Orthodox Services Castlebar
Orthodox Services Castlebar - June 2010
4, Jun 2010 - 10:40

Orthodox Liturgy 330pm Sunday 6th June Church of Holy Rosary Castlebar 2nd Sunday after Pentecost Commerations All Saints of Russia, All Saints of Romania, All Saints of Mt Athos.

Fathers of the second Ecumenical council (381)

We Are Now Keeping The Holy Fasts For Nativity of Birth of St John, The Baptist on 24th June, and The Apostles Fast Leading Up To Solemnity of Feast of Sts Peter and Paul on 29th June Please Follow These Holy and Ancient Fasts Each Day As Laid Down by Holy Orthodox Catholic Churches Throughout The World

Monday 7th June Fast Day hieromartyr Theodotus of Ancyra (303) Hieromartys Marcellinus and Marcellus, Popes of Rome, and Martyr Priscilla of Rome (304-309) Martyr Valeria (Caleria) of Caesarea in Palestine (284-305) St Panagis (Paisios) Basia, Priest of Cephalonia (1888)

Tuesday 8th June Fast Day (wine oil) Translation of relics of Great Martyr Theodore Stratelates (319) St Ephraim, Patriarch of Antioch (545) New Martyr Theophanes (1588)

Wednesday 9th June Fast Day (wine, oil) ST Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria (444) St Cyril of white lake (1427)

Thursday 10th June Fast Day (wine, oil) Martyr Alexandar and Virgin Martyr Antonina at Constantinople (c313)
St John (Maximovitch), Metroploitan of Tobolsk

Friday 11th June Fast Day (wine, oil) HOLY APOSTLE BARTHOLOMEW AND BARNABAS (1st)
Mitrophan Chi Sung and Holy Martyrs of Boxer Rising (1900) Commemoration of Appearance of Archangel Gabriel to a monk on Mt Athos, and revelation of the hymn "It is truly Meet" (Axion Estin) (982)

Saturday 12th June Fast Day (wine, oil) St onuprius the Great (4th) St Peter of Mt Athos (734) St Arsenius, Abbot of Konevits (1447). St Alexandra, Abbess of Diveyevo (1789)

Sunday 13th June Fast Day (wine, oil, fish) 3rd Sunday after Pentecost
The New Martyrs of the Turkish Yoke. The New Martyrs and Confessors of Bulgaia

Monday 14th June Fast Day Prophet Elisha (9thBC) Hieromaryr Cyril, Bishop of Gortyna in Create (3rd-4th) St Methodius, Patrarch of Constantinople (847) St Niphon (Mt Athos 1411)

Tuesday 15th June Fast Day (wine, oil) Prophet Amos (8thBC) St Jerome (420) St Lazarus, Prince of Serbia (1389) and all new Martyrs of Serbia. St Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow (1461)

Wednesday 16th June Fast Day St Tychon, Bishop of Amathus in Cyprus (4th-5th)

Thursday 17th June Fast Day (wine, oil) Manuel, Sabel, and Ismael of Persia (362)

Friday 18th June Fast Day Martyrs Leontius, Hypatius and Theodulus, at Tripoli in Syria (70-79)

Saturday 19th June Fast Day (fish, wine, oil) HOLY APOSTLE JUDE< THE BROTHER OF THE LORD (c80)
Martyr Zosimas the soldier at Antioch in Prisidia, (2nd) St Paisius the great (5th) St John the Solitary of Jerusalem (6th) St Romuald, Abbot (1027) St Job, First Patriarch of Moscow (1607)

Sunday 20th FAST Day (Fish, Wine, Oil)June 4th Sunday after Pentecost
Hieromartyr Methodius, Bishop of Patara (312) St Kallistos 1, Patriarch of Constantinople (1363) St Nicolas Cabasilas (1391)

Monday 21st June Fast Day Hieromartyr Terance (Tertius) Bishop of Iconium (1st) Martyr Julian of Tarus in Cilica (3rd -4th) Martyrs Archil 11 (784) and Luarsab 11 (1622) Kings og Georgia

Tuesday 22nd June Fast Day (wine, oil) St Alban, Protomartyr of Britain (c209) Hieromartyr Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata (380)
Hieromartyr Nicetas of Remesiana (c414) St Paulinus Bishop of Nola (431) St Alexis Mechev the rghteous (Russia 1923)

Wednesday 23rd June Fast Day Martyr Agrippina of Rome (230-260) St Mark , Archbishop of Epheus (1445) Translation of relics of St German , Archbishop of Kazan (1567) Synaxis of Saints of Vladimir.
The Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (in memory of the saving of Moscow from invasion of Khan Ahmed (1480)

Thursday 24th June Fast Day NATIVITY OF THE HOLY, GLORIOUS PROPHET, FORERUNNER and BAPTIST JOHN
St Anthony, Abbot of Dymsk (Novgorod1224)

Friday 25th June Fast Day Virgin Martyr Febronia of Nisibis (c304) St Prosper of Aquitaine (4th) Sts Peter and Febronia (tonsured David and Euphrosyne), wonder-workers of Murom (1228) St Dionysius, founder of Monastery of Dionysiou on Mt Athos (c1389)

Saturday 26th June Fast Day (Fish, wine, oil) St David of Thessalonica (c540) St John, Bishop of the Goths in the Crimea (8th)
St Dionysius, Archbishop of Suzdal (1385) Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the MOst Holy Theotokos and Blessed Virgin Mary (1388)

Sunday 27th June Fast Day (Fish, wine, oil) 5th Sunday after Pentecost St Joanna the myrrh-bearer (1st) St Sampson the Hospitalable of Constantinople (c530) Hieromartyr Kirion 11, Catholicos of Georgia (1918)

Monday 28th June Fast Day Translation of relics of wonder-working Unmercenaries Cyrus and John (412) Sts Sergius and German. Wonderworkers of Vaaam (c 1353)

Tuesday 29th June Holy Glorious and All _Praised Leaders of the Apostles Peter and Paul (c67)

Wednesday 30th June Fast Day (wine, oil) Synaxis of The Holy, Glorious, and All- Praised Twelve Apostles Peter, andrew, James, and John, The Sons of Zebedee, Philip, Barthlolomew, Thomas, Matthew, James The Son of Alphaeus, Jude The Brother of James, Simon Zelotes, and Matthias

Please Note There will not be a Monthly Liturgy on Sunday 4th July As Priest is on Retreat, but Monthly Liturgy Will Resume on Sunday 1st August 330pm Church of The Holy Rosary Castlebar.

Please Note There is a Fasting Period from 1st August to The Solemnity of The Dormition (Falling Asleep) of Our Most Holy Lady The Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary on Sunday 15th August.