2/3 – Wednesday 7:00 PM – Prayer Service (Moleben) with Akathist Hymn of St.
Romanos before the icon of the Mother of God “Softener of Evil Hearts” with
petitions for the welfare of the parish and for the sick – Those present will be anointed with the oil from this miraculous icon

2/4 – Thursday 7-9 PM – Choir Rehearsal

Because of the blizzard of 2/5 and 2/6, services on Friday, Saturday
and Sunday are canceled. The annual parish meeting is rescheduled for Sunday, the 21^st.

2/6 – Meat-fare Saturday, Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed
2/7 – Meat-fare Sunday, Sunday of the Last Judgment – The last day before Lent when
eating of flesh meat is permitted.  The week from 2/8 through 2/14 is called “Cheese-fare” week because it is the last week before Lent during which eating dairy products is permitted, not excluding Wednesday and Friday

2/11 – Thursday 7-9 PM – Choir Rehearsal

2/12 – Friday 7:00 PM – Meeting of St. Joseph the Patriarch Young Adults at the
Rectory

2/13 – Saturday 5:00 PM – Evening Vigil
2/14 – Sunday 9:40 AM – Hours & Divine Liturgy – Sunday of Cheese-fare,
the Casting out of Adam from Paradise, Forgiveness Sunday – The Meeting of the
Lord by Saint Symeon the God-Receiver – One of the 12 great feasts of the Church – Today, our agape meal consists of Bliny, or Russian-style crepes with the appropriate trimmings – Although a donation is not required, please, according to your ability, generously donate for the luncheon in support of the needs of the parish.
2/14 – Sunday 6:30 PM First Vespers of the Great Fast, called Forgiveness Vespers – In this service, the faithful gather to ask forgiveness of one another to help ensure a holy observance of the fast.

2/15 – Monday 6:30 PM Great Compline with the Reading of a portion of the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete – This day is the beginning of the Great Fast
2/16 – Tuesday 6:30 PM Great Compline with the Reading of a portion of the
Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete
2/17 – Wednesday 6:30 PM Great Compline with the Reading of a portion of the
Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete
2/18 – Thursday 6:30 PM Great Compline with the Reading of a portion of the
Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete – a brief choir rehearsal follows the service
2/19 – Friday 6:30 PM Matins & First Hour
2/20 – Saturday 8:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy – the First Saturday of
Great Lent – Holy Martyr Theodore the Recruit
2/20 – Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil
2/21 – Sunday 9:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy of St. Basil – The First
Sunday of Great Lent – the Sunday of Orthodoxy – Immediately following Liturgy
will be the Moleben for the Conversion of Those in Error
2/21 – Sunday after Trapeza – The Annual Meeting of the Parish – Those communicants who have been parish
members for at least six months and who have recorded and kept their pledge of
financial support may attend

2/25 – Thursday 7-9 PM – Choir Rehearsal

Our friend Mitered Proto-priest John Townsend, rector of St. Mary of Egypt parish
near Atlanta, GA, will be our guest this weekend
2/26 – Friday 6:30 PM Matins & First Hour – The names of all the faithful departed whom the parishioners commemorate are read at Matins
2/27 – Saturday 8:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
– Commemoration of the Departed
2/27 – Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil
2/28 – Sunday 9:40 AM Hours &
Divine Liturgy of St. Basil – Commemoration of St. Gregory Palamas

Father George and Father Damian will attend a
Lenten Diocesan Clergy Retreat at St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Mayfield,
PA from Monday through Wednesday, 3/1 through 3/3

3/4 – Thursday 7:00 – 9:00 PM Choir rehearsal

3/5 – Friday 6:30 PM Matins & First Hour – The names of all the faithful departed whom the parishioners commemorate are read at Matins
3/6 – Saturday 8:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
– Commemoration of the Departed

3/6 – Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil
3/7 – Sunday 9:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy of St. Basil – Veneration of the Precious Cross