Post-feast of the Nativity of Christ; the Holy Apostle, First Martyr and Archdeacon Stephen; Our Venerable Father and Confessor Theodore the “Branded One” (844); Acts 6:8-7:5,47-60; Matthew 21:33-42 DIVINE LITURGY Antiphon 1 I will confess You, Lord, with all my...
Sunday before the Nativity of Christ – Sunday of the Holy Fathers, Octoechos Tone 5; Eve of the Nativity of Christ; The Holy Venerable-Martyr Eugenia Hebrews 11:9-10,17-23,32-40; Matthew 1:1-25. English Source: Royal Doors www.royaldoors.net Great Vespers,...
Sunday of the Holy Ancestors. Octoechos Tone 4; The Holy Prophet Daniel, the Three Holy Youths Ananiah (Ananias), Azariah (Azarias) and Mishael (Misael) (6th century BC) Nativity Fast. Colossians 3:4-11; Luke 14:16-24. English Source: Royal Doors www.royaldoors.net...
Twenty-eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Octoechos Tone 3; The Holy Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes and Eugraphus English Source: Royal Doors www.royaldoors.net Nativity Fast. The Gospel of the 29th Sunday after Pentecost is prescribed for today this year. Great Vespers,...
Twenty-seventh Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 2; The Holy Prophet Zephaniah (Sophonias) (7th century BC). Nativity Fast. English Source: Royal Doors www.royaldoors.net Great Vespers, Sunday Matins and Divine Liturgy GREAT VESPERS Kathisma Reading: “Blessed is the...