ST. XENIA ORTHODOX CHURCH
P.O. Box 147 - Methuen, MA 01844
(phone) (978) 204-0428

MARCH 2016
SundaySun MondayMon TuesdayTue WednesdayWed ThursdayThu FridayFri SaturdaySat
Feb 28 (Feb 15)
Sunday of the Prodigal Son. Tone 6
9:30 Hours and Divine Liturgy
Feb 29 (Feb 16)
MM Pamphilus presbyter, Valens deacon & comp, at Caesarea
1 (Feb 17)
GM Theodore the Tyro
2 (Feb 18)
St. Leo the Great, pope of Rome
Fast
3 (Feb 19)
App Archippus and Philemon of the 70
4 (Feb 20)
Ven Leo, bishop of Catania
Fast
5 (Feb 21)
Ven. Timothy of Symbola
5:30 All-Night Vigil
6 (Feb 22)
Sunday of the Last Judgment. Tone 7
9:30 Hours and Divine Liturgy
7 (Feb 23)
HM Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna
Fast: dairy, fish, wine, & oil
8 (Feb 24)
1st and 2nd Findings of the Head of St. John the Baptist
Fast: dairy, fish, wine, & oil
9 (Feb 25)
St. Tarasius, archbishop of Constantinople
Fast: dairy, fish, wine, & oil
10 (Feb 26)
St. Porphyrius, bishop of Gaza
Fast: dairy, fish, wine, & oil
11 (Feb 27)
Ven. Procopius the Confessor of Decapolis
Fast: dairy, fish, wine, & oil
12 (Feb 28)
Ven. Basil the Confessor
1:00 Blini Luncheon & Presentation by Sr. from St. Elizabeth Convent
3:30 Children's Choir
5:30 All-Night Vigil
Fast: dairy, fish, wine, & oil
13 (Feb 29)
Sunday of Forgiveness. Tone 8

9:30 Hours and Divine Liturgy
Forgiveness Vespers

Fast: dairy, fish, wine, & oil
14 (Mar 1)
Great Lent Begins
6:30 Compline w/Great Canon of St Andrew
Fast
15 (Mar 2)
St. Arsenius, bishop of Tver
Fast
16 (Mar 3)
Martyr Eutropius of Amasea and comp.
6:30 Compline w/Great Canon of St Andrew
Fast
17 (Mar 4)
Ven. Gerasimus of the Jordan
Fast
18 (Mar 5)
Martyr Conon of Isauria
6:30 Vesperal Liturgy of the Presanctified with Blessing of Koliva
Fast
19 (Mar 6)
Theodore Saturday
5:30 All-Night Vigil
Fast: wine & oil
20 (Mar 7)
First Sunday: Triumph of Orthodoxy. Tone 1
9:30 Hours and Divine Liturgy
Fast: wine & oil
21 (Mar 8)
Ven. Theophylactus, bishop of Nicomedia
Fast
22 (Mar 9)
Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
Fast
23 (Mar 10)
Martyr Codratus and comp.
Fast
24 (Mar 11)
St. Euthymius, Bishop of Novgorod, wonderwoker
Fast
25 (Mar 12)
Ven. Theophanes the Confessor of Sigriane
Fast
26 (Mar 13)
Ancestral Saturday. Remembrance of the dead.
3:30 Class & Children's Choir
5:30 All-Night Vigil
Fast: wine & oil
27 (Mar 14)
Second Sunday: St. Gregory Palamas. Tone 2
9:30 Hours and Divine Liturgy
Fast: wine & oil
28 (Mar 15)
Martyr Nicander of Egypt
Fast
29 (Mar 16)
Martyr Sabinas of Hermopolis
Fast
30 (Mar 17)
Ven. Alexis the Man of God
St. Patrick of Ireland
Fast
31 (Mar 18)
St. Cyril, archbishop of Jerusalem
Fast
Apr 1 (Mar 19)
Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria & comp.
6:30 Vesperal Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified
Fast
Apr 2 (Mar 20)
Ancestral Saturday. Remembrance of the dead.
4:30 General Pannyhida
5:30 All-Night Vigil
Fast: wine & oil
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