SCHEDULE OF DIVINE SERVICES NOVEMBER 2020 in the church of Mother of Pisidia

1 Sun 21st Sunday after Pentecost. Prophet Joel (800 B.C.). Martyr Warus and seven monk-martyrs in Egypt (ca. 307) 08.30 Hours. Confession. 09.00 Divine Liturgy 2 Mon St. Artemius of Verkola (1545). Venerable Gabriel of Samtavisi (1995). 3 Tue Venerable Hilarion the Great of Palestine (371-372). Conveying of the relics (1206) of St. Hilarion, bishop of Meglin, Bulgaria (1164). Martyrs Dasius, Gaius, and Zoticus at (303) 17.00 All-Night Vigil 4 Wed The Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Abercius, bishop and wonderworker of (ca. 167). 7 Holy Youths ("7 Sleepers") of : Maximilian, Iamblichus, Martinian, Dionysius, Antoninus, Constantine (Hexakustodianos), and John (250; 408-450). Martyrs Alexander the bishop, , Anna, Elizabeth, Theodota and Glyceria, at Adrianopolis (2nd-3rd c.). 08.30 Hours. Confession. 09.00 Divine Liturgy 17.00 Akathist to the Mother of God, Small Compline 5 Thu Holy Apostle James the Brother of the Lord (63). Conveying of the relics of Blessed James of Borovichi, wonderworker of Novgorod (ca. 1540). St. Ignatius, patriarch of Constantinople (877-878). Venerable Elisha of Lavrishevo, Belo-Russia (1250) 17.00 Akathist to the Mother of God, 6 Fri Martyr Arethas of Omir and with him 4299 Martyrs (523). St. Zosimas, elder of Siberia (1833). PILGRIMAGE TO EPHESUS, ŞIRICE AND SELÇUK THE CHURCH WILL BE OPEN IN ANTALYA 7 Sat Demetrius (Parental) Saturday. Remembrance of the dead. Martyrs and Martyrius the Notaries of Constantinople (ca. 355St. Tabitha, the widow raised from the dead by the Apostle Peter (1st cMartyr Anastasius the Fuller at Salona in Dalmatia (3rd c.). Martyrs Papius, Diodorus and Claudionus. 08.30 Hours. Confession. 09.00 Divine Liturgy 17.00 All-Night Vigil

8 Sun 22nd Sunday after Pentecost. Вмч. Holy and Glorious Great-martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-gusher of Thessalonica (ca. 306). Commemoration of the Great Earthquake at Constantinople in 740 A.D. Martyr Luppos (306). Venerable Athanasius of Medikion Monastery (ca. 814). 08.30 Hours. Confession. 09.00 Divine Liturgy 9 Mon Martyr Nestor of Thessalonica (ca. 306Venerable Nestor the Chronicler of the Kiev Caves (1114). Martyrs Capitolina and Eroteis of Cappadocia (304). 10 Tue St. Arsenios of Cappadocia (1924Great-martyr Parasceva of Iconium (3rd c.). Martyrs Terence and Neonilla of , and their children Sarbelus, 1

Photus, Theodulus, Hierax, Nitus, Bele, and Eunice (ca. 249-250). Repose of Venerable Job of Pochaev (1651). St. Demetrius, metropolitan of Rostov (1709) (IN OUR CHURCH A PIECE OF THE RELICS OF ST. ARSENIOS OF CAPPADOCIA IS PRESERVED) 08.30 Hours. Confession. 09.00 Divine Liturgy 11 Wed Virgin-martyr Anastasia the Roman (249). Venerable Abramius the Recluse (360). New Martyr Athanasios, Priest of Isparta of Pisidia. 08.30 Hours. Confession. 09.00 Divine Liturgy 17.00 Akathist to the Mother of God, Small Compline 12 Thu Hieromartyr Zenobius and his sister of , Cilicia (285). Apostles Tertius, Mark, Justus, and Artemas of the Seventy (1st c.). St. Stephen Milutin (1320), his brother St. Dragutin (monk Theoctistus) (1316), and their mother St. Helen (1306), wife of Urosh I of Serbia (Serbia). 13 Fri Apostles Stachys, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus, Apelles, and Aristobulus of the Seventy (1st c.). Martyr Epimachus of Pelusium (ca. 250). Venerable Maura of Constantinople (436). 17.00 Vespers, Commemorial Service 14 Sat Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian of Mesopotamia, and their mother St. Theodota (3rd c.). Hieromartyrs John the Bishop and James the Presbyter, of Persia (345). Martyrs Cyrenia and Juliana in Cilicia (305-311). 08.30 Hours. Confession. Divine Liturgy. Commemorial Service 17.00 All-Night Vigil 15 Sun 23rd Sunday after Pentecost. Martyrs Acindynus, Pegasius, Aphthonius, Elpidephorus, and Anempodistus of Persia (ca. 341-345). Venerable Marcian of (388). 08.30 Hours. Confession. 09.00 Divine Liturgy 16 Mon Martyrs Acepsimas the Bishop, Joseph the Presbyter, and Aeithalas the Deacon, of Persia (376). Dedication (Sanctification) of the Church of the Great-martyr George in Lydda (4th c.). 17 Tue Venerable Ioannicius the Great of (846). Hieromartyrs Nicander, bishop of , and Hermas, presbyter (1st c.). Venerable Mercurius, faster of the Kiev Caves (14th c.) 18 Wed St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus. Martyrs Galacteon and his wife Episteme at Emesa (253). Repose of St. Jonah, archbishop of Novgorod (1470). Apostles Patrobus, Hermas, , Gaius, and Philologus of the Seventy (1st c.). 17.00 Akathist to the Mother of God, Small Compline 19 Thu St. Paul the Confessor, archbishop of Constantinople (350). Venerable Barlaam, abbot of Khoutyn (Novgorod) (1192Virgin-martyrs Tecusa, Alexandra, Claudia, Matrona, Polactia, Euphrosyne, and Athanasia of Ancyra (303). vVenerable Luke, monk, of Sicily (800-820) 20 Fri Holy 33 Martyrs of Melitene: , Hesychius, Nicander, Athanasius and others (290). Venerable Lazarus the Wonderworker of Mt. Galesion near Ephesus (1054). Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra (303). Martyrs Melasippus,

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Cassina, their son Antoninus, and forty children converted by their martyrdom, at Ancyra (363) 17.00 Vespers. Small Compline 21 Sat Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the other Bodiless Powers: the Archangels Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Salaphiel, Jegudiel, Barachiel, and Jeremiel. 08.30 Hours. Confession. Divine Liturgy. Commemorial Service 17.00 All-Night Vigil 22 Sun 24th Sunday after Pentecost. Martyrs Onesiphorus and Porphyrius of Ephesus (284). Martyr Alexander of Thessalonica. Martyr Anthony of (5th c.). Venerable John the Short of Egypt (422). St. Nectarius (Kephalas), metropolitan of Pentapolis (1920). Venerable Matrona of Perge 08.30 Hours. Confession. 09.00 Divine Liturgy 23 Mon Apostles Erastus, Olympas, Herodion, Sosipater, Quartus, and Tertius of the Seventy (1st c.). Martyr Constantine, grand prince of Kartli, Georgia (842). Venerable Theocteristus, abbot of Symbola on Mt. . 24 Tue Martyr Menas of Egypt (304). Martyrs at Damascus (160) and Stephanida (Stephanis) of Spain (161). Martyr Vincent of Spain (304). Venerable Theodore the Confessor, abbot of the Studion (826) 25 Wed St. John the Merciful, patriarch of Alexandria (616-620). Venerable Nilus the Faster of Sinai (451). Prophet Ahijah (Achias) (960 B.C.). Blessed John "the Hairy," fool-for-Christ at Rostov (1580). St. Nilus the Myrrh-gusher of Mt. Athos (1651). 17.00 Akathist to St. John the Merciful, Small Compline 26 Thu St. John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople (407). Martyrs Antoninus, Nicephorus, and Germanus of Caesarea in Palestine (308). Martyr Manetha of Caesarea in Palestine (308) 08.30 Hours. Confession. 09.00 Divine Liturgy 27 Fri Holy and All-praised Apostle Philip (ca. 81-96). St. Justinian the Emperor of (565) and his wife St. Theodora (548). St. Gregory Palamas, archbishop of Thessalonica (1360). 17.00 Vespers. Commemorial Service 28 Sat Holy Martyrs and Confessors Gurias (299), Samonas (306), and Abibus (322), of . Venerable Paisius (Velichkovsky) of Moldavia and Mt. Athos (1794). Martyr Demetrius of (307). Martyrs Elpidius, Marcellus, and Eustochius BEGINNING OF NATIVITY FAST 17.00 All-Night Vigil 29 Sun 25th Sunday after Pentecost. Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew (60). St. Fulvianus, prince of Ethiopia, in holy baptism Matthew (1st c.). New Hieromartyr Philumenus (1978) 08.30 Hours. Confession. 09.00 Divine Liturgy 30 Mon St. Gregory the Wonderworker of Neo-Caesarea (266). Venerable Nikon, abbot of Radonezh, disciple of St. Sergius (1426).

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