Thursday 1st March 2007
[ 16 Feb ]
FAST DAY
SECOND WEEK OF GREAT LENT.
Martyrs Pamphilius, presbyter; Valens, deacon; Paul, Seleucus, Porphyrius, Julian, Theodulus, Elias, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Samuel and Daniel, at Caesarea in Palestine (307-309).
Martyr Marutha, Bishop in Mesopotamia (422).
SIXTH HOUR:
Isaiah 6:1-12;
VESPERS
Genesis 5:1-24; Proverbs 6:3-20
No Liturgy
Friday 2nd March 2007
[ 17 Feb ]
FAST DAY
SECOND WEEK OF GREAT LENT.
Great Martyr Theodore the Recruit (c 306).
St Mariamne, sister of the Apostle Philip (1st).
St Finan, Bishop of Lindisfarne (661).
Hieromartyr Hermogenes (Hermogen), Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia (1612).
Uncovering of the relics of Martyr Menas at Alexandria (867-869).
St Fintan, Abbot of Clonenagh (603).
SIXTH HOUR:
Isaiah 7:1-14;
VESPERS
Genesis 5:32-6:8; Proverbs 6:20-7:1
+Theodore the Recruit:
LITURGY
2 Timothy 2:1-10; John 15:17-16:2
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Saturday 3rd March 2007
[ 18 Feb ] - 5:30pm - VIGIL
FAST DAY - Wine, Oil allowed.
Second Saturday of Great Lent.
Memorial Saturday.
St Leo the Great, Pope of Rome (461).
St Agapetus the Confessor, Bishop of Synnada in Phrygia (4th).
St Flavian the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople (449) .
St Colman, Bishop of Lindisfarne (676).
St Kosmas, Monk of Yahkhromsk (1492).
Hebrews 3:12-16; Mark 1:35-44
+Commem. of the Dead:
1 Thessalonians 4:13-17; John 5:24-30
Sunday 4th March 2007
[ 19 Feb ] - 10am - Hours & DIVINE LITURGY
FAST DAY - Wine, Oil allowed.
Tone 5 - SECOND SUNDAY OF GREAT LENT.
St Gregory Palamas.
Commemoration of the Holy Fathers whose relics lie in the Kiev Caves (Near and Far).
Apostles of the Seventy Archippus and Philemon, and Martyr Apphias (1st).
Martyrs Maximus, Theodotus, Hesychius and Asclepiodota, of Adrianopolis (305-311).
SS. Eugene and Macarius, Presbyters, Confessors at Antioch (363).
St Dositheus of Palestine, disciple of Abba Dorotheus (7th).
St Philothei of Athens, Martyr (1589).
MATINS
(V) Luke 24:12-35
LITURGY OF ST BASIL
Hebrews 1:10-2:3; Mark 2:1-12
+St Gregory Palamas:
Hebrews 7:26-8:2; John 10:9-16
Monday 5th March 2007
[ 20 Feb ]
FAST DAY
THIRD WEEK OF GREAT LENT.
St Leo, Bishop of Catania in Sicily (c 780).
St Dionysius, Pope of Rome (268).
Hieromartyr Sadoc (Sadoth), Bishop of Persia, and 128 Martyrs with him (342-344).
St Agathon, Pope of Rome (682).
SIXTH HOUR:
Isaiah 8:13-9:7;
VESPERS
Genesis 6:9-22; Proverbs 8:1-21.
No Liturgy
Tuesday 6th March 2007
[ 21 Feb ]
FAST DAY
THIRD WEEK OF GREAT LENT.
St Timothy of Symbola in Bithynia (795).
St Eustathius (Eustace), Archbishop of Antioch (c 337).
St George, Bishop of Amastris on the Black Sea (802-811).
SIXTH HOUR:
Isaiah 9:9-10:4;
VESPERS
Genesis 7:1-5; Proverbs 8:32-9:11
No Liturgy
Wednesday 7th March 2007
[ 22 Feb ]
FAST DAY
THIRD WEEK OF GREAT LENT.
Uncovering of the relics of the Holy Martyrs at the Gate of Eugenius at Constantinople (395-423).
Martyrs Maurice and his son, Photinus, and Martyrs Theodore, Philip, and 70 soldiers at Apamea in Syria (c 305).
St Athanasius the Confessor, of Constantinople (821).
SIXTH HOUR:
Isaiah 10:12-20;
VESPERS
Genesis 7:6-9; Proverbs 9:12-18
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Thursday 8th March 2007
[ 23 Feb ]
FAST DAY
THIRD WEEK OF GREAT LENT.
Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna (167).
St Alexander, founder of the monastery of the "Unsleeping Ones" (c 430).
St Polycarp of Briansk (1620-1621).
SIXTH HOUR:
Isaiah 11:10-12:2;
VESPERS
Genesis 7:11-8:3; Proverbs 10:1-22
No Liturgy
Friday 9th March 2007
[ 24 Feb ]
FAST DAY - Wine, Oil allowed.
THIRD WEEK OF GREAT LENT.
First (4th) and Second (452) Finding of the Honourable Head of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John.
St Ethelbert, King of Kent (616) .
St Cumine the White, Abbot of Iona (669).
SIXTH HOUR:
Isaiah 13:2-13;
VESPERS
Genesis 8:4-21; Proverbs 10:31-11:12
+First and Second findings of the Head of St John the Baptist:
VESPERS
(1) Isaiah 40:1-3,9; 41:17-18; 45:8; 48:20-21; 54:1
(2) Malachi 3:1-3,5-7,12,18; 4:4-6;
(3) Wisdom 4:7,16-17,19-20; 5:1-7
MATINS
Luke 7:17-30
LITURGY
2 Corinthians 4:6-15; Matthew 11:2-15
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Saturday 10th March 2007
[ 25 Feb ] - 5:30pm - VIGIL
FAST DAY - Wine, Oil allowed.
Third Saturday of Great Lent.
Memorial Saturday.
St Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (806).
St Walburga the Myrrh-Giver, Abbess of Heidenheim (779).
Hebrews 10:32-38; Mark 2:14-17
+Commem. of Dead:
1 Thessalonians 4:13-17; John 5:24-30
Sunday 11th March 2007
[ 26 Feb ] - 10am - Hours & DIVINE LITURGY
FAST DAY - Wine, Oil allowed.
Tone 6 - THIRD SUNDAY OF GREAT LENT.
Veneration of the Cross.
St Porphyrius, Bishop of Gaza (420).
Martyr Sebastian (1st).
MATINS
(VI) Luke 24:36-53
LITURGY OF ST BASIL
Hebrews 4:14-5:6; Mark 8:34-9:1
Monday 12th March 2007
[ 27 Feb ]
FAST DAY
FOURTH WEEK OF GREAT LENT.
St Procopius the Confessor of Decapolis (8th).
St Thallelaeus, Hermit, of Syria (460).
St Titus, Presbyter of the Kiev Caves (1190).
SIXTH HOUR:
Isaiah 14:24-32;
VESPERS
Genesis 8:21-9:7; Proverbs 11:19-12:6
No Liturgy
Tuesday 13th March 2007
[ 28 Feb ]
FAST DAY
FOURTH WEEK OF GREAT LENT.
St Basil the Confessor, companion of St Procopius at Decapolis (750).
Blessed Nicholas Salos of Pskov, Fool-for-Christ (1576).
St Romanus, Abbot (463).
St John Cassian the Roman (435).
St Oswald, Archbishop of York (992).
SIXTH HOUR:
Isaiah 25:1-9;
VESPERS
Genesis 9:8-17; Proverbs 12:8-22
No Liturgy
Wednesday 14th March 2007
[ 1 Mar ]
FAST DAY
FOURTH WEEK OF GREAT LENT.
Martyr Eudoxia (Eudocia) of Heliopolis (c 160-170).
St David of Wales, Bishop (6th).
SIXTH HOUR:
Isaiah 26:21-27:9;
VESPERS
Genesis 9:18-10:1; Proverbs 12:23-13:9
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Thursday 15th March 2007
[ 2 Mar ]
FAST DAY
FOURTH WEEK OF GREAT LENT.
Martyr Hesychius the Senator (c 304).
Virgin-Martyr Euthalia of Sicily (257).
Hieromartyr Theodotus, Bishop of Cyrenia (c 320).
St Arsenius, Bishop of Tver (1409).
St Agathon of Egypt (5th).
400 Martyrs slain by the Lombards in Italy (579).
St Chad, Bishop of Lichfield (672).
St Nicholas Planas, parish priest in Athens (1932).
SIXTH HOUR:
Isaiah 28:14-22;
VESPERS
Genesis 10:32-11:9; Proverbs 13:20-14:6
No Liturgy
Friday 16th March 2007
[ 3 Mar ]
FAST DAY
FOURTH WEEK OF GREAT LENT.
Martyr Eutropius of Amasea, and with him Martyrs Cleonicus and Basiliscus (c 308).
St Piamoun, Virgin (337), and St Alexandra, of Alexandria.
St Calupanus, Recluse in Auverge (576).
St Non, mother of St David of Wales (6th).
St Winwaloe, Abbot (6th).
SIXTH HOUR:
Isaiah 29:13-23;
VESPERS
Genesis 12:1-7; Proverbs 14:15-26
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Saturday 17th March 2007
[ 4 Mar ]
FAST DAY - Wine, Oil allowed.
Fourth Saturday of Great Lent.
Memorial Saturday.
St Gerasimos of the Jordan (475).
Blessed Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov (1238).
Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow (1303).
St Gregory, Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus.
Hebrews 6:9-12; Mark 7:31-37
+Commem. of the Dead:
1 Corinthians 15:47-57; John 5:24-30
Sunday 18th March 2007
[ 5 Mar ] - 10am - Hours & DIVINE LITURGY
FAST DAY - Wine, Oil allowed.
Tone 7 - FOURTH SUNDAY OF GREAT LENT.
St John Climacus (of 'The Ladder').
Martyr Conon of Isauria (1st).
Martyr Conon the Gardener, of Pamphylia (3rd).
St Mark the Faster of Egypt (5th).
St Kieran (Ciaran) of Saighir (Ossory) (5th-6th).
St Piran, Hermit of Cornwall (c 480).
MATINS
(VII) John 20:1-10
LITURGY OF ST BASIL
Hebrews 6:13-20; Mark 9:17-31
+Commem. of St John Climacus:
Ephesians 5:9-19; Matthew 4:25-5:12
Monday 19th March 2007
[ 6 Mar ]
FAST DAY
FIFTH WEEK OF GREAT LENT.
The 42 Martyrs of Amoriuk in Phrygia including: Constantine, Aetius, Theophilus, Theodore, Melissenus, Callistus, Basoes and others (c 845).
The discovery of the Precious Cross and the Precious Nails by Empress St Helena in Jerusalem (326).
SIXTH HOUR:
Isaiah 37:33-38:6;
VESPERS
Genesis 13:12-18; Proverbs 14:27-15:4
No Liturgy
Tuesday 20th March 2007
[ 7 Mar ]
FAST DAY
FIFTH WEEK OF GREAT LENT.
The Holy Hieromartyrs of Cherson: Basil, Ephraim, Capito, Eugene, Aetherius, Elpidius and Agathodorus (4th).
St Paul the Simple of Egypt, disciple of St Anthony the Great (4th).
SIXTH HOUR:
Isaiah 40:18-31;
VESPERS
Genesis 15:1-15; Proverbs 15:7-19
No Liturgy
Wednesday 21st March 2007
[ 8 Mar ]
FAST DAY - Wine, Oil allowed.
FIFTH WEEK OF GREAT LENT.
St Theophylact, Bishop of Nicomedia (842).
Apostle Hermas of the Seventy (1st).
Hieromartyr Theodoret of Antioch (4th).
St Felix of Burgundy, Bishop of Dunwich and Enlightener of East Anglia (c 648).
St Senan, Abbot of Scattery (544).
SIXTH HOUR:
Isaiah 41:4-14;
VESPERS
Genesis 17:1-9; Proverbs 15:20-16:9
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Thursday 22nd March 2007
[ 9 Mar ]
FAST DAY - Wine, Oil allowed.
FIFTH WEEK OF GREAT LENT.
The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste (c 320).
St Caesarius, brother of St Gregory the Theologian (c 369).
St Bosa, Bishop of York (705).
MATINS
(Wednesday Evening)
Great Canon of St Andrew of Crete
SIXTH HOUR:
Isaiah 42:5-16;
VESPERS
Genesis 18:20-33; Proverbs 16:17-17:17
+Forty Martyrs of Sebaste:
VESPERS
(1) Isaiah 43:9-14
(2) Wisdom 3:1-9;
(3) Wisdom 5:15-24,6:1-3
MATINS
Luke 21:12-19
LITURGY
Hebrews 12:1-10; Matthew 20:1-16
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Friday 23rd March 2007
[ 10 Mar ]
FAST DAY - Wine allowed.
FIFTH WEEK OF GREAT LENT.
Martyr Quadratus and those with him at Corinth (267-268).
SIXTH HOUR:
Isaiah 45:11-17;
VESPERS
Genesis 22:1-18; Proverbs 17:17-18:5
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Saturday 24th March 2007
[ 11 Mar ] - 5:30pm - VIGIL
FAST DAY - Wine, Oil allowed.
Fifth Saturday of Great Lent.
Saturday of the Akathist of the Most Holy Theotokos.
St Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem (638).
Hieromartyr Pionius of Smyrna and those with him: Asclepiades, Macedonia, Linus, and Sabina (250).
Hebrews 9:24-28; Mark 8:27-31
+Akathist of Theotokos:
LITURGY
Hebrews 9:1-7; Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28
Sunday 25th March 2007
[ 12 Mar ] - 10am - Hours & DIVINE LITURGY
FAST DAY - Wine, Oil allowed.
Tone 8 - FIFTH SUNDAY OF GREAT LENT.
St Mary of Egypt.
St Theophanes the Confessor, of Sigriane (818).
Righteous Phineas, Grandson of Aaron (c 1500BC).
St Gregory the Dialogist, Pope of Rome (604).
St Alphege, Bishop of Winchester (951).
St Simeon the New Theologian (1022).
St Paulinus (Paul Aurelian), Bishop (575).
MATINS
Luke 1:39-49,56
LITURGY OF ST BASIL
Hebrews 9:11-14; Mark 10:32-45
+St Mary of Egypt:
Galatians 3:23-29; Luke 7:36-50
Monday 26th March 2007
[ 13 Mar ]
FAST DAY
SIXTH WEEK OF GREAT LENT.
Translation of the relics of St Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople (846).
Martyrs Africanus, Publius, and Terence, of Carthage (3rd).
Martyr Alexander of Macedonia (305-311).
SIXTH HOUR:
Isaiah 48:17-49:4;
VESPERS
Gensis 27:1-41; Proverbs 19:16-25
No Liturgy
Tuesday 27th March 2007
[ 14 Mar ]
FAST DAY
SIXTH WEEK OF GREAT LENT.
St Benedict of Nursia, Abbot (543).
St Theognostus, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia (1353).
Blessed Rostislav (Michael), Prince of Kiev (1167).
SIXTH HOUR:
Isaiah 49:6-10;
VESPERS
Genesis 31:3-16; Proverbs 21:3-21
No Liturgy
Wednesday 28th March 2007
[ 15 Mar ]
FAST DAY
SIXTH WEEK OF GREAT LENT.
Martyrs Agapius, Publius and their companions at Caesarea in Palestine (303).
SIXTH HOUR:
Isaiah 58:1-11;
VESPERS
Genesis 43:26-31; 45:1-16; Proverbs 21:23-22:4
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Thursday 29th March 2007
[ 16 Mar ]
FAST DAY
SIXTH WEEK OF GREAT LENT.
Hieromartyr Alexander, Pope of Rome (119).
Martyr Sabinus of Egypt (287).
St Christodoulos of Patmos (1093).
SIXTH HOUR:
Isaiah 65:8-16;
VESPERS
Genesis 46:1-7; Proverbs 23:15-24:5
No Liturgy
Friday 30th March 2007
[ 17 Mar ]
FAST DAY
SIXTH WEEK OF GREAT LENT.
St Alexius the Man of God, in Rome (411).
St Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Apostle to the Irish (?461).
St Withburga, Solitary at Holkham and East Dereham (c 743).
SIXTH HOUR:
Isaiah 66:10-24;
VESPERS
Genesis 49:33-50:26; Proverbs 31:8-31
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Saturday 31st March 2007
[ 18 Mar ] - 5:30pm - VIGIL
FAST DAY - Fish Roe, Wine, Oil allowed.
LAZARUS SATURDAY.
St Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem (386).
Martyrs Trophimus and Eucarpus of Nicomedia (c 300).
St Edward the Martyr, King of England (c 978).
Hebrews 12:28-13:8; John 11:1-45
