Services and Events – St. Irene and St. Markella Greek Orthodox Church

Christmas and New Year

TUESDAY 24 EVE OF THE NATIVITY OF CHRIST
Christmas Eve: The Service of Royal Hours, Great Vespers, and Divine Liturgy of St. Basil . . 5:00 – 9:00 p.m.

THURSDAY 25 CHRISTMAS DAY Matins & Divine Liturgy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 – 11:30 a.m.

Saturday 27 Stephen, Archdeacon & First Martyr . Theodore the Confessor, brother of Saint Theophanes the Poet . Theodore, Patriarch of Constantinople
Matins & Divine Liturgy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.

SUNDAY 28 SUNDAY AFTER NATIVITY . JOSEPH THE BETROTHED, DAVID THE PROPHET, JAMES THE BROTHER OF THE LORD. 20,000 MARTYRS BURNED IN NICOMEDIA . HOLY MARTYR GLYCERUS. SIMON THE MYRRHBEARER, FOUNDER OF SIMONOPETRA, MONASTERY OF
MOUNT ATHOS
Matins & Divine Liturgy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:15 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.

THURSDAY 1 CIRCUMCISION OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST . Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia . Emmelia, Mother of Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Makrina, and Peter of Sebaste. Gregory, Bishop of Nanzianzos, Father of Gregory the Theologian
Matins, D. Liturgy of St. Basil, Doxology, & cutting of the Vasilopita . 8:00 – noon.

SUNDAY 4 SUNDAY BEFORE EPIPHANY . FOREFEAST OF THE THEOPHANY OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST . Synaxis of the 70 Holy Apostles . Our Righteous Father Theoctistus, Abbot of Cucomo in Sicily
Matins & Divine Liturgy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:15 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.