Friday 1st December 2006
[ 18 Nov ]
FAST DAY
Martyr Plato of Ancyra (c 306).
Martyr Romanus the Deacon, of Caesarea, and the youth Barulas, of Antioch (303).
St Mawes, Bishop in Cornwall and Brittany (5th).
2 Thessalonians 3:6-18; Luke 13:31-35
Saturday 2nd December 2006
[ 19 Nov ] - 5:30pm - VIGIL
FAST DAY - Fish, Wine, Oil allowed.
Prophet Obadiah (Abdias 9th BC).
Martyr Barlaam of Caesarea in Cappadocia (c 304).
St Egbert, Archbishop of York (766).
St Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow (1867).
St Hilarion the Georgian, Wonderworker of Thessalonica (875).
Galatians 1:3-10; Luke 9:37-43
Sunday 3rd December 2006
[ 20 Nov ] - 10am - Hours & DIVINE LITURGY - 5:30pm - VIGIL
FAST DAY - Fish, Wine, Oil allowed.
Tone 8 - 25th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST.
Forefeast of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple.
St Gregory Decapolites (816).
St Proclus, Archbishop of Constantinople (446-447).
St Edmund, King of East Anglia and Martyr (869).
MATINS
(III) Mark 16:9-20
LITURGY
Ephesians 4:1-6; Luke 10:25-37
+St Proclus:
LITURGY
Hebrews 7:26-8:2; John 10:9-16
Monday 4th December 2006
[ 21 Nov ]
FAST DAY - Fish, Wine, Oil allowed.
THE ENTRY OF THE MOST HOLY THEOTOKOS INTO THE TEMPLE.
Protopresbyter Alexander (of New York) (1937).
St Columban (Columbanus) the Younger, Abbot and Missionary (616).
+Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple:
VESPERS
(1) Exodus 40:1-5,9,10,16,34-35;
(2) 3[1] Kings 7:51; 8:1,3-7,9-11
(3) Ezekiel 43:27-44:4
MATINS
Luke 1:39-49,56
LITURGY
Hebrews 9:1-7; Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28
Tuesday 5th December 2006
[ 22 Nov ]
FAST DAY - Wine, Oil allowed.
Afterfeast of the Entry Into the Temple.
Apostles of the Seventy Philemon and Archippus, Martyr Apphia, wife of Philemon and Equal-to-the-Apostles, and Onesimus, disciple of St Paul (1st).
Martyrdom of St Michael, Prince of Tver (1318).
Martyrs Cecilia, Valerian, Tiburtius, and Maximus, at Rome (c 230).
St Kallistos Xanthopoulos, Patriarch of Constantinople (1397).
1 Timothy 1:8-14; Luke 14:25-35
From Monday: 1 Timothy 1:1-7; Luke 14:12-15
+Apostles Philemon and Archippus, Martyr Apphia and St Onesimus:
LITURGY
Philemon 1:1-12; Luke 10:1-15
Wednesday 6th December 2006
[ 23 Nov ] - 6:30pm - Service of Intercession and Akathist to St John the Wonderworker
FAST DAY
Afterfeast of the Entry into the Temple.
St Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconium (394).
St Gregory, Bishop of Agrigentum (6th-7th).
St Columbanus of Ireland, Abbot of Luxeuil and Bobbio (615).
St Deiniol the Younger (c 615).
Repose of St Alexander Nevsky (1263).
St Metrophanes (in schema Macarius), Bishop of Voronezh (1703).
1 Timothy 1:18-20,2:8-15; Luke 15:1-10
+St Gregory, Bishop of Agrigentum:
LITURGY
Hebrews 13:7-16; Matthew 24:42-47
+Repose of St Alexander Nevsky:
LITURGY
Galatians 5:22-6:2; Matthew 11:27-30
Thursday 7th December 2006
[ 24 Nov ]
FAST DAY - Fish, Wine, Oil allowed.
Afterfeast of the Entry into the Temple.
Great Martyr Catherine of Alexandria (305-313) .
Great Martyr Mercurius of Caesarea in Cappadocia (3rd) .
St Colman, Bishop of Cloyne (c 606).
1 Timothy 3:1-13; Luke 16:1-9
+Great-Martyr Catherine :
LITURGY
Ephesians 6:10-17; Luke 21:12-19
Friday 8th December 2006
[ 25 Nov ]
Leavetaking of the Entry into the Temple.
Hieromartyr Clement, Pope of Rome (101) .
Hieromartyr Peter, Archbishop of Alexandria (311) .
St Clement, Bishop of Ochrid and Enlightener of the Bulgarians (916).
St Alnoth of Stowe, Hermit and Martyr (Northamptonshire) (c 700).
1 Timothy 4:4-8,16; Luke 16:15-18,17:1-4
+Leavetaking of Entry into the Temple:
LITURGY
Hebrews 9:1-7; Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28
+Hieromartyr Clement:
LITURGY
Philippians 3:20-4:3; Matthew 5:14-19
LITURGY
Galatians 3:23-4:5; Mark 5:24-34
Saturday 9th December 2006
[ 26 Nov ] - 5:30pm - VIGIL
FAST DAY - Fish, Wine, Oil allowed.
St Alypius the Stylite of Adrianopolis (7th).
St Nikon, Preacher of Repentance (998).
Repose of St Innocent, First Bishop of Irkutsk (1731).
St James the Solitary of Syria (457).
New Martyr George of Chios (1807).
Galatians 3:8-12; Luke 9:57-62
+Repose of St Innocent:
VESPERS
(1) Isaiah 35:1-10
(2) Wisdom 3:1-9
(3) Wisdom 4:7-15
MATINS
Matthew 5:14-19
LITURGY
Hebrews 7:26-8:2; John 10:9-16
Sunday 10th December 2006
[ 27 Nov ] - 10am - Hours & DIVINE LITURGY
FAST DAY - Fish, Wine, Oil allowed.
Tone 1 - 26th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST.
Great Martyr James the Persian (421).
St James, Bishop of Rostov (1392).
St Gregory of Sinai (and Mt Athos 1346).
St Fergal (Virgil), Bishop of Salzburg (784).
MATINS
(IV) Luke 24:1-12
LITURGY
Ephesians 5:9-19; Luke 12:16-21
+Great-Martyr James the Persian:
LITURGY
Ephesians 6:10-17; John 15:17-16:2
Monday 11th December 2006
[ 28 Nov ]
FAST DAY
Monk Martyr and Confessor Stephen the New of Mt St Auxentius (767).
Martyr Irenarchus and Seven Women Martyrs at Sebaste (303).
1 Timothy 5:1-10; Luke 17:20-25
+Martyr Stephen the New:
LITURGY
2 Timothy 1:8-18; Matthew 10:23-31
Tuesday 12th December 2006
[ 29 Nov ]
FAST DAY - Wine, Oil allowed.
Martyr Paramon and 370 Martyrs in Bithynia (250).
St Saturninus, Bishop of Toulouse, Martyr (250).
Martyr Philoumenus of Ancyra, and with him Martyrs Valerian and Phaedrus (c 274).
St Acacius of Sinai, who is mentioned in "The Ladder" (7th) .
St Brendan of Birr (573).
1 Timothy 5:11-21; Luke 17:26-37
Wednesday 13th December 2006
[ 30 Nov ] - 6:30pm - Service of Intercession and Akathist to St John the Wonderworker
FAST DAY - Wine, Oil allowed.
Holy and All-Praised Apostle Andrew the First-called (62).
St Frumentius, Archbishop of Abyssinia (Ethiopia c 380).
St Tudwal, Bishop in Wales and Brittany (6th).
1 Timothy 5:22-6:11; Luke 18:15-17,26-30
+Holy and All-Praised Apostle Andrew:
VESPERS
(1) 1 Peter 1:1-2:6
(2) 1 Peter 2:21-3:9
(3) 1 Peter 4:1-11
MATINS
Matthew 4:18-23
LITURGY
1 Corinthians 4:9-16; John 1:35-51
Thursday 14th December 2006
[ 1 Dec ]
FAST DAY - Wine, Oil allowed.
Prophet Nahum (7th BC).
Righteous Philaret the Merciful of Amnia in Asia Minor (792).
1 Timothy 6:17-21; Luke 18:31-34
Friday 15th December 2006
[ 2 Dec ]
FAST DAY
Prophet Habakkuk (Abbacum, Avakkum 7th BC).
St Athanasius 'the Resurrected' of the Kiev Caves, whose relics are in the near caves (1176).
St Stephen-Urosh V, King of Serbia (1371) and St Helen of Serbia.
2 Timothy 1:1-2,8-18; Luke 19:12-28
Saturday 16th December 2006
[ 3 Dec ] - 5:30pm - VIGIL
FAST DAY - Fish, Wine, Oil allowed.
Prophet Zephaniah (Sophonias 635-605 BC).
St Theodoulos, Eparch of Constantinople (c 440).
St Sabbas, Abbot of Zvenigorod, disciple of St Sergius of Radonezh (1406).
St John the Silent of St Sabbas' monastery (558).
St Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester, Apostle of Wessex (649-650) .
Galatians 5:22-6:2; Luke 10:19-21
Sunday 17th December 2006
[ 4 Dec ] - 10am - Hours & DIVINE LITURGY
FAST DAY - Fish, Wine, Oil allowed.
Tone 2 - 27th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST.
Great Martyr Barbara and Martyr Juliana, at Heliopolis in Syria (c 306).
St John of Damascus (776).
New Martyr Seraphim at Phanarion (1601).
St Gennadius, Archbishop of Novgorod (1504).
MATINS
(V) Luke 24:12-35
LITURGY
Ephesians 6:10-17; Luke 13:10-17
+Great-Martyr Barbara:
LITURGY
Galatians 3:23-4:5; Mark 5:24-34
Monday 18th December 2006
[ 5 Dec ]
FAST DAY - Fish, Wine, Oil allowed.
St Sabbas the Sanctified (532).
St Gurias, Archbishop of Kazan (1563).
2 Timothy 2:20-26; Luke 19:37-44
+St Sabbas the Sanctified:
VESPERS
(1) Wisdom 3:1-9
(2) Wisdom 5:15-6:3
(3) Wisdom 4:7-15
MATINS
Luke 6:17-23
LITURGY
Galatians 5:22-6:2; Matthew 11:27-30
Tuesday 19th December 2006
[ 6 Dec ]
FAST DAY - Fish, Wine, Oil allowed.
St Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia (c 345).
2 Timothy 3:16-4:4; Luke 19:45-48
+St Nicholas the Wonderworker:
VESPERS
(1) Proverbs 10:7,6; 3:13-16; 8:6,32,34-5,4,12,14,17,5-9; 1:23; 15:4
(2) Proverbs 10:31-11:12
(3) Wisdom 4:7-15
MATINS
John 10:1-9
LITURGY
Hebrews 13:17-21; Luke 6:17-23
Wednesday 20th December 2006
[ 7 Dec ] - 6:30pm - Service of Intercession and Akathist to St John the Wonderworker
FAST DAY
St Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (397).
St Gregory, Founder of Grigoriou monastery (Mt Athos 14th).
St Nilus of Stolbensk Lake (1554).
St Anthony, Abbot of Siya (Novgorod 1558).
St John, Faster of the Kiev Caves (12th).
2 Timothy 4:9-22; Luke 20:1-8
Thursday 21st December 2006
[ 8 Dec ]
FAST DAY - Wine, Oil allowed.
St Patapius of Thebes (8th).
Holy Apostles of the Seventy: Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas, Tychicus, Epaphroditus, and Onesiphorus (1st).
St Cyril, Abbot of Chelmogorsk (1367).
Titus 1:5-2:1; Luke 20:9-18
Friday 22nd December 2006
[ 9 Dec ]
FAST DAY - Wine, Oil allowed.
The Conception by the Righteous Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos.
Prophetess Anna (Hannah), mother of the Prophet Samuel (1100 BC).
St Sophronius, Archbishop of Cyprus (6th) .
St Stephen the "New Light" of Constantinople (912).
Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, "Unexplained Joy".
Titus 1:15-2:10; Luke 20:19-26
+Conception of the Theotokos:
LITURGY
Galatians 4:22-31; Luke 8:16-21
Saturday 23rd December 2006
[ 10 Dec ] - 5:30pm - VIGIL
FAST DAY - Fish, Wine, Oil allowed.
Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes, and Eugraphus of Alexandria (c 313).
St Joasaph, Bishop of Belgorod (1754).
Martyr Gemellus of Paphlagonia (361).
Ephesians 1:16-23; Luke 12:32-40
+Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes and Eugraphus:
LITURGY
Ephesians 6:10-17; Luke 21:12-19
Sunday 24th December 2006
[ 11 Dec ] - 10am - Hours & DIVINE LITURGY
FAST DAY - Fish, Wine, Oil allowed.
Tone 3 - 28th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST.
Sunday of the Holy Forefathers.
St Daniel the Stylite of Constantinople (489-490).
St Nikon the Dry of the Kiev Caves (Near Caves 12th).
St Luke the New Stylite of Chalcedon (970-980).
MATINS
(VI) Luke 24:36-53
+Sunday of the Holy Forefathers:
LITURGY
Colossians 3:4-11; Luke 14:16-24
Monday 25th December 2006
[ 12 Dec ]
FAST DAY - Fish, Wine, Oil allowed.
St Spyridon the Wonderworker, Bishop of Tremithus (c 348).
Hieromartyr Alexander, Bishop of Jerusalem (251).
Martyr Synesius of Rome (270-275).
St Therapontes, Abbot of Monza (1597).
St Finnian, Bishop of Clonard (c 549).
St Colman of Glendalough (659).
Hebrews 3:5-11,17-19; Luke 20:27-44
+St Spyridon the Wonderworker:
LITURGY
Ephesians 5:8-19; John 10:9-16
Tuesday 26th December 2006
[ 13 Dec ]
FAST DAY - Fish, Wine, Oil allowed.
St German (Herman) of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America (1836).
Martyrs Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius, and Orestes, at Sebaste (4th).
Virgin-Martyr Lucy of Syracuse (304).
St Arsenios of Latros (9th).
Hieromartyr Gabriel I, Patriarch, at Bursa (1659).
Hebrews 4:1-13; Luke 21:12-19
+St German (Herman) of Alaska:
VESPERS
(1) Wisdom 3:1-9
(2) Wisdom 5:15-6:3
(3) Wisdom 4:7-15
MATINS
11:27-30
LITURGY
Galatians 5:22-6:2; Luke 6:17-23
+Martyrs Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius and Orestes:
LITURGY
Ephesians 6:10-17; Luke 21:12-19
Wednesday 27th December 2006
[ 14 Dec ] - 6:30pm - Service of Intercession and Akathist to St John the Wonderworker
FAST DAY
Martyrs Thyrsus, Leucis and Callinicus of Apollonia (249-251).
St Venantius Fortunatus, Bishop of Poitiers (7th).
St Hybald, Abbot in Lincolnshire (7th).
Hebrews 5:11-6:8; Luke 21:5-7,10-11,20-24
Thursday 28th December 2006
[ 15 Dec ]
FAST DAY - Fish, Wine, Oil allowed.
Hieromartyr Eleutherius, Bishop of Illyria, and his mother, Martyr Anthia (2nd).
St Stephen (Stephan) the Confessor, Bishop of Sourozh in the Crimea (8th).
St Paul of Latros (955).
Synaxis of the Crimean Saints.
Hebrews 7:1-6; Luke 21:28-33
+Hieromartyr Eleutherius and Martyr Anthia:
LITURGY
2 Timothy 1:8-18; Mark 2:23-3:5
Friday 29th December 2006
[ 16 Dec ]
FAST DAY
Prophet Haggai (Aggaeus 520 BC).
Martyr Marinus of Rome (3rd).
St Eusebius of Vercellae, Martyr (371).
Blessed Empress Theophano (Theophania) of Byzantium(893-894).
Hebrews 7:18-25; Luke 21:37-22:8
Saturday 30th December 2006
[ 17 Dec ] - 5:30pm - VIGIL
FAST DAY - Fish, Wine, Oil allowed.
Holy Prophet Daniel and the Three Holy Children: Ananias, Azarias, and Misael (600 BC).
St Dionysius of Zakynthos, Bishop of Aegina, the Wonderworker (1624).
St Daniel the Confessor (in Schema Stephen) of Spain and Egypt (10th).
Ephesians 2:11-13; Luke 13:18-29
+Holy Prophet Daniel and the three Holy Children:
LITURGY
Hebrews 11:33-12:2; Luke 11:47-12:1
Sunday 31st December 2006
[ 18 Dec ] - 10am - Hours & DIVINE LITURGY
FAST DAY - Fish, Wine, Oil allowed.
Tone 4 - 29th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST.
Sunday before the Nativity of Christ.
Sunday of Genealogy.
Martyr Sebastian at Rome and his companions (c 287).
St Modestus, Patriarch of Jerusalem (633-634).
St Winnibald, Abbot and Missionary (761).
MATINS
(VII) John 20:1-10
+Sunday Before the Nativity of Christ:
VESPERS
(1) Genesis 14:14-20
(2) Deuteronomy 1:8-11,15-17
(3) Deuteronomy 10:14-21
LITURGY
Hebrews 11:9-10,17-23,32-40; Matthew 1:1-25 ~
