| Date |
Day |
Tone |
Matins
Gospel |
Description |
| January 1 |
Sat |
|
|
Circumcision of the
Lord; Feast of St. Basil the Great
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy - Moleben to Saint Basil |
| January 2 |
Sun |
7 |
10 |
Sunday before Theophany
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| January 5 |
Wed |
|
|
Royal
Hours of Theophany (adapted) |
| January 6 |
Thu |
* |
* |
Theophany of Our Lord
Vespers with
Divine Liturgy - Great Compline - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Great Blessing of Water |
| January 7 |
Fri |
|
|
Synaxis of the holy Forerunner, Prophet and Baptist John
Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| January 9 |
Sun |
8 |
11 |
Sunday after Theophany
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| January 14 |
Fri |
|
|
Leave-taking of Theophany |
| January 16 |
Sun |
1 |
1 |
Thirty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Vespers (samohlasen)
- Divine
Liturgy |
| January 23 |
Sun |
2 |
2 |
Thirty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Vespers - Divine
Liturgy
|
| January 30 |
Sun |
3 |
3 |
Thirty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost; Feast of the Three Holy
Bishops: Basil
the Great,
Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom; Sunday of Zacchaeus
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| February 2 |
Wed |
|
|
Meeting of Our Lord
with Simeon and Anna
Vespers - Matins - Divine
Liturgy |
| February 6 |
Sun |
4 |
4 |
Sunday of the Publican
and the Pharisee
Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine
Liturgy |
| February 13 |
Sun |
5 |
5 |
Sunday of the Prodigal
Son
Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| February 19 |
Sat |
|
|
First All-Souls'
Saturday (commemoration of the departed)
Divine Liturgy - Parastas
|
| February 20 |
Sun |
6 |
6 |
Meatfare Sunday
Vespers (samohlasen)
- Matins - Divine
Liturgy
|
| February 26 |
Sat |
|
|
Cheesefare Saturday (commemoration of all holy ascetics)
Divine Liturgy |
| February 27 |
Sun |
7 |
7 |
Cheesefare Sunday
Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine
Liturgy - Sunday evening Vespers |
| February 28 - April 8 |
|
|
|
The Great Fast
Sunday Evening Vespers -
Daily
Matins - Third and
Sixth Hour - Great Compline
Liturgy
of the Presanctified Gifts - see the Presanctified books for propers |
| February 28 - March 6 |
|
|
|
First Week of the Great
Fast |
| March 5 |
Sat |
|
|
First Saturday of the Great Fast (commemoration of the miracle of Saint Theodore)
Divine Liturgy - Parastas |
| March 6 |
Sun |
8 |
8 |
First Sunday of the
Great Fast (Sunday of Orthodoxy)
Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine
Liturgy - Sunday
afternoon
Vespers |
| March 7-13 |
|
|
|
Second Week of the Great
Fast |
| March 9 |
Wed |
|
|
Forty Holy Martyrs of Sebaste
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts |
| March 12 |
Sat |
|
|
Second All-Souls'
Saturday (commemoration of the departed)
Divine Liturgy - Parastas |
| March 13 |
Sun |
1 |
9 |
Second Sunday of the
Great Fast
Vespers - Matins - Divine
Liturgy (Palamas) - Sunday
afternoon
Vespers |
| March 14-20 |
|
|
|
Third Week of the Great
Fast |
| March 19 |
Sat |
|
|
Third All-Souls'
Saturday (commemoration of the departed)
Divine Liturgy - Parastas |
| March 20 |
Sun |
2 |
10 |
Third Sunday of
the Great Fast (Veneration of the Holy
Cross)
Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Veneration of the Cross - Divine
Liturgy - Sunday
afternoon
Vespers |
| March 21-27 |
|
|
|
Fourth Week of the Great
Fast |
| March 25 |
Fri |
|
|
Annunciation of the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary
Matins - Vespers with Divine Liturgy (samohlasen - short) |
| March 26 |
Sat |
|
|
Leave-taking of Annunciation; Synaxis of Gabriel the Archangel
Divine Liturgy |
| March 27 |
Sun |
3 |
11 |
Fourth Sunday
of the Great Fast (St. John Climacus)
Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine
Liturgy - Sunday
afternoon
Vespers |
| March 28 - April 3 |
|
|
|
Fifth Week of the Great
Fast |
| March 31 |
Thu |
|
|
Matins
of the Great Canon of Repentence of St. Andrew of Crete |
| April 2 |
Sat |
|
|
Akathistos Saturday
Divine Liturgy - Akathist Hymn |
| April 3 |
Sun |
4 |
1 |
Fifth Sunday of
the Great Fast (Saint Mary of Egypt)
Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Life of St. Mary of Egypt - Divine
Liturgy - Sunday
afternoon
Vespers |
| April 4-8 |
|
|
|
Sixth Week of the Great
Fast (which ends on Friday) |
| April 9 |
Sat |
|
|
Lazarus Saturday
Divine
Liturgy |
| April 10 |
Sun |
* |
|
Palm (Flowery) Sunday
Vespers - Matins - Blessing
of Psalms - Divine Liturgy - Sunday
evening Vespers (complete) |
| April 11-16 |
|
|
|
Great and Holy
Week |
| April 11 |
Mon |
|
|
Great and Holy Monday
Bridegroom
Matins |
| April 12 |
Tue |
|
|
Great and Holy Tuesday
Bridegroom
Matins |
| April 13 |
Wed |
|
|
Great and Holy Wednesday
Bridegroom
Matins - Holy Anointing (troparia) |
| April 14 |
Thu |
|
|
Great and Holy Thursday
Matins - Vespers
and Divine Liturgy of St. Basil (propers only) |
| April 15 |
Fri |
|
|
Great and Holy Friday
Matins - Royal Hours (music) - Office of Readings - Vespers |
| April 16 |
Sat |
|
|
Great and Holy Saturday
Matins - Vespers and Divine Liturgy |
| April 17 |
Sun |
* |
- |
PASCHA:
The Resurrection of our
Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ
Midnight Office - Matins (text only) - Divine Liturgy - Paschal Hours - Vespers |
| April 18-23 |
|
|
|
Bright Week
Matins (Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Saturday) - Paschal Hours - Vespers |
| April 23 |
Tue |
|
|
Bright Saturday; Great Martyr George the
Wonder-worker
Vespers - Divine Liturgy
|
| April 24 |
Sun |
1 |
1 |
Thomas Sunday
Vespers - Matins - Divine
Liturgy |
| May 1 |
Sun |
2 |
3 |
Sunday of the
Myrrh-bearing Women
Vespers - Matins - Divine
Liturgy |
| May 8 |
Sun |
3 |
4 |
Sunday of the Paralytic
Vespers - Matins - Divine
Liturgy |
| May 11 |
Wed |
|
|
Mid-Pentecost
Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| May 15 |
Sun |
4 |
7 |
Sunday of the Samaritan
Woman
Vespers - Matins - Divine
Liturgy |
| May 22 |
Sun |
5 |
8 |
Sunday of the Man Born
Blind
Vespers - Matins - Divine
Liturgy |
| May 25 |
Wed |
|
|
Leave-taking of Pascha |
| May 26 |
Thu |
|
|
The Ascension of our Lord,
God and Savior Jesus Christ
Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| May 29 |
Sun |
6 |
10 |
Sunday of the Fathers of
the First Nicean Council
Vespers - Matins - Divine
Liturgy |
| June 4 |
Sat |
|
|
Memory of all Faithful
Departed (fifth All Souls Saturday)
Divine Liturgy - Parastas |
| June 5 |
Sun |
* |
|
Pentecost Sunday
Vespers - Matins - Divine
Liturgy - Moleben to the Holy Spirit - Sunday
afternoon Vespers (complete) |
| June 11 |
Sat |
|
|
Leave-taking of Pentecost |
| June 12 |
Sun |
8 |
1 |
Sunday of All Saints
Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine
Liturgy |
| June 13 - June 28 |
|
|
|
The Apostles' Fast |
| June 19 |
Sun |
1 |
2 |
Second Sunday after
Pentecost, and the Holy Apostle Jude
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine
Liturgy |
| June 24 |
Fri |
|
|
Birth of the Holy Prophet, Apostle and Forerunner John
Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| June 26 |
Sun |
2 |
3 |
Third Sunday after
Pentecost
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine
Liturgy |
| June 29 |
Wed |
|
|
The Holy Apostles
Peter and Paul
Vespers - Matins
(complete service) - Divine
Liturgy |
| July 3 |
Sun |
3 |
4 |
Fourth Sunday after
Pentecost
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine
Liturgy |
| July 4 |
Mon |
|
|
Independence Day (United States)
Divine Liturgy |
| July 10 |
Sun |
4 |
5 |
Fifth Sunday after
Pentecost; Anthony of the Caves
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine
Liturgy |
| July 17 |
Sun |
5 |
6 |
Sixth Sunday after
Pentecost; Fathers of the first six Ecumenical Councils
Vespers - Divine
Liturgy |
| July 20 |
Wed |
|
|
Holy Prophet Elijah
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| July 24 |
Sun |
6 |
7 |
Seventh Sunday after
Pentecost
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine
Liturgy |
| July 31 |
Sun |
7 |
8 |
Eighth Sunday after
Pentecost
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine
Liturgy |
| August 1-14 |
|
|
|
Dormition Fast
Paraklesis |
| August 1 |
Thu |
|
|
Procession of the Holy Cross
Lesser Blessing of Water |
| August 6 |
Wed |
|
|
The Transfiguration of the
Lord
Vespers - Matins - Divine
Liturgy |
| August 7 |
Sun |
8 |
9 |
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, and postfestive day of the Transfiguration
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| August 14 |
Sun |
1 |
10 |
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, and prefestive day of the Dormition
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| August 15 |
Mon |
|
|
The Dormition of the
Mother
of God
Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine
Liturgy |
| August 21 |
Sun |
2 |
11 |
Eleventh Sunday after
Pentecost, and post-festive day of the Dormition
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine
Liturgy |
| August 28 |
Sun |
3 |
1 |
Twelfth Sunday after
Pentecost
Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| August 29 |
Mon |
|
|
Beheading of Saint John
the Baptist
Vespers - Divine
Liturgy |
| September 1 |
Thu |
|
|
Beginning of the Church
Year
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| September 4 |
Sun |
4 |
2 |
Thirteenth Sunday after
Pentecost
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| September 8 |
Thu |
|
|
Nativity of the Mother
of God
Vespers - Matins - Divine
Liturgy |
| September 11 |
Sun |
5 |
3 |
Sunday before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| September 14 |
Wed |
|
|
Exaltation of the Holy
Cross
Vespers (samohlasen)
- Matins - Divine
Liturgy -Veneration of the Cross (additional stichera) -Moleben |
| September 18 |
Sun |
6 |
4 |
Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| September 19 |
Mon |
|
|
We begin the continuous
reading of the Gospel of Saint Luke
at the
Divine Liturgy, which will continue until the Great Fast. |
| September 25 |
Sun |
7 |
5 |
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy
|
| October 1 |
Sat |
|
|
Protection of the
Mother of God
Vespers (samohlasen)
- Divine
Liturgy |
| October 2 |
Sun |
8 |
6 |
Seventeenth Sunday
after Pentecost
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine
Liturgy |
| October 9 |
Sun |
1 |
7 |
Eighteenth Sunday
after Pentecost
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine
Liturgy |
| October 16 |
Sun |
2 |
8 |
Sunday of the Fathers of
the Seventh Ecumenical Council
Vespers - Divine
Liturgy |
| October 23 |
Sun |
3 |
9 |
Twentieth Sunday after
Pentecost
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine
Liturgy |
| October 26 |
Wed |
|
|
Holy Great-martyr
Demetrius
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine
Liturgy |
| October 30 |
Sun |
4 |
10 |
Twenty-first Sunday
after Pentecost
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine
Liturgy |
| October 31 |
Mon |
|
|
Holy Martyr Theodore
Romzha, Bishop of Mukachevo
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy - Moleben |
| November 6 |
Sun |
5 |
11 |
Twenty-second Sunday
after Pentecost
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine
Liturgy |
| November 8 |
Tue |
|
|
The Holy Archangel
Michael and all the Angelic Powers
Vespers (samohlasen)
- Divine
Liturgy |
| November 13 |
Sun |
6 |
1 |
Twenty-third Sunday
after Pentecost; Holy Father John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine
Liturgy
|
November 15 -
December 24 |
|
|
|
St. Phillip's
Fast
Emmanuel
Moleben (supplement) |
| November 20 |
Sun |
7 |
2 |
Twenty-fourth Sunday
after Pentecost
Vespers (samohlasen)
- Divine
Liturgy |
| November 21 |
Mon |
|
|
Entrance of the Mother
of God into the Temple
Vespers (samohlasen)
- Matins - Divine
Liturgy |
| November 24 |
Thu |
|
|
Thanksgiving Day
Divine
Liturgy - Moleben |
| November 27 |
Sun |
8 |
3 |
Twenty-fifth Sunday
after Pentecost
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine
Liturgy |
| December 4 |
Sun |
1 |
4 |
Twenty-sixth Sunday
after Pentecost
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine
Liturgy |
| December 6 |
Tue |
|
|
Holy Father Nicholas,
Archbishop of Myra
Vespers (samohlasen)
- Matins - Divine
Liturgy - Moleben |
| December 8 |
Thu |
|
|
Maternity of Holy Anna
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine
Liturgy |
| December 11 |
Sun |
2 |
5 |
Second Sunday before the Nativity (Sunday of the
Forefathers)
Vespers - Divine
Liturgy |
| December 12 |
Mon |
|
|
Theotokos of Guadalupe
Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| December 18 |
Sun |
3 |
6 |
Sunday before the
Nativity (Sunday of the Ancestors)
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine
Liturgy |
| December 23 |
Fri |
|
|
Royal
Hours (adapted, with music) (transferred from Saturday) |
| December 24 |
Tue |
|
|
Vigil of the Nativity
Divine Liturgy |
| December 25 |
Sun |
|
|
Nativity of our Lord, God
and Savior Jesus Christ
Vespers with Divine Liturgy - Great Compline (short) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| December 26 |
Mon |
|
|
Synaxis of the Mother of
God; The Commemoration of the Relatives of the Lord: Saints Joseph, James and David
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy
|
| December 27 |
Tue |
|
|
The Holy Apostle and
First-Martyr Stephen
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy - Moleben
|
| December 31 |
Tue |
|
|
Leave-taking
of the Nativity of the Lord |
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