The Holy Theophany of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ Feast of our Lord. Holy Day of Obligation. Great Vespers with the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great for the Feast of Theophany is celebrated in the late afternoon or early evening on January 5. The Great...
Sunday before Theophany, Octoechos Tone 6; the Holy Prophet Malachi (5th c. BC); the Holy Martyr Gordius (313-24) GREAT VESPERS Kathisma Reading “Blessed is the man…” is sung. At Psalm 140 In Tone 6 Lead my soul forth from prison* that I may give thanks to Your...
The Circumcision of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ; Our Father Among the Saints Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia (379) Great Vespers, Festal Matins and Divine Liturgy Feast of our Lord. Polyeleos Feast. The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the...
Sunday after the Nativity of Christ Commemoration of the Holy and Righteous Joseph the Betrothed, David the King, and James, Brother of the Lord, Tone 5; the Holy Apostle, First Martyr and Archdeacon Stephen; Our Venerable Father and Confessor Theodore the “Branded...
Saturday after the Nativity of Christ; Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of God; The Holy Priest-Martyr Euthymius, Bishop of Sardis (824) A day when the faithful are highly encouraged to participate in the Divine Liturgy. GREAT VESPERS At Psalm 140 In Tone 2 If You mark...