Orthodox Services Castlebar
Orthodox Liturgy and Calendar for August
12, Aug 2015 - 08:05

Eastern Rite Liturgy of Mass ( St James) Sunday 9th August ( forefeast of Dormition or Assumption falling asleep of Blessed Virgin Mary)
220pm Church of Holy Rosary Chapel Street Castlebar with Novena to Saint Sharbel after Gospel and anointing with holy oil from Saints tomb for all present and all who are sick or ill in any way all are most welcome more details 0876564738

Monday August The Dormition forfeast ( Falling Asleep) of Our Most Holy Lady The Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary.

Tuesday August forfeast of Dormition. Translation of The Icon, Not Made By Hands, of
Our Lord Jesus Christ From Edessa To Constantinople (944)
Martyr Diomedes The Physican of Tarsus In Cilica (298) St Chaeremon of Egypt (4th)
St Stephen of Hungry (1038) St Gerasimus, Wonder-Worker of Cephalonia (1579)
St Timothy of Evripos, Founder of Penteli Monastery (1590)

Martyrs Prince Constantine, and His Four Sons Constantine, Stephen, Radu, and Matthew, and Their Companion Ianache (Romania 1714)

Wednesday Forfeast of the Dormition
Vigil solemn vespers

Thursday

Friday August Fore Day After-Feast of Dormition Martyr Andrew Stratelates In Cilicia (4th))
Martyrs Timothy, Agapius and Thecla, of Palestine (304-6) St Pitirim, Bishop of Perm (1456)

Saturday August -Feast of Dormition. Falling alsleep of Blessed Virgin Mary Solemnity Prophet Samuel (11thbc) Hieromartyr Philip Bishop of Heraclius, and With Him Martyrs Severus and Memon In Thrace (304)

Sunday August Sunday After Pentecost After-Feast of Dormition. Apostle Thaddaeus, of The Seventy (C44) Holy Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Martyr Bassa of Edessa and Her Sons (C304)

Monday August. After-Feast of Dormition. Martyr Agathonicus of Nicomedia and His Companions (4th) St Symphorian of Autun (C2nd-3rd) Martyr Anthusa of Seleucia (298)
Virgin-Martyr Eulalia of Barcelona (C303) St Alexis (Medvedkov) of Ugine (Russia, France 1934)

Tuesday August Leavetaking of Dormition. St Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons (202)
Martyr Lupus, Slave of St Demetrius of Thessalonica (4th)

Wednesday August Repose of New Hieromartyr Kosmas of Aetolia, Eual-To-The-Apostles
(1779) Hieromartyr Eutyches, Disciple of St John The Theologian (1st)
Translation of Relics of St Peter, Metroploitian of Moscow and All Russia ( 1479)
Translation To Zante of The Relics of St Dionysius, Bishop of Aegina, The Wonderworker (1624)
St Losmas of Berat, Evangelizer of Southern Albania (18-19th)

Thursday August Return of Relics of St Bartholomew 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)

Friday August Martyrs Adraian and Natalia of Nicomedia (4th)

Saturday August St Poemen The Great (C450) St Hosius The Confessor, Bishop of Cordova (359) St Liberius Pope of Rome (366) St Caesarius, Bishop of Arles (543) Newly-Revealed Great Martyr Phanurius of Rhodes

Sunday August Sunday After Pentecost Anna The Prophetess, Daughter of Phanuel Who Met The Lord at The Temple In Jerusalem (1st)
Righteous Hezekiah, King of Judah (687bc) St Moses The Black of Scete (4th)
Martyr Susanna (Shushanik), Princess of Georgia (5th)
St Augustine, Bishop of Hippo (430) Incovering of Relics of St Job, Abbott and Wonderworker of Pochaev (1659)

Monday August. The Beheading of The Holy, Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John.

Tuesday August Sts Alexander (340) John (595) and Paul The New (784)
Patriarchs of Constantinople, Synaxis of The Serbian Hierarchs. St Decuman of Watchet
St Alexander, Abbott of Svir (1533) Translation of Relics of St Alexander Nevsky (1724)

Wednesday August The Placing of The Cinture(Sash) of The Most Holy Theotokos In Church of Chalkoprateia (C530) Hieromartyr Cyprian, Bishop of Cathage(258) St Gennadius, Patriarch of Constantinople (471)