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Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Coming Feasts
Fri, 24 February '12

The First and Second Discovery of the honourable Head of the Forerunner, St John the Baptist

Fri, 9 March '12

The 40 Great-martyrs of Sebastia

Sat, 17 March '12

St Patrick, enlightener of Ireland.

Feast of our Lady
Sun, 25 March '12

The Blessed Annunciation to the Mother of God of the Incarnation

Mon, 26 March '12

The Archangel Gabriel

O God, in Thy name save me, and in Thy strength do Thou judge me.
Verse: O God hearken unto my prayer, give ear unto the words of my mouth.

Wisdom from the Holy Fathers
The intellect freed from the passions becomes like light, unceasingly illumined by the contemplation of created bodies.
On Love, Self-control and Life

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Paschal Feasts
Sun, 26 February

Clean Monday

Sun, 8 April

Palm Sunday

Fri, 13 April

Holy Friday

Sat, 14 April

Holy Saturday

Sun, 15 April

Pascha

Sun, 22 April

Thomas Sunday

Thu, 24 May

Ascension

Sun, 3 June

Pentecost


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Service(s) for Wednesday
Cuthman, Hermit at Steyning in Sussex, England. Elfleda, Abbess of Whitby after Saint Hilda. Great-Martyr Theodore the General ('Stratelates'). Kigwe (Keve, Kew), Virgin of Monmouthshire, Wales. Prophet Zachariah. Sabbas II, Archbishop of Serbia.

Service(s) for Thursday
Cronan the Wise, Bishop in Ireland and Canonist. Cuaran the Wise, Bishop of Iona. Eingan, Hermit of Llanengan, Wales. Hieromartyrs Markellos, Bishop of Sicily, Pankratios, Bishop of Taormina, and Philagrios, Bishop of Cyprus. Martyr Nikephoros of Antioch. Taraghta, Virgin in Ireland. Teilo, Bishop of Llandaff, Wales. translation of the relics of Innocent, first Bishop of Irkutsk.

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Wisdom of the Fathers is from An Athonite Gerontikon: Sayings of the Holy Fathers of Mount Athos and The Philokalia
Scripture Verses from KJV and EMTV

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