Orthodox Services Castlebar
Monthly Orthodox Services and Calendar - Castlebar
31, Jul 2010 - 08:58

Orthodox Liturgy 3:30pm Sunday 1st August Church of Holy Rosary Castlebar All are most welcome.

Commmerations of the Day: Procession of Honourable Wood of The Lifegiving Cross of The Lord Seven Maccabean Martyrs, Abimus, Antoninus, Gurias, Eleazar, Eusabonus, Alimus, and Marcellus, their Mother Solomonia, and their teacher, Eleazar (166BC)

The Begining of the Dormition Fast ( Fast of Holy Theotokos and Blessed Virgin Mary's Falling Asleep 15th August)

Monday 2nd August FAST DAY Translation of relics of Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen from Jerusalem to Constantinople (c428) Hieromartyr Stephen, Pope of Rome (257) St Basil of Moscow, fool-for-Christ (1552)

Tuesday 3rd August FAST DAY Sts Isaacuis, Dalmatus and Faustus, Ascetics of the Dalmation Monastery at Constantinople (4th-5th) Holy Myrr -bearer Salome (1st) St Anthony the Roman , Abbot, of Novgorod (1147)

Wednesday 4th August FAST DAY Seven Youths ("seven sleepers") of Ephesus Maximilian, Jamblicus, Martinian, John, Dionysius, Exaustodian, (Constantine) and Antoninus (250)

Thursday 5th August FAST DAY Forefeast of the Transfiguration.  Hieromartys Anterus, ( 236) and Fabian (250 Popes of Rome. Martyr Pontius at Cimella in France (c257) Martyr Eusignius of Anticoch ( 362) St Nonna, mother id St Gregory the Theologian (374) St John the Romanian , of Chozeba Monastery (jerusalem 1960)

Friday 6th August Fast Day ( fish, wine, oil) THE HOLY TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST.

Saturday 7th August FAST DAY Afterfeast of the transfiguration . Martyr Dometius of Persia (363) St Hor of the Thebaid ( Egypt c 390) St Poemen (pimen) the much -ailing, of the Kiev caves ( near caves 1110) St Pimen, the Faster, of the Kiev Caves (far Caves 13th- 14th)

Sunday 8th August FAST DAY (wine, oil) 11th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Afterfeast of Transfiguration. St Myron, Bishop of Crete (c350) St Emilian the Confessor, Bishop of Cyzicus (813-820) St Gregory of Sinai (and Mt Athos 1346) Translation of relics of St Zosimas and St Sabbatius of Solovki ( 1566)

Monday 9th August FAST DAY Afterfeast of Transfiguration. APOSTLE MATTHIAS (c63) St Psoi of Egypt (4th) Glorification of St German (Herman) of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America (1970)

Tuesday 10th August FAST DAY Afterfeast of Transfiguration. Martyr and Archdeacon Lawrence of Rome, Hieromartyr Sixtus, Bishop of Rome, and Martyrs Felicissimus and Agapitus, Deacons (257) St Lawrence, fool-for Christ, at Kaluga (1515)

Wednesday 11th August FAST DAY Afterfeast of Transfiguration. Virgin -Martyr Susanna and Martyr Gaius, Pope of Rome ( 295-6) Martor and Archdeacon Euplus of Catania (304), St Blane, Bishop of Brute (Dunblane ) (late6th) St Nipon, Patriarch of Constantinople (Mt Athos 1508)

Thursday 12th August FAST DAY. Afterfeast of Transfiguration. Martyrs Anicetus and Photius of Nicomedia (305-306) Hieromartyr Alexander, Bishop of Comana (3rd)

Friday 13th August FAST DAY. Afterfeast of Transfiguration. St Tikon Bishop of Voronezh, Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia 91783) Martyr Hippolytus of Rome and those with him: Martyrs Concordia, Irenaeus, and Abundius (c235) St Radegunda, Queen of the Franks ( 587) St Seridus of Gaza (6th) St Dorotheus of Gaza (6th) St Dositheus, Disciple of St Dortheus (6th) Translation of relics of St Maximus the Confessor (662) Uncovering if reliics of St Maxim of Moscow, fool-for-Christ (c154

Satyrday 14th August. FAST DAY. Forfeast of the Dormition. Prophet Micah (8th) St Fachanan, Abbot of Ross Carbery (6th) Translation of relics of St Theodosius of the Kiev caves ( 1091)

Sunday 15th August 12th Sunday After Pentecost. The Dormition ( Falling-Asleep) Of Our Most Holy Lady The Theotokos And Ever-Virgin Mary.

Solemn Divine Liturgy 330pm Today Church Of Holy Rosary Castlebar. After Gospel Of Feast The Blessing With Holy Oil From Our Ladys Sanctuary On Holy Island Of Tinos To All Present And The Sick.

Monday 16th August Afterfeast of Dormition. Translation of the icon "NOT MADE BY HANDS" OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST FROM EDESSA TO CONSTANTINOPLE 944) Martyr Diomedes the Pgysican of Tarus in Cilica (298) St Chaeremon of Egypt (4th) St Stephen of Hungry (1038) St Gerasimus, wonderworker of Cephalonia (1579)

Tuesday 17th August Afterfeast of Dormition. Martyr Myron, Presbyter, of Cyzicus (254)
St Elias the new Calabria (903) St Alypius the icongrapher, of the Kiev Caves (114) St Theodoretus of Kola, Enlightener of the Lapps (1570)

Wednesday 18th August Afterfeast of Dormition. Martyrs Florus and Laurus of Illyria (2nd) St John Abbot of Rila ( 946) St Arsenius of Paros (1877)

Thursday 19th August Afterfeast of Dormition. martyr Andrew Stratelates in Cilicia (4th)
Martyrs Timothy, Agapius and Thecla, of Palestine (304-306) St Pitirim, Bishop of Perm ( 1456)

Friday 20th August Afterfeast of Dormition. Prophet Samuel (11th) Hieromartyr Philip, Bishop of Heraclius, and with him Severus and Memon in Thrace (304)

Saturday 21st August Afterfeast of Dormition. Apostle Thaddaeus, of the seventy (c44)
Holy Patriachs Abraham, Issaac and Jacob. Martyrs Bassa of Edessa and her sons ( c304)

Sunday 22ndAugust 13th Sunday after Pentecost. Afterfeast of Dormition. Martyr Agathonicus of Nicomedia and his companions (4th) St Symphorian of Autun (c2nd-3rd)
Martyr Anthusa of Seleucia (289) Virgin Martyr Eulalia of Barcelona (c303)

Monday 23rd August Leavetaking of Dormition. St Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, (202) Martyr Lupus, slave of St Demetrius of Thessalonica (4th) Martyr Ebba the Younger, Abbess of Coldingham (820)

Tuesday 24th August Repose Of New Hieromartyr Kosmas Of Aetolia Equal to The Apostles (1779) Hieromartyr Eutyches, disciple of St John the Theologian (1st) St Ouen, Bishop of Rouen (684) Translation of relics of St Peter Metroploitian of Moscow and All Russia (1479) Translation to Zante of relics of St Dionysius, Bishop of Aegina, the wonderworker (1624) St Kosmas of Berat, Evangeliser of Southern Albania (18th-19th)

Wednesday 25th August Return of relics of St Barthollmew from Anastasiopolis to Lipari (6th)
Apostle Titus of the seventy, Bishop of Crete (1st) St JOhn of Karpathos (7th) St Patricia of Constantinople and Naples (c7th)

Thursday 26th August Martyrs Adraian and Natalia of Nicomedia (4th)

Friday 27th August St Poemen the Great (c450) St Hosius the Confessor, Bishop of Cordova (359) St Liberius, Pope of Rome (366) St Vaesarius, Bishop of Arles (543) Newly revealed Great Martyr Phanurius of Rhodes.

Saturday 28th August Anna The Prophetess Daughter Of Phanuel, Who met the LOrd at the Temple in Jerusalem, (1st) Righteous Hezakiah, KIng of Judah (687BC) St Moses the Black of Scete (4th) Martyr Susanna (shushanik), Princess of Georgia (5th) St Augustine of Hippo (430) Uncovering of relics of St JOb, Abbot and wonderworker of Pochaev (1659)

Sunday 29th August 14th SUnday After Pentecost. The Beheading Of The Holy, Glorious Prophet, Forerunner And Baptist John

Monday 30th August Sts ALexander (340), John (595), and Paul the New (784), Patriarchs of Constantinople. Synaxis of Serbian Hierarchs, St Decuman of Watchet At Alexander, Abbot of Svir (1533) Translation of relics of St Alexander Nevsky (1724)

Tuesday 31st August. The Placing of Cincture (sash) of he Most Theotokos in The Church of Chalkoprateia (c530) Hieromartyr Cypian, Bishop of Carthage (258) St Gennadius, Patriarch of Constantinople (471)