Sunday Bulletin - December 29/ January 11, 2009: 30th Sunday after Pentecost

Saints: Sunday after Nativity; The Kinsmen of the Lord: Joseph the Betrothed, David the King, and James the Brother of the Lord; The Holy Innocents

Tone: V

Epistle: Galatians 1:11-19; Colossians 1:12-18

Gospel: Matthew 2:13-23

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

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DATES TO REMEMBER:

The Theophany of Our Lord:
Forefeast of Theophany: Friday, Jan 16:
6:30pm – Royal Hours & Typika

Forefeast of Theophany: Saturday, Jan 17:

NEW YORK: January 2, 2009
Christmas Epistle of the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

Most Reverend brother Archpastors, Reverend Fathers, beloved brothers, sisters and children in Christ!

I address with heartfelt greetings the fullness of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia for the first time. For the new and lofty ministry which has been placed upon me I am in need of God's great mercy which completes that which is wanting. I ask for your prayers that the Lord will strengthen me in this new and responsible obedience.

Sunday Bulletin - December 22/ January 4, 2009: Sunday of the Holy Fathers

Saints: Sunday of the Holy Fathers

Tone: IV

Epistle: Hebrews 11:9-10, 17-23, 32-40

Gospel: Matthew 1:1-25

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

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DATES TO REMEMBER:

**Next Weekend: 30th Sunday after Pentecost:
Saturday, Jan 10: 6:30pm – Great Vespers
Sunday, Jan 11: 9:15am – Confessions; 9:40am – Hours; 10:00am – Liturgy

Choir Practice: There will be choir practice every Sunday in preparation for Nativity and Theophany.

NATIVITY SERVICES - January 6 & 7, 2009

TUESDAY, JANUARY 6 - EVE OF NATIVITY
9:00am - Royal Hours & Typika
10:30am - Vesperal Liturgy
6:30pm - Vigil - Eve of Nativity

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7 - NATIVITY OF OUR LORD
9:40am - Hours & Liturgy
12:00pm - Festal Meal

Sunday Bulletin - December 15/28, 2008: Sunday of the Holy Forefathers

Saints: Sunday of the Holy Forefathers

Tone: III

Epistle: Colossians 3:4-11

Gospel: Luke 14:16-24

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

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DATES TO REMEMBER:

**Next Weekend: Sunday of the Holy Fathers:
Saturday, Jan 3 27: 6:30pm – Great Vespers
Sunday, Jan 4: 9:15am – Confessions; 9:40am – Hours; 10:00am – Liturgy

Choir Practice: There will be choir practice every Sunday during December in preparation for Nativity and Theophany.

NEW YORK: December 23, 2008
Speech of Archimandrite Jerome (Shaw) At the Nomination Service On the Eve of His Consecration as Bishop of Manhattan

(Click here for photos: http://www.synod.com/synod/eng2008/12enbjnominationspeech.html)

From the Editors: The following is the speech read by Archimandrite Jerome (Shaw) during his nomination as Bishop of Manhattan. His consecration was held on December 10, 2008, on the feast day of the Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God at the Synodal Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign in New York.

Your Eminences, divinely wise Hierarchs, dear Vladyki,

Sunday Bulletin - December 8/21, 2008: 27th Sunday after Pentecost

Saints: St Patapius of Thebes; The Holy Apostles Sosthenes, Apollos, Tychicus, Epaphroditus, Onesiphorus, Cephas and Caesar

Tone: II

Epistle: Ephesians 6:10-17

Gospel: Luke 17:12-19

Sunday Hymnography: http://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_december8.htm

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DATES TO REMEMBER:

**Next Weekend: Sunday of the Holy Forefathers**:
Saturday, Dec 27: 6:30pm – Great Vespers
Sunday, Dec 28: 9:15am – Confessions; 9:40am – Hours; 10:00am – Liturgy

MOSCOW: December 12, 2008
Photo-Report On the Funeral Service and Burial of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II

Click here for photos: http://www.synod.com/synod/eng2008/12enpafuneral.html

MOSCOW: December 12, 2008
Photo-Report On the Liturgy Celebrated by the Primate of the Russian Church Abroad at Sretensky Stavropighial Monastery

On December 10, 2008, the feast day of the Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God, the Protectress of the Russian diaspora, His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion celebrated Divine Liturgy along with other archpastors of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia who had participated in the funeral of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy the day before, and with Archimandrite Tikhon, the Prior of the Monastery.

Sunday Bulletin - December 1/14, 2008: 26th Sunday after Pentecost

Saints: Prophet Nahum; Philaret the Merciful

Tone: I

Epistle: Ephesians 5:8-19

Gospel: Luke 18:18-27

Sunday Hymnography: http://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_december1.htm

DATES TO REMEMBER:

**Next Weekend: 27th Sunday after Pentecost**:
Saturday, Dec 20: 6:30pm – Great Vespers
Sunday, Dec 21: 9:15am – Confessions; 9:40am – Hours; 10:00am – Liturgy

Bishop George’s Visit to St Nicholas in Asheville, NC: Dec 18 & 19 (See Fr Mark for details)