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When Christ God had been born for our sakes from the Virgin,
Thou faithfully didst follow Him keeping His statutes,
And heeding His sacred laws, O august Mary Magdalene.
Hence, as we today observe thy holy remembrance,
We receive the loosing of our sins and transgressions
Through thy holy prayers for us.

---The Troparion of St. Mary Magdalene (Tone 1)

Services :

• Most Saturdays: 9:30 AM Divine Liturgy (Typica when no priest is available); once monthly, Saturday Orthros 9:00 AM, Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM (exact schedule to be announced), on these weeks a Friday evening service (Vespers unless another service is appointed for that Friday according to the Typicon) will be offerered.
• Great and Holy Saturday, 26 April, 10:30 PM, Midnight Office, Rush Procession and Paschal Orthros
• HOLY PASCHA, 27 April, 12:01 AM, THE PASCHAL DIVINE LITURGY OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, Archpriest Philip Vreeland celebrating
• See Special Events below for a more complete listing of services during Great Lent and Holy Week.

Christian Education:

• Weekly Catechesis following Saturday morning Divine Liturgies. Beginning on 8 September, the weekly catechism class, offered on Friday evenings since April, will be offered after Saturday Divine Liturgy. For those wishing to attend only the class, this would give a start time of about 11:15 on weeks when Orthros is not served, and 11:45 on weeks when we serve Orthros and Divine Liturgy. We are following the Catechetical Homilies of St. Cyril of Jerusalem, and have covered the first thirteen thus far. The Homilies are available for download in MSWord format:
  • The First Catechetical Homily of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
  • The Second Catechetical Homily of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
  • The Third Catechetical Homily of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
  • The Fourth Catechetical Homily of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
  • The Fifth Catechetical Homily of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
  • The Sixth Catechetical Homily of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
  • The Seventh Catechetical Homily of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
  • The Eighth Catechetical Homily of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
  • The Ninth Catechetical Homily of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
  • The Tenth Catechetical Homily of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
  • The Eleventh Catechetical Homily of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
  • The Twelfth Catechetical Homily of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
  • The Thirteenth Catechetical Homily of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
  • The Fourteenth Catechetical Homily of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
  • The Fifteenth Catechetical Homily of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
  • The Sixteenth Catechetical Homily of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
  • The Seventeenth Catechetical Homily of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
  • The Eighteenth Catechetical Homily of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
  • The Nineteenth Catechetical Homily of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
  • The Twentieth Catechetical Homily of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
  • The Twenty-First Catechetical Homily of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
  • The Twenty-Second Catechetical Homily of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
  • The Twenty-Third Catechetical Homily of St. Cyril of Jerusalem

  Following these our catechumens are reading

  • The Conversation of St. Seraphim of Sarov with Nicholas Motovilov

  Readings for the completed Inquirers' Class are in MS Word format:
  

  • The Didache Lecture notes on the teachings of the Holy Apostles from around the year 100.
  • The Epistle of St. Clement to the Corinthians
  • The Epistle of St. Ignatius to the Ephesians
  • The Epistle of St. Ignatius to the Magnesians
  • The Epistle of St. Ignatius to the Trallians
  • The Epistle of St. Ignatius to the Romans
  • The Epistle of St. Ignatius to the Philadelphians
  • The Epistle of St. Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans
  • The Epistle of St. Ignatius to St. Polycarp

Online versions of these (with Western commentary--either Latin or protestant) can be found at

New Advent (From which the translations used in the MSWord versions provided above were taken).
or
Christian Classics Ethereal Libary

(Both links are directed to the relevant page on the site, rather than the site homepage.)
A small reminder: the chapter and verse citations to the Scriptures were not in the original documents, and were added by the translators.

Upcoming Special Events:

At St. Mary Magdalene:

• Thursday 17 April, 6:00 pm, Divine Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts
• Saturday 19 April, 9;30 am, Typica with Communion of the Holy Mysteries (Lazarus Saturday)
• The Great and Holy Week at St. Mary Magdalene
  Follow the link for a complete listing of services and times. Archpriest Philip Vreeland will celebrate the Mystery of Holy Unction on Great Wednesday, and the first Paschal Divine Liturgy to be celebrated in Manhattan, KS. All are welcomed!

Nearby:

• see The Cloud of Witnesses for other events at our mother parish.
• see the orthodoxkansas.org homepage for regional events of note.

Clergy:

• Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch
• Metropolitan Philip of the Antiochian Archdiocese of North America
• Bishop Basil, Bishop of the Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America
• Fr. Joseph Longofono, Priest-in-charge jlongofono@cox.net

Directions

Approaching from the east along Ft. Riley Boulevard, turn left at Juliette Ave., cross the railroad tracks and make an immediate right. Follow Riley Lane past 9th Street. St. Mary Magdalene House is on the right.

Approaching from the west along Ft. Riley Boulevard, turn right at 10th Street (near Howie's Recycling), cross the railroad tracks and make an immediate left. Riley Lane at 10th Street appears to be an alley or driveway (sometimes obscured by the trailer of a landscaping truck) directly opposite Pottawatomie Ave. Signs for both Riley Lane and Pottawatomie Ave. are on the same pole, but the sign for Riley Lane is hidden by another utility pole until one has almost reached the intersection. St. Mary Magdalene House is on the left.

If our parking lot is full, please park on 9th Street, rather than in the parking areas belonging to neighboring houses or buildings.

A map is provided below (Yahoo Maps, Google Maps and Mapquest all have incorrect maps of this section of Manhattan, KS, so please use that provided here).