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

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.

April 27

– Great and Holy Pascha

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

April 20	– Palm Sunday
June 5	– Holy Ascension
June 15	– Pentecost - Trinity Sunday

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 10 - April 26	– Great Lent
June 23 - July 11	– Apostles' (Peter & Paul) Fast
August 14 - August 28	– 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

March 1	– Meat-fare Saturday
March 22	– 2-nd Saturday of the Great Lent
March 29	– 3-rd Saturday of the Great Lent
April 5	– 4-th Saturday of the Great Lent
May 6	– Radonitsa (Tuesday of the 2nd week of Pascha)
June 14	– Trinity Saturday
November 1	– Demetrius Saturday

Fast-free Weeks

January 7 - January 17	– Sviatki (Afterfeast of the Nativity of Christ to Theophany Eve)
February 17 - February 23	– Publican & Pharisee
March 2 - March 8	– Maslenitsa
April 27 - May 3	– Bright Week
June 15 - June 21	– Trinity Week