September 2004

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
29 The Beheading of Holy John, the Prophet, Forerunner & Baptizer of Christ Orthros: 8:30am Divine Liturgy: 9:30am Abstinence!	30 Synaxis of the Holy Hierarchs & New Martyrs of Serbia Vespers & welcome picnic for in-coming K-State Orthodox Stu­dents (Manhattan), 5:30pm	31 The Deposition of the Precious Sash of the Theotokos     Akathistos (Bible Study), 9:30am	Sept. 1 Venerable Fa­ther Symeon the Sty­lite Orthros, 8:00am Liturgy (& Lesser Bless­ing of Waters), 9:00am Daily Vespers (adult dis­­­cus­sion), 6:30pm Fast Day!	2 Holy Child-Martyr Mamas & Our Father among the Saints John the Faster, Patriarch of Constantinople	3             Fast Day!	4 The Holy Law-Giver Moses & the Sacred-Martyr Babylas, Bishop of Antioch Liturgy (Manhattan), 9:30am Great Vespers & Con­­fes­sion: 5:30pm
5 The Fourteenth Sun­. af­­ter Pen­­te­cost & the Righ­teous Za­chariah & Elizabeth Orthros: 8:30am Divine Liturgy: 9:30am Blessing of Waters for the Beginning of Sun­day School Year	6 The Miracle of the Holy Archangel Mi­chael ar Colassai	7 Eve of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary Akathistos (Bible Study), 9:30am   Orthros, 6:00pm Hierarchical Divine Liturgy (St. Mary’s, Wichita), 7:00pm	8 Feast of the Nativity of the All-Holy Theo­to­kos, & Ever-Virgin Mary   Daily Vespers (adult dis­­­cus­sion), 6:30pm Fast Day!	9 The Righteous Joa­chim & Anna, Parents of the Theotokos	10 Post-Feast of the Dor­mition of the Theo­tokos Retreat with Mother Cassiana (St. Mary’s Wichita), 6:30-8:30pm     Fast Day!	11 Post-Feast of Dor­mition Liturgy (Manhattan), 9:30am Retreat with Mother Cassiana (St. Mary’s Wichita), 11:00am-5:30pm Great Vespers & Con­­-fes­sion: 5:30pm
12 The Leave-Taking of the Nativity of the Theotokos & Sunday bef­ore the Holy Cross Orthros, 8:30am Divine Liturgy, 9:30am Sunday School classes Begin	13 Eve of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Precious & Life-Giv­ing Cross     Great Vespers, 6:30pm	14 Feast of the Exal­ta­tion of the Precious & Life-Giv­ing Cross Orthros, 7:45am Procession with the Cross, 8:45 Liturgy, 9:00am (Bible Study) Fast Day!	15 The Post-Feast of the Cross         Daily Vespers (Parish Council), 6:30pm Fast Day!	16 The Post-Feast of the Cross & Holy Great-Martyr Eu­phe­mia & Ven­er­able Nin­ian, En­light­en­er of Scot­land	17 The Post-Feast of the Cross & Holy Mar­tyr Sophia & Her 3 Daughters: Faith, Hope & Charity     Fast Day!	18 Saturday after the Cross Liturgy(Man­hat­tan), 9:30am     Great Vespers & Con­fession: 5:30pm
19 Sunday af­ter the Exaltation of the Cross           Orthros, 8:30am Divine Liturgy, 9:30am Sunday School	20 The Post-Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross & the Holy Great-Mar­tyr Eu­sta­thius & Theo­piste & Their Sons	21 The Leave-Taking of the Exaltation of the Precious & Life-Giv­ing Cross         Akathistos (Bible Study), 9:30am	22               Daily Vespers (adult dis­­­cus­sion), 6:30pm Fast Day!	23 The Conception of John, the Prophet, Forerun­ner & Baptizer of Christ	24 The Holy-Proto-Mar­tyr among Women Thekla   Retreat with Tristram Engelhardt (St. Basil’s Kansas City), 6:30-8:30pm   Fast Day!	25 Venerable Moth­er Eu­phrosyne & Ven­er­able Father Ser­gius of Radonezh Liturgy(Man­hat­tan), 9:30am Retreat with Tristram Engelhardt (St. Basil’s Kansas City) Great Vespers & Con­fession: 5:30pm
26 First Sunday of St. Luke & Transfer of the Re­lics of St. John the Theologian Orthros: 8:30am Divine Liturgy: 9:30am Sunday School	27 The Holy Prophet Ba­ruch	28 The Deposition of the Precious Sash of the Theotokos   Akathistos (Bible Study), 9:30am	29         Daily Vespers (adult dis­­­cus­sion), 6:30pm Fast Day!	30 The Sacred-Mar­tyr Gre­go­ry the Il­lum­in­at­­or, Bishop of Great­er Armenia Great Vespers, 6:30pm	Oct. 1 The Protecting Veil of the Theotokos & Ever-Virgin Mary Orthros, 8:00am Liturgy (& Lesser Bless­ing of Waters), 9:00am Fast Day!	2 The Sacred-Martyr Cyprian of Antioch & the Holy Virgin-Martyr JustinaLiturgy (Manhattan), 9:30am Great Vespers & Con­­fes­sion: 5:30pm

Fast Day: 1 meal after 3:00pm, ab­stin­ence from meat, poultry, dairy, fish, wine & oil.

Abstinence: 2 meals, ab­stin­ence from meat, poultry, dairy & fish; wine & oil are per­mit­ted