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{{Short description|Church in Brookwood, Surrey, England}}
{{Use Oxford spelling|date=May 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022|cs1-dates=y}}
{{infobox church
| name = Church of St. Edward the Martyr
| other name = St. Edward the Martyr Orthodox Church
| image = St Edward the Martyr Orthodox Church, Brookwood Cemetery, Brookwood (June 2015) (2).JPG
| alt = Church of St. Edward the Martyr
| caption = The church from the southwest
| coordinates = {{coord|51.2995|-0.6241|region:GB-SRY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| osgraw = SU9591256552
| country = [[England]]
| denomination = [[True Orthodoxy]]
| previous denomination = {{ubl|[[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox]],|[[Church of England]]}}
| religious order = Saint Edward Brotherhood
| language(s) = [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Church Slavonic]]
| website = {{URL|saintedwardbrotherhood.org}}
| relics = [[Edward the Martyr]]
| architect = [[London Necropolis Company#Cyril Tubbs|Cyril Tubbs]], Arthur Messer
| completed date = 1909
}}

'''St. Edward the Martyr Orthodox Church''' is a [[True Orthodoxy|True Orthodox]] Church in [[Brookwood, Surrey|Brookwood]], [[Surrey]], [[England]].

The [[monasticism|monastic]] Saint Edward Brotherhood was established at [[Brookwood Cemetery]] in 1982 to prepare and care for a new church in a fitting [[listed building|grade I landscape]]{{r|nh}} in which the [[relic]]s of Saint [[Edward the Martyr]], the king of [[Kingdom of England|England]] who was murdered in 978 and who was succeeded by force by [[Ethelred the Unready]], were eventually enshrined in 1988. It has two communities: 
*A small monastic community who chant the services of the church daily at the [[shrine]].
*'True Orthodox' Christians who form a mission parish.{{r|nn}} These Christians supplement the congregation on Sundays and [[feast day]]s.{{r|seb}}

St. Edward's is currently under the jurisdiction of the [[Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece]] (GOC-K), a [[Greek Old Calendarists]] [[True Orthodoxy|True Orthodox Church]] headed by [[Archbishop]] Kallinikos of [[Athens]].{{r|seb}} It became part of this jurisdiction in 2014 following the merger of the [[Orthodox Church of Greece (Holy Synod in Resistance)]], of which it had been a part since leaving the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] in 2007,{{r|seb}} with the GOC-K.

[[File:Edward the Martyr Plaque Brookwood.jpg|thumb|right|Plaque on the exterior wall to John Edward Wilson-Claridge, who recovered the remains of [[Edward the Martyr]]]]

==Transport links==
;Rail
The church is {{convert|600|m}} south-east of [[Brookwood railway station]] via a main path.
;Road
The church is {{convert|6|mi|0|order=flip}} south of Junction 3 of the [[M3 motorway (Great Britain)|M3]] and is close to the gates of the country's largest cemetery, on the [[A322 road]].{{r|nn}}

==Gallery==
{{gallery|
File:St Edward the Martyr Shrine Brookwood.jpg|The Shrine of St Edward the Martyr|
File:St Edward the Martyr font Brookwood.jpg|The [[baptismal font]]|
File:St Edward the Martyr iconostasis Brookwood.JPG|The [[iconostasis]]
}}

==References==
<references>
{{refn|name="nh"|
{{National Heritage List for England|num=1001265|access-date=2022-05-16}}}}
{{refn|name="nn"|
{{Cite web |title=St Edward the Martyr |url=https://www.tbcs.org.uk/necropolis_notables/st_edward_the_martyr.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220517005359/https://www.tbcs.org.uk/necropolis_notables/st_edward_the_martyr.html |archive-date=2022-05-17 |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=The Brookwood Cemetery Society |language=en-gb}} }}
{{refn|name="seb"|
{{Cite web |title=Saint Edward Brotherhood |url=https://www.saintedwardbrotherhood.org/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220517012801/https://www.saintedwardbrotherhood.org/ |archive-date=2022-05-17 |access-date=2022-05-17 |language=en-gb}}}}
</references>

==External links==
{{commons category|St Edward the Martyr Orthodox Church, Brookwood}}
{{official website|https://www.saintedwardbrotherhood.org}}

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{{Surrey places of worship}}
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[[Category:Churches in Surrey|Brookwood, St Edward]]
[[Category:Greek Orthodox churches in the United Kingdom]]


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