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).

MOSCOW: January 27, 2009
Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad Elected New Patriarch of Moscow

On the evening of January 27, 2009, the results of the election of the new Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia were announced. The Local Council [Pomestny Sobor] elected His Eminence Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad as the head of the Russian Orthodox Church.

On 27 January 2009, the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church began its work at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.

The bishops robed in mantles proceeded to the Church through western doors. The clerics, monastics and laymen – delegates of the Council – have already assembled.

On 27 January 2009, the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church began its work. In the morning, its delegates who arrived from more than sixty countries prayed at the Divine Liturgy celebrated by the Patriarchal Locum Tenens, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, at the Church of the Transfiguration in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. All members of the Holy Synod concelebrated.

After the Liturgy, the requiem litiya for the late Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia was celebrated.

(Click here for photos: http://www.mospat.ru/index.php?page=43983)

Sunday Bulletin - January 12/25, 2009: 32nd Sunday after Pentecost

Saints: Martyr Tatiana of Rome; Savva of Serbia

Tone: VII

Epistle: Ephesians 4:7-13; I Timothy 1:15-17

Gospel: Matthew 4:12-17; Luke 18:35-43

Sunday Hymnography: http://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_january12.htm

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DATES TO REMEMBER:

Next Weekend: Zacchaeus Sunday:
-Saturday, Jan 31: 6:30pm – Great Vespers
-Sunday, Feb 1: 9:15am – Confessions; 9:40am – Hours; 10:00am – Liturgy

Click her to see photos of river blessing on Theophany:
http://picasaweb.google.com/stelizabethnewmartyr/RiverBlessingForTheopha...

Click here to see photos of vespers from Eve of Theophany:
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Sunday Bulletin - January 5/18, 2009: Eve of Theophany

Saints: Eve of Theophany; Martyrs Theopemptus, bishop of Nicomedia and Theonas

Tone: VI

Epistle: II Timothy 4:5-8; Colossians 3:12-26

Gospel: Mark 1:1-8

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

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DATES TO REMEMBER:

Calendar of Events: http://www.stelizabeth.net/?q=node/423

The Theophany of Our Lord:
Eve of Theophany: Sunday, Jan 18:
9:15am – Confessions
9:40am – Hours
10:00am – Liturgy
1:00pm – Great Vespers & Blessing of Waters

FOREFEAST OF THEOPHANY: Friday, Jan 16:
6:30pm – Royal Hours & Typika

FOREFEAST OF THEOPHANY: Saturday, Jan 17:
6:30pm – Great Vespers

EVE OF THEOPHANY: Sunday, Jan 18:
9:15am – Confessions
9:40am – Hours
10:00am – Liturgy
1:00pm – Great Vespers & Blessing of Waters
6:30pm – Vigil

THEOPHANY: Monday, Jan 19:
9:40am – Hours
10:00am – Liturgy
12:30pm – Blessing of the River

Please click here for the photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/stelizabethnewmartyr/NativityDec252008Jan720...