Holiday Schedule - Christmas and Theophany – January 2011

  Day       New           Old          Time           Service

                Style         Style

Sunday before Christmas, 32nd after Pentecost, Ancestors of Christ, Tone 7

  Sat        1 Jan   19 Dec        6:30 pm       Vigil

  Sun       2 Jan    20 Dec        9:30 am       Hours and Confession

                                               10:00 am       Divine Liturgy

CHRISTMAS – The Nativity of our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ

  Thu      6 Jan    24 Dec        9:30 am       Royal Hours, Christmas Eve – Strict fast

                                                  5:00 pm       Holy Supper in the Church Hall (lenten)

                                                  6:30 pm       Vigil with Great Compline and Litya

  Fri         7 Jan    25 Dec        9:30 am       Hours and Confession

                                               10:00 am       Divine Liturgy

                                               12:00 noon    Festive Trapeza,

Nativity Season – The Twelve Days of Christmas: From Christmas Day to the Eve of Theophany we do not fast on Wednesday and Friday. However, the Eve of Theophany, 18 January (5 January), is a strict fast, like Great Lent.

Sunday after Christmas, 33rd after Pentecost, Tone 8

  Sat        8 Jan    26 Dec        6:30 pm       Vigil

  Sun       9 Jan    27 Dec        9:30 am       Hours and Confession

                                               10:00 am       Divine Liturgy

Holy Innocents Killed by Herod

  Tue    11 Jan    29 Dec        6:30 pm       Moleben

Circumcision of our Lord, St Basil the Great and Old Calendar New Year 2011

  Thu    13 Jan    31 Dec        6:30 pm       Vespers with Litya and Moleben for the New Year

St Seraphim of Sarov

  Sat     15 Jan      2 Jan        1:00 pm       Moleben

Sunday Before Theophany, 34th after Pentecost, Tone 1, Early Service

  Sat     15 Jan      2 Jan        3:00 pm       Vigil – Early service

  Sun    16 Jan      3 Jan        9:30 am       Hours and Confession

                                               10:00 am       Divine Liturgy

THEOPHANY – The Baptism of our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ

  Tue    18 Jan      5 Jan        9:30 am       Royal Hours, Theophany Eve – Strict fast

                                                  6:30 pm       Vigil with Litya and Blessing of Waters

  Wed   19 Jan      6 Jan        9:00 am       Hours

                                                  9:30 am       Divine Liturgy

                                               11:30 am       Great Blessing of Waters                            

                                                  2:00 pm       Blessing of homes begins (see attached schedule)                               

Sunday after Theophany, 35th after Pentecost, Tone 2

  Sat     22 Jan      9 Jan        6:30 pm       Vigil

  Sun    23 Jan    10 Jan        9:30 am       Hours and Confession

                                               10:00 am       Divine Liturgy

                                               12:30 pm       Sisterhood Pelmeni

St Nina

  Thu    27 Jan    14 Jan        6:30 pm       Moleben

36th Sunday after Pentecost, St Antony the Great, Tone 3

  Sat     29 Jan    17 Jan        6:30 pm       Vigil

  Sun    30 Jan    17 Jan        9:30 am       Hours and Confession

                                               10:00 am       Divine Liturgy