Sunday Bulletin - February 23/March 8, 2009: Sunday of Orthodoxy

Saints: Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna

Tone: V

Epistle: Hebrews: 11:24-26, 32-12:2

Gospel: John 1:43-51

Sunday Hymnography: http://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_lent1.htm

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DATES TO REMEMBER:

Next Weekend: Sunday of St Gregory Palamas
-Saturday, March 14: 6:30pm – Great Vespers
-Sunday, March 15: 9:15am – Confessions; 9:40am – Hours; 10:00am – Liturgy

Lenten Services this Week:
-Wednesday, March 11: 6:30pm – Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts

Sunday Bulletin - February 16/March 1, 2009: Sunday of Forgiveness

Saints: The Casting out of Adam

Tone: IV

Epistle: Romans 13:11-14:4

Gospel: Matthew 6:14-21

Sunday Hymnography: http://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_triod4.htm

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DATES TO REMEMBER:

Next Weekend: Sunday of Orthodoxy
-Saturday, March 7: 6:30pm – Great Vespers
-Sunday, March 8: 9:15am – Confessions; 9:40am – Hours; 10:00am – Liturgy

Choir Practice: There will be a choir practice every Sunday after liturgy in preparation for Bishop George’s visit.

Sunday Bulletin - February 9/22, 2009: Sunday of The Last Judgment (Meatfare Sunday)

Saints: The Holy Martyr Nicephorus; The Hieromartyr Peter Damascene

Tone: III

Epistle: I Corinthians 8:8-9:2

Gospel: Matthew 25:31-46

Sunday Hymnography: http://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_triod3.htm

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DATES TO REMEMBER:

Next Weekend: Cheesefare Sunday (Forgiveness Sunday):
-Saturday, Feb 28: 6:30pm – Great Vespers
-Sunday, March 1: 9:15am – Confessions; 9:40am – Hours; 10:00am – Liturgy; 12:30pm - Forgiveness Vespers

Sunday Bulletin - February 2/15, 2009: Sunday of the Prodigal Son & The Meeting of the Lord

Saints: Meeting of the Lord

Tone: II

Epistle: I Corinthians 6:12-20; Hebrews 7:7-17

Gospel: Luke 15:11-32; Luke 2:22-40

Sunday Hymnography: http://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_triod2_presentation.htm

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DATES TO REMEMBER:

Next Weekend: Meatfare Sunday (Last Judgment):
-Saturday, Feb 21: 6:30pm – Great Vespers
-Sunday, Feb 22: 9:15am – Confessions; 9:40am – Hours; 10:00am – Liturgy

Sunday Bulletin - January 26/February 8, 2009: Sunday of the Publican & Pharisee

Saints: New-martyrs and Confessors of Russia

Tone: I

Epistle: I Timothy 3:10-15

Gospel: Luke 18:10-14

Sunday Hymnography: http://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_nmmruss_triod1.htm

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DATES TO REMEMBER:

Next Weekend: Meeting of the Lord & Sunday of the Prodigal Son:
-Saturday, Feb 14: 6:30pm – Vigil
-Sunday, Feb 15: 9:15am – Confessions; 9:40am – Hours; 10:00am – Liturgy & Blessing of Candles

MOSCOW: February 2, 2009
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill is Enthroned at Christ the Savior Cathedral

The enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia took place at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior on February 1, 2009. He was elected to the Moscow Patriarchal Throne by the Local Council [Pomestny Sobor] of the Russian Orthodox Church on January 27.

Photo Report of Divine Liturgy with Enthronement Rite of Patriarch Kirill

(Click here for photos: http://www.mospat.ru/index.php?page=44059)

The enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia took place during Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour on 1 February 2009.

The message of the Local Council to the beloved in the Lord pastors, honourable monks and nuns, and all faithful children of the Russian Orthodox Church was read out after the communion verse.

After the Liturgy, Patriarch Exarch of All Belarus Metropolitan Philaret of Minsk and Slutsk and Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna placed the mantle on the Patriarch.

Sunday Bulletin - January 19/February 1, 2009: 33rd Sunday after Pentecost (Zacchaeus Sunday)

Saints: Zacchaeus Sunday; Macarius of Egypt; Mark of Ephesus

Tone: VIII

Epistle: I Timothy 4:9-15 & Galatians 5:22-6:2

Gospel: Luke 19:1-10 & Matthew 11:27-30

Sunday Hymnography: http://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_january19.htm

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DATES TO REMEMBER:

Next Weekend: Publican & Pharisee Sunday:
-Saturday, Feb 7: 6:30pm – Great Vespers
-Sunday, Feb 8: 9:15am – Confessions; 9:40am – Hours; 10:00am – Liturgy

MOSCOW: January 28, 2009

Epistle of the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church

Dear in the Lord Pastors, Divinely-Wise Monks and Nuns, Beloved Brothers and Sisters, faithful children of our Holy Church!

The Local Council [Pomestny Sobor], held on January 27-28, 2009, at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, addresses you with the words of the Apostle: "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all" (2 Corinthians 13:14).