree in the Quiet Garden will look amazing decorated and lit up🎄🌟

https://christmastreefestival.co.uk/

Loving God,We could have sat down and wept for the loss to our community of the Christmas Tree Festival!Thank you for your inspiration and creativity which has given rise to 2020’s virtual Festival.Bless the charities taking part and all who work for the good of others, here and elsewhere.May we a...

18/10/2020

The Quiet Garden at St Seraphim's attracts a wonderful range of insects - here are photos of just a few.

10/10/2020

Introducing Maxine, who has recently moved into the goose quarters at St Seraphim’s. Maxine is a Maned Goose (aka Australian Wood Duck), just like little Max, who visitors to the garden may remember. Welcome Maxine and many thanks to the Trust’s good neighbour John who has worked on making the goose pen more secure so she is safe in her new home.

29/07/2020

Thank you to the players of #NationalLottery. Because of you the Heritage Lottery Emergency Fund could award an emergency grant to St Seraphim’s. Here is some of the work that we do, one of our icon painting workshops, held pre-Covid.
Because of Covid our income from visitors to our lovely little chapel, museum and garden has dropped dramatically. The Heritage Lottery fund will help us to keep going until we can reopen. #thankstoyou 🙏

@TheNationalLotteryUK @HeritageFundUK

14/07/2020

Looks like we are due for a spell of fine summer weather. These lovely photos (courtesy of Zoe) remind us that wet weather can be beautiful too 🌹☔️

08/07/2020

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05/07/2020

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05/07/2020

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05/07/2020

One of the joys of the Quiet Garden is the welcome it offers to everyone. For younger visitors there is a choice of toys for the imagination, as well as the many corners of the garden to explore 😊

05/07/2020

The amazing borders at St Seraphim’s, so much to look at and admire, well loved by bees 🐝 🌺🌸🌼🌾🐝

05/07/2020

A bunch of roses from St Seraphim’s Quiet Garden 🥀 🌹

05/07/2020

A beautiful time of year in the St Seraphim’s Quiet Garden. The end of June is normally time for the annual Garden Party, a lovely event made magical by the huge amount of preparation and generous time given by supporters. Sadly no party this year, but Zoe has captured the beauty of the garden to share. Lots of fabulous pictures to follow, but starting with Sylvia and Wanda, the St Seraphim’s residents.

13/03/2020

Spring flowers - the Quiet Garden is coming to life!
The Trust relies heavily on help from volunteers, including in the garden. If you can offer a couple of hours a week or even once a month to do some weeding or pruning, we would love to hear from you. Please get in touch 😊

09/08/2019

The stunning new Icon and Heritage Gallery at St Seraphim’s. These pictures were taken at the official opening by the Right Reverend Jonathan Meyrick, Bishop of Lynn. It is now open to visitors between 2 and 4 on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Please do come and see the displays which were put together with the help of many volunteers, supporters and friends.

30/06/2019

A special mention to Sue and James, who both worked tirelessly in the heat yesterday. And who were the very last couple to be married in St Seraphim’s Chapel, 30 years ago 👰🤵

30/06/2019

Very hot day yesterday for the Garden Party but the garden was looking gorgeous and there were over 150 visitors! Young and old, all enjoyed the surroundings, the music and the refreshments.

29/06/2019

The marvellous Four in a Bar 🎶 💚

29/06/2019

Everything set up for the Garden Party 😊🌞🌸🌻🐝🍔🧁
Open to everyone

25/06/2019

A really busy weekend coming up for St Seraphim’s, with the annual Garden Party on Saturday followed by Walsingham Open Gardens on Sunday. Please do come and pay a visit to our beautiful garden 🌳🌻🌹🌺🌸🌞

13/06/2019

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01/06/2019

Only a month to go until the annual Garden Party at St Seraphim's on Saturday 29 June. We would love as many people as possible to come and enjoy the beautiful garden and warm friendly atmosphere.

26/05/2019

Thank you to everyone who came to our very first weekend icon painting course on 18/19 May. It was a really happy and fruitful occasion, and we are hoping to do this again in future. Please get in touch if you might be interested.

26/05/2019

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11/12/2018

A few pictures of our new gallery in development. This space was created from two existing rooms on the old station platform and will enable us to display our original hand painted icons for visitors to enjoy.

27/11/2018

The Black Lion Hotel, Norfolk

⭐️ Keep the date free!!!!! 🎄 🎄

We are nearing December and the countdown to Christmas will begin so what better way to get you all in the festive spirit and come to the Black Lion and listen to the Fakenham Town Band

Booked playing date is Saturday 22nd December. 🎶 (time to be announced)

Look forward to seeing you all here 🎄

We want lots of people 🎄

So Why not warm yourself up while you watch them all play with a cup of warm Mulled wine and a warm Mince pie @ £4pp 🎄

19/11/2018

Become a Friend of St Seraphim’s | St. Seraphim's Trust

If you are a Friend of St Seraphim's, you should have received a copy of our latest Newsletter. Quite a full one, as a lot has been going on, including restoration work to the building to make a beautiful new space for our planned icon display.

The Friends of St Seraphim’s was formed to help protect the important heritage of St Seraphim’s. Originally Walsingham Station on the Wells and Fakenham Railway, this historic building now houses an Orthodox chapel and Icon and Railway Heritage Museum. These are managed by a small charity, St Seraphim’s Trust. You can find out more about the Friends of St Seraphim’s on our website, and become part of something special for just £10 a year!
http://iconpainter.org.uk/get-involved/become-a-friend-of-st-seraphims/

Friends of St Seraphim’s support the activities of the Trust and the future developments at St Seraphim’s Chapel. If you are interested in getting involved you can use the leaflet or complete the form at the bottom of this page.

18/11/2018

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17/11/2018

Lovely autumn colours in the old station garden at St Seraphim’s today, alongside the last of the summer’s flowers

02/09/2018

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05/07/2018

A few pictures from last week’s garden party. Thanks to everyone that came for making it such an enjoyable event, and of course special thanks to the helpers without whom it could not happen.

30/06/2018

The lovely music of ‘Four in a Bar’ in the equally lovely setting of the St Seraphim’s Quiet Garden at today’s Garden Party. ☀️🎷🎼🎹🌺🥀

29/06/2018

Looking like a great day for a garden party tomorrow....Join us for food, music and sunshine! ☺️☀🍰🌭️🌻🌼🌸🎼🎷

24/06/2018

Only a few days before St Seraphim’s annual Garden Party. Please join us to enjoy the garden, lovely music, good food and fine company 😊. You can even meet Darcey Bussell and Prince Albert.
Saturday 30 June 2-5pm
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(Darcey is a beautiful red rose and Prince Albert is a traditional variety of apple tree)

12/06/2018

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10/06/2018

St Seraphim's Trust is working on a book about the history of the building and its evolution from Walsingham Station and home to the station master and his family, to Orthodox chapel and icon studio, and its latest incarnation as Chapel, Railway and Icon Museum and Quiet Garden. We would like to hear from anyone who has memories from any of those stages, but especially from when it was a working station. As the station closed in 1964 such memories are increasingly rare and precious.
Please contact through this page or write to St Seraphim's Trust, Station Road, Walsingham NR22 6DG.