December 2024
Weekend of December 14 – 15
Sunday of the Forefathers of Christ
Saturday: Great Vespers & Confessions, 7:00 PM
Sunday: Reader’s Typika, 9:30 AM, followed by Coffee Hour; Panikhida for +Geza Feld, 11:30 AM
Weekend of December 21 – 22
Sunday before Nativity / Sunday of the Ancestors of Christ
Saturday: Great Vespers & Confessions, 7:00 PM
Sunday: Divine Liturgy, 9:30 AM, followed by Coffee Hour.
Tuesday, December 24
Eve of the Nativity of Christ
Festal Vigil (Compline, Lity, & Matins), 7:00 – 9:00 PM
followed by the singing of some festive carols in the narthex
Wednesday, December 25
Great Feast of the Nativity of Christ
Festal Divine Liturgy, 10:00 – 11:30 AM
(no Coffee Hour)
Weekend of December 28 – 29
Sunday after the Nativity / Holy Righteous Ones: Joseph the Betrothed, David the King, and James the Brother of the Lord.
Saturday: Great Vespers & Confessions, 7:00 PM
Sunday: Divine Liturgy, 9:30 AM, followed by Coffee Hour.
Wednesday, January 1
Feast of the Circumcision of Christ, Feast of St. Basil
Festal Divine Liturgy, 10:00 AM
with the blessing of the vasilopita (‘Basil’s bread’)
Weekend of January 4 – 5
Sunday before Theophany / Eve of Theophany
Saturday: Great Vespers & Confessions, 7:00 PM
Sunday: Divine Liturgy, 9:30 AM, followed by Coffee Hour.
Vespers for Theophany, to follow (~12:15 PM)
Monday, January 6 Great Feast of the Theophany (the Baptism of Christ)
Festal Divine Liturgy & the Great Blessing of Water, 9:30 AM
a Great Feast of Christ or the Theotokos
(one of the Twelve Great Feasts, and other feasts of Christ)
a “Vigil-rank” feast for a saint
(a major celebration for which Vespers & Matins are combined)
a “Polyelei-rank” feast for a saint
(a celebration at which the ‘Many Mercies’ is sung during Matins)
The symbols above denote the ‘rank’ of the feast being celebrated, as used in the Typikons (the books containing liturgical instructions for the year) of the Orthodox Churches.