Schedule of Events for this Week

Week of August 10 2025

Sunday, August 10, 2025

  • 8:40 AM
    9th Sunday after Pentecost. Appearance of the Smolensk “Hodigitria” Icon of the Mother of God. Hours and Bilingual Liturgy. Scripture: for the day: I Corinthians 3: 9-17; Matthew 14: 22-34; for the Theotokos: Philippians 2: 5-11; Luke 10: 38-42.

Monday, August 11, 2025

  • 7:00 PM
    Online catechetical talk with Protodeacon PatrickMitchell. Contact Fr. Patrick Mitchell at protodeaconpatrick@gmail.com for the link to join.

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

  • 7:00 PM
    Slavonic Choir rehearsal
  • 7:30 PM
    Online class on Orthodoxy with Metropolitan Jonah. To join the Zoom class click: https://zoom.us/j/897899985 Password: 333

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

  • 6:30 PM
    Vespers and Matins with the bringing out of the Life-giving Cross of the Lord

Thursday, August 14, 2025

  • Midnight
    RULES of the Dormition Fast: In this Fast, the Church calls upon us to emulate the Mother of God, who, prior to her translation into Heaven, was engaged in fasting and prayer without ceasing. The Dormition Fast is not as strict as Great Lent but is stricter than the Apostles' Fast and the Nativity Fast. On Saturdays and Sundays consuming wine and oil is permitted. According to the Church ustav, eating fish is permitted on the Feast of the Holy Transfiguration of the Lord.
  • 6:40 AM
    Procession of the Precious Wood of the Life-giving Cross of the Lord. Beginning of the Dormition Fast . Holy Maccabean Martyrs. Hours, Liturgy, and Lesser Blessing of the Waters. IСorinthians 1:18–24; John 19: 6–11, 13–20, 25–28, 30-35; for the Martyrs: Hebrews 11: 33-40; Matthew 10: 32–36.
  • 7:00 PM
    English Choir rehearsal

Saturday, August 16, 2025

  • 5:00 PM
    Vigil. 10th Resurrection Gospel: John 21: 1-14.

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