Orthodox Services Castlebar
Orthodox Services and Calendar Castlebar May 2010
1, May 2010 - 11:00

Orthodox Liturgy 3:30pm on 2nd May Church of Holy Rosary Castlebar, all are most welcome

Sunday 2nd May 5th Sunday of Pascha. commerations The Samaritan Woman (Martyr Photini) The Holy Patriarchs of Constantinople, St Athanasius the Great, Archbishop of Alexandria (373) St Boris (in Baptism Michael), Prince of Bulgaria, (906-907) translation of relics of the vPassionbearears Boris and Gleb ( in Baptism Roman and David, 1072-115) St Athanasius of Lubensk, Patriach of Constaninople (1656) St Matrona of Moscow (1952)

Monday 3rd May Martyrs, Timothy the reader and his wife Maura of Antinoe in Egypt (c286). St Peter the wonderworker , Bishop pf Argos (10th) St Theodosius, Abbott of the Kiev caves Monastery (1074) New Martyr Ahmet the Calligrapher (1682)

Tuesday 4th May virgin Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus in Asia Minor (c290) St Monica, mother of St Augustine of Hippo (387) St Ethelred, King of Mercia and monk ( 716) St Nicephorus the Hesychast ( Mt Athos 13th)

Wednesday 5th May. Leavetaking of the mid-feast of Pentescost. Great Martyr Irene of Thessalonica (1st-2nd) New Martyr Ephraim the newly- revealed (1426)

Thursday 6th May Righteous Job the long -suffering. St Job, Wonderworker of Pochaev ( 1651)

Friday 7th MayCOMMERATION OF APPARITION OF THE SIGN OF THE PRECIOUS CROSS OVER JERUSALEM IN 351. Martyr Acacius the Centurion at Byzantium (303) St John of Zedazneni and the twelve Syrian Fathers, Founders of Monasticism in Georgia (6th) St Nilus, Abbott of Sora (1508) St Nilus the Myrrh-flowing of Lava (Mt Athos1651) Monk Martyr Pachomius (Mt Athos 1730) St Alexis (Toth) of Wilkes-Barre (U.S.A 1909)

Saturday 8th May Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian (1st-2nd) Sts Arsenius the lover of Labour (14th) Appearance of Archangel Michael at Monte Gargano (492)

Sunday 9th May 6th Sunday of Pascha. The Blind Man Translation of relics of St Nicolas the Wonderworker from Myra to Bari (1087)

Monday 10th May Apostle Simon Zelotes (1st) St Isidora the fool, of Tabennesi in Egypt (4th)

Tuesday 11th May. HOLY EQUAL-TO-The -Apostles Cyril (869) and Methodius (885) First Teachers of the Slavs. Commeration of founding of Constantinople. St Nicodemus, Archbishop of Serbia (1325)

Wednesday 12th May LEAVETAKING OF PASCHA. Forefeast of Ascension St Epiphanius, Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus ( 403) St Germanus , Patriarch of Constaninople (740) St Dionysius, Archimandrite of St Sergius, Monastery (1633) Glorification of Heiromartyr Hermogen, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1913)

Thursday 13th May THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST.
Virgin -Martyr Glyceria at Heraclea, and with her Martyr Laodicius, keeper of vthe Prison (c177) Saints John, Euthymius and George, founders of Iveron Monestary (Mt Athos 10th)

Friday 14th May AFTERFEAST of Ascension. Martyr ISidore of Chios (251) St Leontius, Patriarch of Jerusalem (1184-85) St Isidore fool-for-Christ, Wonderworker of Rostov ( 1474)

Saturday 15th May AFTERFEAST of Ascension. St Pachomius the Great (346) St Isaiah, Bishop and Wonderworker of ROstov (1090) St Dimitry, Crown Prince of Uglich and Moscow (1591)

Sunday 16th May 7Th SUNDAY OF PASCHA. Fathers of first Ecumenical Council (325) Afterfeast of Ascension.

Monday 17th May AFTERFEAST OF ASCENSION. Apostle Andronicus, of the Seventy, and his fellow labourer Junia ( 1st)

Tuesday 18th May AFTERFEAST OF ASCENSION> Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra (303) St Macarius (Glukharev) missionary (Russia 1847)

Wednesday 19th May. AFTERFEAST OF ASCENSION> Hieromartyr Patrick, Bishop of Prussa, ( 2nd-3rd) St Dimitry Donskoy, Price of Moscow (1389) St Cornelius of Komel (1537)

Thursday 20th May AFTERFEAST OF ASCENSION. Martyr Thallelaeus at AEgae in Cilicia, and his companions, Martyrs Alexander and Asterius ( c284). St Thalassius the Libyan (7th) Uncovering of relics of st Alexis, Matroplotian of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia (1431)

Friday 21st May LEAVETAKING OF ASCENSION. HOLY EQUAL- TO- The -Apostles EMPEROR CONSTANTINE (337) and his Mother Helena (c330)

Saturday 22nd May Memorial Saturday. Martyr Basiliscus of Comana (Pontus c308) St JOhn -Vladimir, ruler of Serbia (1015) New Martyr Paul of the Peloponnese (1818)

Sunday 23rd May 8th SUNDAY OF PASCHA HOLY PENTECOST. Fast Free Week

Monday 24th May DAY OF HOLY SPIRIT Fast Free St Symeon Stylites (the younger) of the Wonderful Mountain (592) St Vincent of Lerins (c450)

Tuesday 25th May THIRD DAY OF TRINITY Fast Free
Thirds finding of the Honourable head of the Holy , Glorious Prophet Forerunner and Baptist John (850) Hieromartyr Urban, Pope of Rome (230) Hieromartyr Therapon, Bishop of Cyprus (4th)

Wednesday 26th May.Fast Free AFTERFEAST OF PENTECOST. Apostles Carpus and Alphaeus, of the seventy (1st) Martyrs Abercius and Helen, children of the Apostle Alphaeus (1st)

Thursday 27th May AFTERFEAST OF PENTECOST. Fast -Free St John the Russian (confessor), whose relics are on the island of Euboea (1730) Heiromartyr Therapon, Bishop of Sardis St Melangell (Monacella) Hermit at Pennant Melangell (c590)

Friday 28th May AFTERFEAST OF PENTECOST Fast Free St Eutychius. Bishop of Melitene (1st) St Germanus (Germain) Bishop of Paris (576) St Ignatius, Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov (1288) St Helena (Manturova) nun of Diveyevo (1832)

Saturday 29th May LEAVETAKING OF PENTECOST Fast-Free Virgin Martyr Theodosia of Tyre (307-308) St Alexander, Archbishop of Alexandria (328) St JOhn of Ustiug, fool - for- Christ (1494) St Luke , Archbishop of Simferopol (1961)

Sunday 30th May 1St SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (Matthew 1) ALL SAINTS

Monday 31st May BEGINNING OF THE APOSTLES FAST