HOLY VIRGIN PROTECTION RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

Sunday
9:30AM	- Hours
9:50AM	- Divine Liturgy - Mainly in Slavonic - Epistle and Gospels and Homily are in both English and Russian.

Saturday
6:30pm	- Vigil - In Slavonic

On weekdays:

Vigil: 6:30PM (Slavonic)

Hours: 8:30AM (Slavonic)
Divine Liturgy: 8:50AM (Slavonic)

The Fast Days information noted in the Service Schedule Calendar is taken from the 2008 Orthodox Calendar issued by the Fund for Assistance to the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR).

1- Strict Fast: NO meat, milk products, fish, oil (incl. vegetable oil), wine.

2- Fast: Only wine and oil are permitted.

3-Fast (*): Wine, oil and fish permitted.

Fixed Great Feasts

January 7	– The Nativity of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ
January 19	– The Baptism of Our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ
February 15	– Meeting of our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ in the Temple
April 7	– The Annunciation of Our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mar
August 19	– The Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ
August 28	– The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary
September 21	– Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever Virgin Mar
September 27	– The Universal Elevation of the Precious and Life-Creating Cross of the Lord
December 4	– Entry into the Temple of our Most Holy Lady Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary

Movable Great Feasts

GREAT AND HOLY PASCHA: April 4, 2010

Palm Sunday - One week before Easter

Holy Ascension - 40 days after Easter

Pentecost (Trinity Sunday) - 50 days after Easter

Feasts

January 14	– Circumcision of the Lord
July 7	– The Nativity of the Holy Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord, John
July 12	– The Holy, Glorious and All-Praised Leaders of the Apostles: Peter and Paul
September 11	– The Beheading of the Prophet, Forerunner of the Lord, John the Baptist
October 14	– Protection of Our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary

Fasting Seasons

March 5-April 18	– Great Lent
June 15 - July 11	– Apostles' (Peter & Paul) Fast
August 14 - August 27	– Dormition (Theotokos) Fast
November 28 - January 6	– Nativity (St. Philip's Fast)

Fast Days

	The Wednesdays and Fridays of the Year, except for Fast-Free Weeks
January 18	– Kreschensky sochelnik (The Eve of Theophany)
September 11	– The Beheading of St. John the Baptist
September 27	– The Elevation of the Cross

Traditional days of remembrance

	– Meat-fare Saturday
	– 2-nd Saturday of the Great Lent
	– 3-rd Saturday of the Great Lent
	– 4-th Saturday of the Great Lent
	– Radonitsa (Tuesday of the 2nd week of Pascha)
	– Trinity Saturday
	– Demetrius Saturday

Fast-free Weeks

	– Sviatki (Afterfeast of the Nativity of Christ to Theophany Eve)
	– Publican & Pharisee Week
	– Maslenitsa
	– Bright Week - Week after Easter
	– Trinity Week - Week after Pentecost