SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR JANUARY 2021

1 FRI Martyr Boniface at Tarsus in Cilicia NATIVITY FAST 2 SAT Saint John Kronstadt Church FEASTDAY Castro Valley, CA 6:00 PM VIGIL SERVICE NATIVITY FAST 3 SUN 9:00 AM LITURGY 30th WEEK OF PENTECOST, Tone 5. HOLY FATHERS St.Peter Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rusia NATIVITY FAST 4 MON Great-martyr Anastasia of Rome, deliverer from bond NATIVITY FAST 5 TUE Martyrs of Crete 6:00 PM Vespersand Matins NATIVITY FAST 6 WED 8:00 AM Royal Hours, Typika. 9:00 AM VESPERS OF THE FEAST & LITURGY of St Basil. STRICT FAST Eve of Nativity SOCHEL’NIK 6:00 PM VIGIL SERVICE (service starts earlier) 7 THU 9:00 AM LITURGY NATIVITY FEAST CHRISTMAS 2:00 PM at Castro Valley Nativity Prayer Service 6:00 PM VESPERS (7-th through 17-th NO FASTING PERIOD) 8 FRI 9:00 AM Matins 10:00 AM LITURGY 2-nd day of Nativity Feast NO FASTING 6:00 PM VIGIL SERVICE 9 SAT 9:00 AM LITURGY 3rd Day of Feast HOLY FIRST MARYR STEPHEN. TEA/COFFEE 6:00 PM VIGIL SERVICE 10 SUN 9:00 AM LITURGY 31st WEEK OF PENTECOST, Tone 6. DIVINE FATHERS The 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia After Liturgy Children’s CHRISTMAS PRESENTATION YEOLKA 11 MON The 14,000 Infants (Holy Innocents) slain by Herod at Bethlehem . 12 TUE Virgin-martyr Anysia at Thessalonica 13 WED St. Melania the Younger, nun, of Rome (Castro Valley, литургия в 10:00 AM) NO FASTING 6:00 PM VESPERS. 14 THU 8:00 AM MATINS 9:00 AM LITURGY The Circumcision of Our Lord Jesus Christ. St. Basil the Great,. Julian Calendar New Year Prayer Service 15 FRI St, Seraphim of Sarov, St. Sylvester NO FASTING Church Feast Day Canyon Del Rey Bl & Frances Ave Seaside, CA 16 SAT Пророка Малахии. Муч. Гордая. 6:00 PM VIGIL SERVICE 17 SUN 9:00 AM LITURGY 32nd WEEK OF PENTECOST, Tone 7 6:00 PM VESPERS and MATINS 18 MON 8:00 AM Royal Hours, VESPERS LITURGY OF ST BASIL Eve of Feast BLESSING OF WATER (in Church) 6:00 PM VIGIL SERVICE STRICT FAST DAY 19 TUE 9:00 AM LITURGY OF THEOPHANY BAPTISM OF OUR LORD. Procession of the Cross to Jordan GREAT BLESSING OF THE WATERS (in Church Courtyard) 6:00 PM Vespers 20 WED 8:00 AM Matins, 9:00 AM LITURGY Synaxis of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist, John 21 THU St. George the Chozebite, abbo 22 FRI Hieromartyr Philip, metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia, St. Gregory of Nyssa 23 SAT St. Theophan the Recluse, bishop of Tambov 6:00 PM VIGIL SERVICE 24 SUN 9:00 AM LITURGY 33rd WEEK OF PENTECOST, Tone 8. St. Theodosius the Great, the Cenobiarch 25 MON Martyr Tatiana of Rome, St. Sava I, first archbishop of Serbia 26 TUE Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus at Belgrade. St. Irinarch of Rostov 27 WED St. Nina (Nino), equal-to-the-Apostles, enlightener of Georgia 28 THU St. Paul of Thebes, Egypt, and St. John Calabytes. (Castro Valley, литургия в 10:00 AM) 29 FRI Veneration of the Precious Chains of the Holy and All-glorious Apostle Peter 30 SAT St. Anthony the Great (356). St. Anthony, abbot of Dymsk (Novgorod) 6:00 PM VIGIL SERVICE 31 SUN 9:00 AM LITURGY 34th WEEK OF PENTECOST, Tone 1. St. Athanasius the Great and St. Cyril