Divine Liturgy-Synaxis of All Saints of North America
2022-06-26 10:30 - 12:15 (America/Edmonton) | British Columbia
On the second Sunday after Pentecost, each local Orthodox Church commemorates all the saints, known and unknown, who have shone forth in its territory. Accordingly, the Orthodox Church in America remembers the saints of North America on this day… Completed at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/06/26/49-synaxis-of-the-saints-of-north-america

Divine Liturgy
2022-07-03 10:30 - 12:15
Saint Hyacinth, a native of Caesarea in Cappadocia, was raised in a Christian family. The emperor Trajan made the boy his “cubicularius” (chamberlain), unaware that he was a secret Christian… click the link to read the complete article of this 12 year old boy. https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/07/03/101872-martyr-hyacinth-of-caesarea-in-cappadocia-and-those-with-him

Divine Liturgy
2022-07-10 10:30 - 12:15
Saint Anthony of the Kiev Caves was born in the year 983 at Liubech, not far from Chernigov, and was named Antipas in Baptism. Possessing the fear of God from his youth, he desired to be clothed in the monastic schema. When he reached a mature age, he wandered until he arrived on Mt. Athos, burning with the desire to emulate the deeds of its holy inhabitants. Here he received monastic tonsure, and the young monk pleased God in every aspect of his spiritual struggles on the path of virtue. He particularly excelled in humility and obedience, so that all the monks rejoiced to see his holy life. https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/07/10/101994-venerable-anthony-of-the-kiev-far-caves-founder-of-monasticism-i Click to read more.

Divine Liturgy
2022-07-17 10:30 - 12:15
The Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical Councils. https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/07/17/50-fathers-of-the-first-six-councils
Click the link to read about them.

Divine Liturgy
2022-07-24 10:30 - 12:15
Saints Boris and Gleb were sons of Saint Vladimir (July 15). Saint Boris was named Romanus and Saint Gleb was named David at their Baptism. https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/07/24/102082-martyrs-and-passion-bearers-boris-and-gleb Click the link to read more about these brother passionbearers.

Divine Liturgy
2022-07-31 10:30 - 12:15
Forefeast of the Procession of the Honorable and Lifegiving Cross of the Lord

Divine Liturgy-Afterfeast of the Transfiguration
2022-08-07 10:30 - 12:15
On the first day of the Afterfeast of the Transfiguration, the hymns of Vespers speak of the amazement of the Apostles when they saw Christ transfigured before them. The Savior’s equality with the Father is also stressed, for He who covers Himself with light as with a garment is now transfigured before His disciples, “shining more brightly than the sun.”
Copies from http://oca.org

Divine Liturgy-Forefeast of the Dormition of the Mother of God
2022-08-14 10:30 - 12:15
The Troparion of the Forefeast invites us to gather on this day in gladness, for the Theotokos is about to depart from earth to heaven…http://oca.org

Divine Liturgy-Afterfeast of the Dormition of the Mother of God
2022-08-21 10:30 - 12:15
The Church continues to honour the passage of the Most Holy Theotokos from death to life. Just as Christ once dwelt in the virginal womb of His Mother, now He takes Her “to dwell in His courts.”
Taken from 0ca.org

Divine Liturgy-Venerable Moses the Ethiopian of Scete
2022-08-28 10:30 - 12:15
Saint Moses lived in Egypt during the fourth century. He was an Ethiopian, and since he was black of skin he was called “Murin” (meaning “like an Ethiopian”). In his youth he was the slave of an important man, but after he committed a murder, his master banished him, and he joined a band of robbers. Click the following link to continue reading. https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/08/28/102414-venerable-moses-the-ethiopian-of-scete

Divine Liturgy
2022-09-04 10:30 - 12:15
Two of the saints that are commemorated today are Hieromartyr Babylas and the holy prophet Moses.
The Hieromartyr Babylas and with him the three youths Urban, Prilidian, Epolonius and their mother Christodoula died as martyrs under the emperor Decius (249-251). During his stay in their city of Antioch, the emperor arranged for a large festival in honor of the pagan gods…read the rest of their story at https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/09/04/102485-hieromartyr-babylas-bishop-of-antioch-and-those-with-him
Information about Holy Prophet can be found there as well.

Divine Liturgy-Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Cross
2022-09-18 10:30 - 12:15

Divine Liturgy
2022-09-25 10:30 - 12:15

Divine Liturgy (may be a Typika)
2022-10-09 10:30 - 12:00
Saint Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and Apostle to America was born as Vasily Ivanovich Belavin on January 19, 1865 into the family of Ioann Belavin, a rural priest of the Toropetz district of the Pskov diocese. His childhood and adolescence were spent in the village in direct contact with peasants and their labour. From his early years he displayed a particular religious disposition, love for the Church as well as rare meekness and humility…continue reading at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/10/09/102906-glorification-of-saint-tikhon-apostle-to-america

Divine Liturgy
2022-10-16 10:30 - 12:00
Today the Church remembers the 350 holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council under the holy Patriarch Tarasius (February 25).
The Synod of 787, the second to meet at Nicea, refuted the Iconoclast heresy during the reign of Empress Irene and her son Constantine VI…to read more click: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/10/09/70-commemoration-of-the-holy-fathers-of-the-seventh-ecumenical-coun

Divine Liturgy
2022-10-23 10:30 - 12:00
Holy Apostle James, the Brother of God (Adelphotheos) was the son of Righteous Joseph the Betrothed of the Most Holy Theotokos (December 26). From his early years James was a Nazarene, a man especially dedicated to God. The Nazarenes vowed to preserve their virginity, to abstain from wine, to refrain from eating meat, and not to cut their hair. The vow of the Nazarenes symbolized a life of holiness and purity, commanded formerly by the Lord for all Israel. When the Saviour began to teach the nation about the Kingdom of God, Saint James believed in Christ and became His apostle. He was chosen as the first Bishop of Jerusalem…more to read at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/10/23/103039-apostle-james-the-brother-of-the-lord

Divine Liturgy
2022-10-30 10:30 - 12:00
The Hieromartyr Zenobius, Bishop of Aegea, and his sister Zenobia suffered a martyr’s death in the year 285 in Cilicia. From childhood they were raised in the holy Christian Faith by their parents, and they led pious and chaste lives. In their mature years, shunning the love of money, they distributed away their inherited wealth giving it to the poor. For his beneficence and holy life the Lord rewarded Zenobius with the gift of healing various maladies. He was also chosen bishop of a Christian community in Cilicia.

Divine Liturgy
2022-11-06 10:30 - 12:15
Saint Paul the Confessor, Archbishop of Constantinople, was chosen to the patriarchal throne after the death of Patriarch Alexander (+ 340), when the Arian heresy had again flared up. Many of the Arians were present at the Council which selected the new Archbishop of Constantinople. They revolted in opposition to the choice of Saint Paul, but the Orthodox at the Council were in the majority… read the rest of the account at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/11/06/103185-saint-paul-the-confessor-archbishop-of-constantinople

Divine Liturgy
2022-11-13 10:30 - 12:15
Saint John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, one of the Three Hierarchs [January 30], was born at Antioch in about the year 347 into the family of a military commander. His father, Secundus, died soon after the birth of his son. His mother, Anthusa, widowed at twenty years of age, did not seek to remarry but rather devoted all her efforts to the raising of her son in Christian piety. The youth studied under the finest philosophers and rhetoricians. But, scorning the vain disciplines of pagan knowledge, the future hierarch turned himself to the profound study of Holy Scripture and prayerful contemplation. Saint Meletius, Bishop of Antioch (February 12), loved John like a son, guided him in the Faith, and in the year 367 baptized him…continue reading at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/11/13/103292-saint-john-chrysostom-archbishop-of-constantinople

Divine Liturgy
2022-11-20 10:30 - 12:15
The Feast of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple has only one day of prefeast. The hymns for today praise Saint Anna for bringing her daughter, the living temple of God, to the Temple in Jerusalem…continue reading at:https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/11/20/103339-forefeast-of-the-entry-into-the-temple-of-the-most-holy-theotoko

Divine Liturgy
2022-11-27 10:30 - 12:15
The Holy Great Martyr James the Persian (the Sawn-Asunder) was born in the fourth century into a pious Christian family, both wealthy and illustrious. His wife was also a Christian, and the couple raised their children in piety, inspiring in them a love for prayer and the Holy Scriptures. James occupied a high position at the court of the Persian emperor Izdegerd (399-420) and his successor Barakhranes (420-438). But on one of the military campaigns James, seduced by the emperor’s beneficence, was afraid to acknowledge himself a Christian, and so he offered sacrifice to idols with the emperor…continue reading about St. James at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/11/27/103402-greatmartyr-james-the-persian

Divine Liturgy
2022-12-04 10:30 - 12:15
The New Martyr of Russia Alexander Hotovitzky was born on February 11, 1872 in the city of Kremenetz, into the pious family of Archpriest Alexander, who was Rector of the Volhynia Theological Seminary and would later be long remembered in the hearts of the Orthodox inhabitants of Volhynia as a good shepherd. Young Alexander received a good Christian upbringing from his parents, who instilled in him love for the Orthodox Church and for the people of God… Click the following link to read more about him: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/12/04/103471-glorification-of-the-priestmartyr-alexander-hotovitzky
You will also find there information on the lives of Greatmartyr Barbara, Martyr Juliana, and the Venerable John of Damasca.

Divine Liturgy- Sunday of the Forefathers
2022-12-11 10:30 - 12:15
The Sunday that falls between December 11-17 is known as the Sunday of the Holy Forefathers. These are the ancestors of Christ according to the flesh, who lived before the Law and under the Law, especially the Patriarch Abraham, to whom God said, “In thy seed shall all of the nations of the earth be blessed” (Gen. 12:3, 22:18)…taken from oca.org.

Great Vespers-Tone 2
2022-12-17 17:30 - 18:15

Divine Litergy-Sunday before the Nativity of Christ
2022-12-18 10:30 - 12:15
Adam and Eve (the first-created), the righteous Abel, son of Adam, the righteous Seth, son of Adam, the righteous Enos, son of Seth, the righteous Kenan, son of Enos, the righteous Mehaliel (Maleleim), son of Kenan, the righteous Jared, son of Mehaliel, the righteous Enoch…and more can be read at https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/12/18/81-sunday-before-the-nativity

Divine Liturgy of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ
2022-12-25 09:00 - 11:00
Today the Feast will be celebrated by serving the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil.
There will not be the usual potluck after the service.
Time is TBA
Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world, was born of the Most Holy Virgin Mary in the city of Bethlehem during the reign of the emperor Augustus (Octavian). Caesar Augustus decreed that a universal census be made throughout his Empire, which then also included Palestinian Israel. The Jews were accustomed to be counted in the city from where their family came. The Most Holy Virgin and the Righteous Joseph, since they were descended from the house and lineage of King David, had to go to Bethlehem to be counted and taxed…continue reading at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/12/25/103638-the-nativity-of-our-lord-god-and-savior-jesus-christ

Divine Liturgy followed by Blessing of Joseph Creek
2023-01-08 10:30 - 12:15
Saint George the Chozebite was born on the island of Cyprus toward the end of the sixth century. After the death of his parents, he went to Palestine to worship at the holy places. Here he entered into the monastic community of Chozeba between the River Jordan and Jerusalem, and he later became head of this monastery. Saint George presented the monks example in fasting, vigil and physical efforts. Having lived as an angel upon the earth, he died in peace.
Read about others on this day at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/01/08/100113-venerable-domnica-of-constantinople

Divine Liturgy
2023-01-15 10:30 - 12:15
Saint Paul of Thebes was born in Egypt around 227 in the Thebaid of Egypt. Left orphaned, he suffered many things from a greedy relative over his inheritance. During the persecution against Christians under the emperor Decius (249-251), Saint Paul learned of his brother-in-law’s insidious plan to deliver him into the hands of the persecutors, and so he fled the city and fled into the wilderness…continue reading at https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/01/15/100196-venerable-paul-of-thebes
Also, at the same place you will find information about the Venerable John Calabytes ” the Hut-Dweller”

Divine Liturgy- New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
2023-01-22 10:30 - 12:15
On the Sunday closest to January 25, the Church commemorates the Synaxis of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia. Remembering all those Orthodox Christians who suffered for Christ at the hands of the godless Soviets during the years of persecution. These include the royal Passion Bearers Tsar Nicholas II and his family, and the Grand Duchess Elizabeth. Countless thousands of martyrs, both clergy and laity also suffered, some of whose names are known, as well as millions of simple believers whose names have been lost to history… click to continue reading: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/01/22/205310-new-martyrs-and-confessors-of-russia

Divine Liturgy-Sunday of Zaccheus
2023-01-29 10:30 - 12:15
The paschal season of the Church is preceded by the season of Great Lent, which is also preceded by its own liturgical preparation. The first sign of the approach of Great Lent comes five Sundays before its beginning. On this Sunday the Gospel reading is about Zacchaeus the tax-collector. It tells how Christ brought salvation to the sinful man, and how his life was changed simply because he “sought to see who Jesus was” (Luke 19:3). The desire and effort to see Jesus begins the entire movement through Lent towards Pascha. It is the first movement of salvation… to read much more, click the following link: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/01/29/1-sunday-of-zacchaeus
