SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR JANUARY 2017
1SUN 9:30 AMLITURGY 31st WEEK OF PENTECOST, Tone 3. HOLY FATHERS
Martyr Boniface at Tarsus in CiliciaNATIVITY FAST
2MONSaint John Kronstadt Church FEASTDAY Castro Valley, CA
Divine Liturgyat CASTRO VALLEY 10:00 AMNATIVITY FAST
3TUESSt. Peter Metropolitan of Kievand All Russia NATIVITY FAST
4WEDGreat-martyr Anastasia of Rome, deliverer from bondNATIVITY FAST
5THUMartyrs of Crete
7:00 PMVespersand MatinsNATIVITY FAST
6FRI8:00 AMRoyal Hours, Typika.
9:00 AMVESPERS OF THE FEASTLITURGY of St Basil.STRICT FAST
Eve of NativitySOCHEL’NIK
*6:00 PMVIGIL SERVICE (service starts earlier)
7 SAT *9:30 AMLITURGYNATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
2:00 PM at Castro Valley Nativity Prayer Service
6:00 PMVIGIL SERVICE (7-ththrough 17-thNO FASTING PERIOD)
8SUN 9:30 AMLITURGY 32st WEEK OF PENTECOST, Tone 7. DIVINE FATHERS
2-ndday of Nativity Feast
6:00 PMVIGIL SERVICE
9MON 9:00 AMLITURGY3rd Day of Feast HOLY FIRST MARTYR STEPHEN.TEA/COFFEE
10TUEThe 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia
11 WEDThe 14,000 Infants (Holy Innocents) slain by Herod at Bethlehem. NO FASTING
12THUVirgin-martyr Anysia at Thessalonica(Divine Liturgy at CASTRO VALLEY 10:00 AM)
13FRISt. Melania the Younger, nun, of RomeNO FASTING
7:00 PMVIGIL SERVICE
14SAT 9:00 AMLITURGYThe Circumcision of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
St. Basil the Great,. Julian Calendar New Year Prayer Service
6:00 PMVIGIL SERVICE
15SUN 9:30 AMLITURGY 30TH WEEK OF PENTECOST, Tone 5
St, Seraphim of Sarov, St. Sylvester
After Liturgy Children’s CHRISTMASPRESENTATION YOLKA
(Church Feast Day Canyon Del Rey Bl & Frances Ave Seaside, CA)
16MONProphet Malachias. Martyr Gordius at Caesarea in Cappadocia
17TUE6:00 PMVESPERS and MATINS
18WED8:00 AMRoyal Hours, VESPERS LITURGY OF ST BASIL
Eve of FeastBLESSING OF WATER (in Church)
6:00 PMVIGIL SERVICE STRICT FAST DAY
19THU 9:00 AMLITURGY OF THEOPHANY
BAPTISM OF OUR LORD.Procession of the Cross to Jordan GREAT BLESSING OF THE WATERS (in Church Courtyard)
7:00 PMVespers
20FRI 8:00 AMMatins,
9:00 AMLITURGYSynaxis of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist, John
21 SATSt. George the Chozebite, abbo
6:00 PMVIGIL SERVICE
22 SUN9:30 AMLITURGY 31st WEEK OF PENTECOST, Tone 5 Hieromartyr Philip, metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia, St. Gregory of Nyssa
23 MONSt. Theophan the Recluse, bishop of Tambov
24TUESt.Theodosiusthe Great, the Cenobiarch
25WEDMartyr Tatiana of Rome, St. Sava I, first archbishop of Serbia
26THUMartyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus at Belgrade. St. Irinarch of Rostov
(Divine Liturgy at CASTRO VALLEY 10:00 AM)
27FRISt.Nina (Nino), equal-to-the-Apostles, enlightener of Georgia
28SATSt. Paul of Thebes, Egypt, and St. John Calabytes.
6:00 PMVIGIL SERVICE
29SUN9:30 AMLITURGY 32nd WEEK OF PENTECOST, Tone 7
Veneration of the Precious Chains of the Holy and All-glorious Apostle Peter
30MONSt.Anthonythe Great (356).St. Anthony, abbot of Dymsk (Novgorod)
31TUESt. Athanasius the Great and St. Cyril