SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

 

JANUARY 2012

 

January  1 

TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

CIRCUMCISION OF THE LORD

BASIL the Great, Archbishop of

Caesarea in Cappadocia

 

11:00 AM  -  Divine Liturgy

of St. Basil

Colossians 2:8-12.      Luke 2:20-21,40-52.

 

Civil New Year

 

January  2  -  Monday                                                           Prefestive Day

Venerable Father SYLVESTER, Pope of Rome

Venerable Father Seraphim of Sarov

Isaiah 55:1-3.

Hebrews 8:7-13. Mark 8:11-21.

 

January  3  -  Tuesday

Holy Prophet MALACHI

Malachi 3:1-2.

Hebrews 9:8-10,15-23.                       Mark 8:22-26.

 

January  4  - Wednesday

Venerable Father Theoctistus, abbot of Cucomo in Sicily

Isaiah 35:1-2.

Hebrews 10:1-18.                   Mark 8:30-34.

 

January  5  -  Thursday

Paramony of Theophany

Isaiah 12:3-6.

Royal Hours

6:00 PM  -  Vespers - Divine Liturgy

and Great Blessing of Water

 

January  6  - Friday

HOLY THEOPHANY OF THE LORD

Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7.  Matthew 3:13-17.

 

 

 

 

January  7 - Saturday

Synaxis of John the Baptist

John 3:27-30.

            Ephesians 6:10-17.     Matthew 4:1-11.

 

6:00 PM  -  Great Vespers

 

January  8

SUNDAY AFTER THEOPHANY

Postfestive Day

Venerable Father George the Chozebite

Matthew 4:15-16.

 

11:00 AM  -  Divine Liturgy

Ephesians 4:7-13.     Matthew 4:12-17.

 

Festal Trapeza following the Liturgy

 

January  9  -  Monday                                                           Postfestive Day

Martyr Polyeuctus of Melitene in Armenia

Hebrews 11:17-23,27-31.       Mark 9:42-10:1.

 

January 10  - Tuesday                                                           Postfestive Day

GREGORY, Bishop of Nyssa

St. Theophan the Recluse, Bishop of Tambov

Hebrews 12: 25-28;13:22-25.            Mark 10:2-12.

 

January  11 – Wednesday                                                     Postfestive Day

THEODOSIUS the Great

James 1:1-18. Mark 10:11-16.

 

January 12  -  Thursday                                                         Postfestive Day

Holy Martyr TATIANA

St. Savva, Archbishop of Serbia

James 1:19-27.     Mark 10:17-27.

 

January 13  - Friday                                                               Postfestive Day

Martyrs Hermlus and Stratonicus

John 4:14.

James 2:1-13. Mark 10:23-32.

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 14  -  Saturday

Leave-taking of Theophany

Holy Fathers slain at Sinai and Raitho

Nina, Enlightener of the Georgians

Colossians 1:3-6.        Luke 16:10-15.

 

6:00 PM  -  Great Vespers

 

January 15

THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

PAUL of Thebes, Father of Monks

John the ‘hut-dweller’

 

11:00 AM  -  Divine Liturgy

            Colossians 3:12-16.    G: Luke 18:35-43.

 

January 16  -  Monday

Veneration of the Precious Chains

of Apostle PETER

James 2:14-26.     Mark 10:46-52.

 

January 17  - Tuesday

ANTHONY the Great,

Venerable and God-bearing Father

James 3 :1-10.                        Mark 11:11-23.

 

January 18  -  Wednesday

ATHANASIUS the Great and CYRIL,

Archbishops of Alexandria

James 3:11-4:6.          Mark 11:23-26.

 

January 19  - Thursday

MACARIIUS the Great of Egypt

MARK, Archbishop of Ephesus

James 4:7-5:9.     Mark 11: 27-33.

 

January 20  - Friday

EUTHYMIUS the Great

1 Peter 1:1-2,10-12;2:6-10.    Mark 12:1-12.

 

January 21  - Saturday

MAXIMUS the Confessor

MAXIMUS the Greek

1 Thessalonians 5:14-23.       Luke 17:3-10.

 

6:00 PM  -  Great Vespers

 

January 22

THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

SUNDAY OF ZACCHEUS

Apostle TIMOTHY

 

11:00 AM  -  Divine Liturgy

1 Timothy 4:9-15.       Luke 19:1-10.

1:30 PM – ‘Theosis’ Discussion

 

January 23  - Monday

Hieromartyr Clement, Bishop of Ancyra

and Martyr Agathengel

1 Peter 2:21-3:9.        Mark 12:13-17.

 

January 24  - Tuesday

Blessed XENIA of St. Petersburg

1 Peter 3:10-22.     Mark 12:18-27.

 

January 25 –  Wednesday

GREGORY the Theologian,

Archbishop of Constantinople

1 Peter 4:1-11.                        Mark 12:28-37.

 

January 26  - Thursday

Venerable Xenophon

New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia

1 Peter 4: 12-5:5.       Mark 12:38-44.

 

January 27  - Friday

Translation of the Relics

of JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

Archbishop of Constantinople

2 Peter 1:1-10.                        Mark 13:1-8.

 

January 28  -  Saturday

EPHRAIM the Syrian

2 Timothy 2:11-19.     Luke 18:2-8.

 

6:00 PM  -  Great Vespers

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 29

SUNDAY OF THE PUBLICAN AND THE PHARISEE

Translation of the Relics

of Hieromartyr IGNATIUS, the God-bearer

Bishop of Antioch

 

11:00 AM  -  Divine Liturgy

2 Timothy 3:10-15.     Luke 18:10-14.

 

There is no fasting during this week

following the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee.

 

January 30  - Monday

Synaxis of the THREE HOLY HIERARCHS:

BASIL the Great, GREGORY the Theologian,

and JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

2 Peter 1:20-2:9.        Mark 13:9-13.

 

January 31  -  Tuesday

                    Holy Unmercenaries CYRUS and JOHN

2 Peter 2:9-22.     Mark 13:14-23.