Sunday 1st April 2007
[ 19 Mar ] - 10am - Hours & DIVINE LITURGY
FAST DAY - Fish, Wine, Oil allowed.
ENTRY OF OUR LORD INTO JERUSALEM (Palm Sunday).
Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria, and those with them, at Rome: Claudius, Hilaria, Jason, Maurus, Diodorus the Presbyter, and Marianus the Deacon (283).
St Innocent of Komel, disciple of St Nilus of Sora (Vologda 1521).
VESPERS
(1) Genesis 49:1-2,8-12;
(2) Zephaniah 3:14-19;
(3) Zechariah 9:9-15
MATINS
Matthew 21:1-11,15-17
LITURGY OF ST JOHN CHRYSOSTOM
Philippians 4:4-9; John 12:1-18
Monday 2nd April 2007
[ 20 Mar ] - 6:00pm - BRIDEGROOM SERVICE
FAST DAY
PASSION WEEK.
GREAT AND HOLY MONDAY.
Commemoration of the Blessed Joseph the All-Righteous, and of the fig tree that was cursed by the Lord.
Martyr Photini (Svetlana), the Samaritan Woman, and her sons: Martyrs Victor and Joses (c 66).
St Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, Bishop (687).
The Holy Fathers who were slain at the monastery of St Sabbas: SS. John, Sergius, Patrick and others (796).
St Herbert, Hermit of Derwentwater (687).
MATINS
Matthew 21:18-43
SIXTH HOUR:
Ezekiel 1:1-20
VESPERS
Exodus 1:1-20; Job 1:1-12
LITURGY OF THE PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS
Matthew 24:3-35
Tuesday 3rd April 2007
[ 21 Mar ] - 6:00pm - BRIDEGROOM SERVICE
FAST DAY
PASSION WEEK.
GREAT AND HOLY TUESDAY.
Commemoration of the Parable of the Ten Virgins.
St James the Confessor, Bishop of Catania (8th-9th).
St Cyril, Bishop of Catania (1st-2nd).
St Thomas, Patriarch of Constantinople (610).
St Lupicinus, desert-dweller of the Jura Mountains (Gaul) (480).
St Enda of Inishmore, Abbot of Aran (530).
MATINS
Matthew 22:15-23:39
SIXTH HOUR:
Ezekiel 1:21-2:1
VESPERS
Exodus 2:5-10; Job 1:13-22
LITURGY OF THE PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS
Matthew 24:36-26:2
Wednesday 4th April 2007
[ 22 Mar ] - 6:00pm - BRIDEGROOM SERVICE
FAST DAY
PASSION WEEK.
GREAT AND HOLY WEDNESDAY.
Commemoration of the Sinful Woman who anointed the Lord with myrrh.
Hieromartyr Basil of Ancyra (362-363).
St Paul, Bishop of Narbonne (1st).
Martyr Drosida (Drosis) of Antioch, daughter of the Emperor Trajan, and five Nuns (104).
St Isaac, Founder of the Dalmatian monastery at Constantinople (4th).
St Failbhe, Abbot of Iona (7th).
MATINS
John 12:17-50
SIXTH HOUR:
Ezekiel 2:3-3:3
VESPERS
Exodus 2:11-22; Job 2:1-10
LITURGY OF THE PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS
Matthew 26:6-16
Thursday 5th April 2007
[ 23 Mar ] - 10.00 am VESPERS WITH THE DIVINE LITURGY -
6:00pm MATINS WITH THE TWELVE GOSPELS
FAST DAY - Wine, Oil allowed.
PASSION WEEK.
GREAT AND HOLY THURSDAY.
Celebration of the Washing of the Feet, the Mystical Supper, the Prayer in Gethsemane, and the Betrayal.
Martyr Nikon and 199 disciples with him in Sicily (251).
St Nikon, Abbot of the Kiev Caves (1088).
New Martyr Luke at Mytilene (Mt. Athos) (1802).
MATINS
Luke 22:1-39
FIRST HOUR:
Jeremiah 11:18-12:5,9-11,14-15
VESPERS
(1) Exodus 19:10-19;
(2) Job 38:1-23; 42:1-5;
(3) Isaiah 50:4-11
LITURGY OF ST BASIL
1 Corinthians 11:23-32; Matthew 26:1-20; John 13:3-17; Matthew 26:21-39; Luke 22:43-45; Matthew 26:40-27:2
AT THE WASHING OF THE FEET
John 13:1-11
AFTER WASHING OF THE FEET
John 13:12-17
Friday 6th April 2007
[ 24 Mar ] - 4:00pm VESPERS WITH THE TAKING OUT OF THE WINDING SHEET -
6:30 pm MATINS WITH THE LAMENTATIONS/ VIGIL OF THE ANNUNCIATION
STRICT FAST
PASSION WEEK.
GREAT AND HOLY FRIDAY.
Celebration of the Holy and Redeeming Passion of the Lord.
Forefeast of the Annunciation.
St Artemius (Artemon), Bishop of Seleucia (1st-2nd).
St Zachariah the Recluse (13th-14th).
St Macartan (Aedh MacCairthinn), Bishop of Clogher (5th).
Hieromartyr Parthenios III, Patriarch, at Constantinople (1657).
HOLY FRIDAY (Thursday evening):
THE TWELVE PASSION GOSPELS
(1) John 13:31-18:1;
(2) John 18:1-28;
(3) Matthew 26:57-75;
(4) John 18:28-19:16;
(5) Matthew 27:3-32;
(6) Mark 15:16-32;
(7) Matthew 27:33-54;
(8) Luke 23:32-49;
(9) John 19:25-37;
(10) Mark 15:43-47;
(11) John 19:38-42;
(12) Matthew 27:62-66
ROYAL HOURS:
FIRST HOUR:
Zechariah 11:10-13; Galatians 6:14-18; Matthew 27:1-56
THIRD HOUR:
Isaiah 50:4-11; Romans 5:6-11; Mark 15:16-41
SIXTH HOUR:
Isaiah 52:13-54:1; Hebrews 2:11-18; Luke 23:32-49
NINTH HOUR:
Jeremiah 11:18-23; 12:1-5,9-11,14-15; Hebrews 10:19-31; John 18:28-19:37
VESPERS
(in the afternoon):
(1) Exodus 33:11-23;
(2) Job 42:12-16;
(3) Isaiah 52:13-54:1;
EPISTLE
1 Corinthians 1:18-2:2;
GOSPEL
Matthew 27:1-38; Luke 23:39-43; Matthew 27:39-54; John 19:31-37; Matthew 27:55-61
Saturday 7th April 2007
[ 25 Mar ] - 9:30 am VESPERS AND DIVINE LITURGY - 11:15 pm MIDNIGHT SERVICE, PASCHAL MATINS AND DIVINE LITURGY
FAST DAY - Wine allowed.
PASSION WEEK.
GREAT AND HOLY SATURDAY.
Celebration of the Burial of the Lord and His Descent into Hell.
THE ANNUNCIATION TO OUR MOST HOLY LADY, THE THEOTOKOS AND EVER-VIRGIN MARY.
MATINS
(Friday evening):
Ezekiel 37:1-14;
EPISTLE
1 Corinthians 5:6-8; Galatians 3:13-14;
GOSPEL
Matthew 27:62-66
VESPERAL-LITURGY OF ST BASIL
(1) Genesis 1:1-13;
(2) Isaiah 60:1-16;
(3) Exodus 12:1-11;
(4) The Book of Jonah;
(5) Joshua 5:10-15;
(6) Exodus 13:20-15:19;
(7) Zephaniah 3:8-15;
(8) 1 Kings 17:8-24;
(9) Isaiah 61:10-62:5;
(10) Gensis 22:1-18;
(11) Isaiah 61:1-9;
(12) 2 Kings 4:8-37;
(13) Isaiah 63:11-64:5;
(14) Jeremiah 31:31-34;
(15) Daniel 3:1-23 and the Song of the Holy Children (Apocrypha);
LITURGY
Romans 6:3-11; Matthew 28:1-20
Acts of the Holy Apostles from early evening until Paschal Matins
+The Annunciation:
VESPERS
(1) Genesis 28:10-17
(2) Ezekiel 43:27-44:4
(3) Proverbs 9:1-11
MATINS
Luke 1:39-49,56
VESPERS
Exodus 3:1-8 Proverbs 8:22-30
LITURGY
Hebrews 2:11-18; Luke 1:24-38
Sunday 8th April 2007
[ 26 Mar ] - 4:00 pm EASTER VESPERS
FAST-FREE WEEK
HOLY PASCHA - THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST.
(Beginning of the Pentecostarion).
Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel.
Hieromartyr Irenaeus, Bishop of Sirmium in Hungary (304).
St Basil the New, Anchorite, near Constantinople (10th).
MATINS
Mark 16:1-8
LITURGY
Acts 1:1-8; John 1:1-17
GREAT-VESPERS
John 20:19-25
Monday 9th April 2007
[ 27 Mar ]
FAST-FREE
BRIGHT WEEK.
BRIGHT MONDAY.
Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica (3rd-4th).
Martyrs Manuel and Theodosius (304) .
St John the Anchorite, of Egypt (394-395).
Acts 1:12-17; 21-26; John 1:18-28
Tuesday 10th April 2007
[ 28 Mar ]
FAST-FREE
BRIGHT WEEK.
BRIGHT TUESDAY.
Newly-Revealed Martyrs Raphael, Nicholas, and Irene of Lesbos (1463).
Monk-Martyrs of St David of Garesja Monastery in Georgia.
St Hilarion the New, Abbot of Pelecete (c 754).
St Stephen the Wonderworker, Abbot of Tryglia (9th).
Acts 2:14-21; Luke 24:12-35
Wednesday 11th April 2007
[ 29 Mar ]
FAST-FREE
BRIGHT WEEK.
BRIGHT WEDNESDAY.
Hieromartyr Mark, Bishop of Arethusa, Martyr Cyril the Deacon, of Heliopolis, and others who suffered under Julian the Apostate (c 364).
St Gladys (Gwladys) and her husband St Gwynllyn (6th).
Acts 2:22-36; John 1:35-51
Thursday 12th April 2007
[ 30 Mar ]
FAST-FREE
BRIGHT WEEK.
BRIGHT THURSDAY.
St John Climacus of Sinai, author of "The Ladder" (7th).
Prophet Joad (III Kings 13:11. 10thBC) who dwelt in Bethel.
Apostles Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas, and Epaphroditus, of the Seventy (1st).
St Eubula, mother of St Panteleimon (c 303).
St Osburga of Coventry, Virgin (c 1015).
St Sophronius, Bishop of Irkutsk (1771).
Acts 2:38-43; John 3:1-15
Friday 13th April 2007
[ 31 Mar ]
FAST-FREE
BRIGHT WEEK.
BRIGHT FRIDAY.
The Lifegiving Spring of the Holy Theotokos.
St Hypatius the Wonderworker, Bishop of Gangra (c 326).
Repose of St Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia (1461).
Repose of St Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas (1879).
Appearance of the Iveron (Iberian) Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.
Acts 3:1-8; John 2:12-22
+The Lifegiving Spring of the Most Holy Theotokos:
Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28
[ Blessing of Water ]
Saturday 14th April 2007
[ 1 Apr ] - 5:30pm - VIGIL
FAST-FREE
BRIGHT WEEK.
BRIGHT SATURDAY.
St Mary of Egypt (522).
St Euthymius of Suzdal, Monk (1404).
Acts 3:11-16; John 3:22-33
Sunday 15th April 2007
[ 2 Apr ] - 10am - Hours & DIVINE LITURGY
Tone 1 - 2nd SUNDAY OF PASCHA : ANTI-PASCHA.
St Thomas Sunday.
St Titus the Wonderworker (9th).
MATINS
(I) Matt. 28:16-20
LITURGY
Acts 5:12-20; John 20:19-31
Monday 16th April 2007
[ 3 Apr ]
Finding of the Holy and Wonderworking Icon of the Theotokos 'Chrysafitissis' in Monemvasia.
St Nicetas the Confessor, Abbot of Medikion (824).
Virgin-Martyr Theodosia of Tyre, and Martyr Irene (307-308).
Acts 3:19-26; John 2:1-11
Tuesday 17th April 2007
[ 4 Apr ]
Day of Rejoicing.
Commemoration of the Dead (Radonitsa).
St George of Mt Maleon in the Peleponnesus (9th).
St Zosimas, of Palestine (4th).
Virgin-Martyr Pherbutha of Persia, her sister and servants (341-343).
St Isidore, Bishop of Seville (636).
St Joseph the Hymnographer (883) .
St Joseph the Much-Ailing, of the Kiev Caves (14th).
Acts 4:1-10; John 3:16-21
+Commemoration of the Dead (Radonitsa):
1 Corinthians 15:39-57; John 5:24-30
[ After the Liturgy, requiem services in the cemeteries ]
Wednesday 18th April 2007
[ 5 Apr ]
FAST DAY - Wine, Oil allowed.
Translation of the relics of Job, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1652).
St Mark the Anchorite, of Athens (400).
Martyrs Agathopodes the Deacon, Theodulus the Reader, and those with them, at Thessalonica (c 303) .
St Theodora of Thessalonica (892).
St Plato the Confessor, Abbot of the Studion (814) .
St Ethelburga, Princess of Kent, Abbess of Lyminge (647).
Acts 4:13-22; John 5:17-24
Thursday 19th April 2007
[ 6 Apr ]
St Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (582).
St Platonida (Platonis) of Nisibis (Syria 308).
St Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Archbishop of Moravia and Enlightener of the Slavs (885).
St Elstan (Elfstan), Bishop of Ramsbury (981).
Acts 4:23-31; John 5:24-30
Friday 20th April 2007
[ 7 Apr ]
FAST DAY - Wine, Oil allowed.
Martyrs Rufinus the Deacon, Aquilina, and 200 soldiers with them at Sinope (c 310).
St George the Confessor, Bishop of Mytilene (9th).
St Daniel, Abbot of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski (1540).
St Brynach, Hermit of Pembroke (5th).
Acts 5:1-11; John 5:30-6:2
Saturday 21st April 2007
[ 8 Apr ] - 5:30pm - VIGIL
Holy Apostles of the Seventy: Herodion, Agabus, Asyncritus, Rufus, Phlegon, Hermes, and those with them (1st).
St Celestine, Pope of Rome (432).
St Niphon, Bishop of Novgorod (1156).
Acts 5:21-33; John 6:14-27
Sunday 22nd April 2007
[ 9 Apr ] - 10am - Hours & DIVINE LITURGY
Tone 2 - 3rd SUNDAY OF PASCHA.
All Saints of Thessalonica.
The Holy Myrrh-bearing Women: Mary Magdalene, Mary the wife of Cleophas, Joanna, Salome the mother of the sons of Zebedee, Susanna, and Mary and Martha the sisters of Lazarus.
Righteous Joseph of Arimathaea and Nicodemus.
Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea in Cappadocia (362).
Martyrs Desan the Bishop, Mariabus the Presbyter, Abdiesus, and 270 others in Persia (363-364).
Monk Martyr Bademus (Vadim) of Persia (376).
St Nathy, Founder-Abbot of Achonny (Sligo) (610).
MATINS
(III) Mark 16:9-20
LITURGY
Acts 6:1-7; Mark 15:43-16:8
Monday 23rd April 2007
[ 10 Apr ]
Martyrs Terence, Pompeius, Africanus, Maximus, Zeno, Alexander, Theodore, Macarius, and 33 others, beheaded at Carthage (3rd).
Martyrs James the Presbyter, and Azadanes and Abdicius, Deacons, of Persia (c 380).
Hieromartyr Gregory V, Patriarch of Constantinople (1821).
Monk-Martyrs Becca (Beocca) and Hethor at Chertsey, Martyrs under the Danes (870).
Acts 6:8-7:5,47-60; John 4:46-54
Tuesday 24th April 2007
[ 11 Apr ]
Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum, disciple of St John the Theologian (92).
Martyrs Processus and Martinian of Rome (1st).
St Guthlac, Hermit and Wonderworker of Crowland (714).
St James, Abbot of Zheleznoborov (1442) and his companion Ascetic St James (15th).
St Callinicus of Cernica, Bishop of Rimnicului in Romania (1868).
The Appearance of the Most Holy Theotokos at Pochaev ("The Footprint").
Acts 8:5-17; John 6:27-33
Wednesday 25th April 2007
[ 12 Apr ]
FAST DAY - Wine, Oil allowed.
St Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parium (8th).
Hieromartyr Zeno, Bishop of Verona (c 260).
Acts 8:18-25; John 6:35-39
Thursday 26th April 2007
[ 13 Apr ]
Martyrs Dada, Maximus, and Quinctilian, at Dorostolum (286).
Hieromartyr Artemon, Presbyter, of Laodicea in Syria (303) .
Martyr Crescens of Myra in Lycia.
Woman Martyr Thomais of Alexandria (5th) .
Acts 8:26-39; John 6:40-44
Friday 27th April 2007
[ 14 Apr ]
FAST DAY - Wine, Oil allowed.
Martyr Ardalion the Actor, who suffered under Maximian (3rd).
St Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome (655) .
Martyrs Anthony, John and Eustathius of Vilna (Lithuania 1347).
Acts 8:40-9:19; John 6:48-54
Saturday 28th April 2007
[ 15 Apr ] - 5:30pm - VIGIL
Martyrs Basilissa and Anastasia of Rome, disciples of the Apostles Peter and Paul (1st).
Apostles of the Seventy: Aristarchus, Pudens and Trophimus (c 67) .
St Ruadhan, Hermit and Abbot of Lothra, Ireland (584).
Acts 9:19-31; John 15:17-16:2
Sunday 29th April 2007
[ 16 Apr ] - 10am - Hours & DIVINE LITURGY
Tone 3 - 4th SUNDAY OF PASCHA.
The Paralysed Man.
Holy New Martyr Theodore of Byzantium, who died at Mytilene (1784).
All Saints of Euboea.
Virgin-Martyrs Agape, Irene and Chionia, in Illyria (304).
Martyrs Leonidas, Chariessa, Nice, Galina, Callista (Calisa), Nunechia, Basilissa, Theodora, and Irene, of Corinth (258).
MATINS
(IV) Luke 24:1-12
LITURGY
Acts 9:32-42; John 5:1-15
Monday 30th April 2007
[ 17 Apr ]
Hieromartyr Simeon, Bishop in Persia, and those with him (344).
Martyr Adrian of Corinth (251).
St Acacius, Bishop of Melitene (c 433).
St Agapetus, Pope of Rome (536).
St Zosimas, Abbot of Solovki (1478).
Uncovering the relics of St Alexander, Abbot of Svir (1641).
Repose of St Macarius of Corinth (1805).
Hieromartyr St Donnan of Eigg with fifty-two others (616).
Acts 10:1-16; John 6:56-69
