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EDWARD’S SERVICES: JANUARY 2021

Thu 1 /14 Jan nf ✣ Circumcision of our Saviour; St Basil the Great, Archbishop of Cæsarea in Cappadocia; St Gregory of Nazian- zus; Gen. 17:1-2, 4-7, 9-14; Prov. 8:22-30; Prov. 10:31, 11:2; 10:2, 11: 7, 19, 13:2, 9, Sir. 3:18, Prov. 26:11, 15:2, 14:33, 22:11, Eccl. 8:1; Pr. 17:24, Wis. 6:13, 12, 14-16, 7:30, 8:2-3, 7-9, 17-18, 8:21-9:5, 9:10-11, 14; Col. 2:8-12; Heb. 7:26-8:2; Luke 2:20-21, 40-52; Luke 6:17-23; Divine Liturgy of St Basil.

Fri 2 / 15 Jan nf ✣ Forefeast; St Sylvester, of Rome; Ven. the Wonderworker; Ven. Seiriol of Anglesey; Rght. Juli- ana of Lazarevo; Wis. 3:1-9; Wis. 5:15-6:3; Wis. 4:7-15; 1 Ptr 1:1-2, 10-12, 2:6-10; Gal. 5:22-6:2; Mark 12:1-12; Matt. 11:27-30 Sat 3 / 16 Jan nf Saturday before Theophany; Prophet Malachias; Ven. Gene- vieve of Paris; 1 Tim. 3:14-4:5; Matt. 3:1-11

Sun 4 / 17 Jan nf ✣ Sunday Before Theophany; Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles; Grave tone; MG 10 – Jn 21:1-14; 2 Tim. 4:5-8; Mk 1:1-8

Mon 5 / 18 Jan f3 ✣ Eve of Theophany; Mm. Theopemptus & Theonas; Ven. Syncletike of Alexandria; Royal Hours at 8 a.m, followed by the Typica, Vespers, the Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great and the Great Blessing of Waters in the church; Thirteen Vespers readings; 1 Cor. 9:19-27; Luke 3:1-18

VIGIL: HOLY THEOPHANY, THE LORD’S BAPTISM 7 p.m.

Tue 6 / 19 Jan nf ✣ Great Feast of the BAPTISM of our SAVIOUR, the HOLY THEOPHANY; Titus 2:11-14, 3:4-7; Matthew 3:13-17; Divine Liturgy at 10 a.m, followed by the Great Blessing of Waters (We will have to decide exactly where, when we know the government covid regulations)

Wed 7 / 20 Jan f3 ✣ Synaxis of St ; Acts 19:1-8; John 1:29-34 Thu 8 / 21 Jan nf Ven. George of Hozeva; Ven. Domnica of C’ple; M. Abo the Perfumer of Tiflis; Hm Isidore & the 72 Orthodox Christians slain by the Latins in Estonia; 1 Ptr 4:12-5:5; Mark 12:38-44 Fri 9 / 22 Jan f3 M. Polyeuctus of Melitene; St Brithwald, Abp of Canterbury; Hm. Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow; 2 Ptr 1:1-10; Mark 13:1-8 Sat 10 / 23 Jan nf Saturday after Theophany; Saint ; Saint Theophan the Recluse; Eph. 6:10-15; Matt. 4:1-11

Sun 11 / 24 Jan nf ✣ Sunday after Theophany; Ven. Theodosius the Cœno- biarch; Tone Pl. 4: MG 11 - Jn 21:15-25; Eph. 4:7-13; Mt. 4:12-17

Mon 12 / 25 Jan nf ✣ M. Tatiana of Rome, the deaconess; Ven. Benedict Biscop of Wearmouth & Jarrow; Heb. 3:5-11, 17-19; Luke 20:27-44 Tue 13 / 26 Jan nf µ Mm. Hermylus & Stratonicus; Saint ; Ven. Maximus of Kafsokalyvia; Heb. 4:1-13; Luke 21:12-19 Wed 14 /27 Jan f2 ✣ Leavetaking of Theophany; Ven. Mm of Sinai & Raithu; Holy Peer of the Apostles Nina, Enlightener of Georgia; Saint Sava, first Archbishop of Serbia; Heb. 5:11-6:8; Luke 21:5-7, 10-11, 20-24 Thu 15 / 28 Jan nf Ven. Paul of Thebes; Ven. John the Hutdweller; Heb. 7:1-6; Luke 21:28-33 Fri 16 / 29 Jan f3 Chains of St Peter; Saint Honoratus of Arles; Ven. Fursey of Burgh Castle; Heb. 7:18-25; Luke 21:37-22:8

Sat 17 / 30 Jan nf ✣ Ven. Antony the Great of Egypt; Rb. Emperor Theo- dosius the Great; Ven. Mildgyth of Northumbria; New M. George of Ioannina; Wis. 3:1-9; Wis. 5:15-6:3; Wis. 4:7-15; Eph. 2:11-13; Heb. 13:17-21; Luke 13:19-29; Luke 6:17-23

Sun 18 / 31 Jan nf ✣ Twelfth of Luke; Holy Fathers Athanasius the Great & Cyril, the of Alexandria; St Joachim of Turnovo; Tone 1; Deut. 1:8-11, 15-17; Deut. 10:14-21; Wis. 3:1-9; MG 1 – Matt. 28:16-20; Heb. 13:7-16; Luke 17:12-19

Mon 19 J / 1 Feb nf Ven. Macarius the Great of Egypt; Ven. Macarius of Alexandria; St Mark of Ephesus; Many Martyrs of Iona; Heb. 11:17-31; Mark 9:42-10:1 Tue 20 J / 2 Feb nf ✣ µ Ven. Evthymius the Great of Palestine; Ven. Theodore Kuzmich, formerly Emperor Alexander I of Russia; Wis. 3:1-9; Wis. 5:15-6:3; Wis. 4:7-15; 2 Cor. 4:6-15; Luke 6:17-23 Wed 21 J / 3 Feb f3 ✣ Ven. ; M. Neophytus of Nicæa; Ven. Maximus the Greek of Russia; James 1:1-18; Mark 10:11-16 Repose in 1999 of Elisabeth of the Annunciation Convent. Thu 22 J / 4 Feb nf Holy Apostle Timothy; Ven. M. Anastasius the Persian; St Brithwald of Ramsbury; James 1:19-27; Mark 10:17-27 Fri 23 J / 5 Feb f3 Hm. Clement of Ancyra & the M. Agathangelus; Holy Lufthildis of Cologne; James 2:1-13; Mark 10:23-32 Sat 24 J / 6 Feb nf ✣ Ven. Xenia of Rome & her handmaids; Blessed Xenia of Petersburg; Col. 1:3-6; Luke 16:10-15; Accession in 1952 of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Sun 25 J / 7 Feb nf ✣ Fourteenth of Luke; Icon of the ΜΘ “Assuage my Sorrows;” Saint Gregory the Theologian; New Hm. Vladimir of Kiev & All the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Church of Russia; Tone 2: Vespers rdgs; MG 2 – Mark 16:1-8; Heb. 7:26-8:2; Luke 18:35-43

Mon 26 J / 8 Feb nf Ven. Xenophon & Maria & their sons Arcadius & John; Ven. John of Amphiali; James 2:14-26; Mark 10:46-52 Tue 27 J / 9 Feb nf µ St (relics); Ven. Adamnan of Coldingham; Heb. 7:26-8:2; John 10:9-16 Wed 28 J / 10 Feb f3 ✣ Ven. Ephraim & the Syrians; Ven. Cannera of Bantry; Wis. 3:1-9; Wis. 5:15-6:3; Wis. 4:7-15; Rom. 8:14-21; Luke 6:17-23 Thu 29 J / 11 Feb nf Hm. (relics); Ven. Aphrahat of Persia; Ven. Gildas the Wise; James 4:7-5:9; Mark 11:27-33 Fri 30 J / 12 Feb f2 ✣ Three Great Hierarchs; Bl. Pelagia Ivanovna the Fool-for Christ; Ven. Bathilde, former Queen of the Franks; Deut. 1:8-11, 15- 17; Deut. 10:14-21; Wis. 3:1-9; Heb. 13:17-21; Matt. 5:14-19 Sat 31 J / 13 Feb nf Holy Unmercenaries Cyrus & John; Ven. Melangell of Wales; St Athanasius of Methoni; 1 Thess. 5:14-23; Luke 17:3-10; N.B. After Vespers we have the Lesser Blessing of Waters & St Tryphon’s Prayer against pests.

Sun 1 /14 Feb nf ✣ Fifteenth of Luke; Forefeast; M. Tryphon of Lampsa- cus; Holy Mm of Carthage; Ven. of ; Ven. Tryphon of Pechenga; Tone 3; MG 3 – Mk 16:9-20; 1 Tim. 4:9-15; Lk. 19:1-10

VIGIL FOR THE MEETING OF THE LORD at 7 p.m.

Mon 2 / 15 Feb nf ✣ Great Feast of the MEETING OF THE LORD; St Laurence, Abp of Canterbury; Ex. 12:51-13:3, 11, 14-16, Lev. 12:2-7, Num. 8:16-17; Esaias 6:1-12; Es. 19:1, 3-5, 12, 16, 19-21; MG – Luke 2:25-32; Heb. 7:7-17; Luke 2:22-40; Divine Liturgy 9.30 a.m.

Tue 3 / 16 Feb nf µ Synaxis of St the God-Receiver & Anna the Prophet- ess; Saint Nicolas of Japan; Ven. Werburga of Chester; New Mm. Stamatius, John & Nicolas of Chios; Heb. 9:11-14; Luke 2:25-38 Wed 4 / 17 Feb f3 Ven. Isidore of Pelusium; 1 Ptr 4:1-11; Mark 12:28-37 Thu 5 / 18 Feb nf Icon of the ΜΘ “Search of the Lost;” V. M. ; St Theodosius of Chernigov; 1 Ptr 4:12-5:5; Mark 12:38-44 Fri 6 / 19 Feb f2 ✣ St Photius the Great, of C’ple; Ven. Barsan- uphius the Great & John the Prophet; Saint Buculus of Smyrna; Vespers rdgs; 2 Ptr 1:1-10; Heb. 7:26-8:2; Mark 13:1-8; Jn 10:9-16 Sat 7 / 20 Feb nf St Parthenius of Lampsacus; Ven. Luke of Mt Stirion; the Seven Bishops of the British; 2 Tim. 2:11-19; Luke 18:2-8

Sun 8 / 21 Feb nf ✣ START OF THE LENTEN TRIODION; Sunday of the Publican & the Pharisee; Theodore the Com- mander; Holy Prophet Zacharias; Ven. Cuthman of Steyning; Tone 4; MG 4 – Luke 24:1-12; 2 Tim. 3:10-15; Luke 18:10-14

Mon 9 / 22 Feb nf M. Nicephorus of Antioch; 2 Ptr 1:20-2:9; Mark 13:9-13 Tue 10 / 23 Feb nf ✣ µ Holy Hm. Haralampus the Wonderworker; Ven. Scholastica, sister of St Benedict; Esaias 43:9-14; Wis. 3:1-9; Wis. 5:15-6:3; 2 Ptr 2:9-22; 2 Tim. 2:1-10; Mark 13:14-23; John 15:17-16:2 Wed 11 / 24 Feb nf ✣ Holy Hm. Blaise of Sebaste; Rb. Empress Theodora, restorer of the icons; St Calocerus of Ravenna; 2 Ptr 3:1-18; Mark 13:24-41; Name day of Metropolitan Vlasie of Romania Thu 12 / 25 Feb nf St Meletius of Antioch the Great; V. M. Evlalia of Barcelona; Ven. Ethelwold of Lindisfarne; 1 John 1:8-2:6; Mark 13:31-14:2 Fri 13 / 26 Feb nf ✣ Ven. Martinian of Cæsarea in Palestine; Uncovering of the relics of St Edward; St Seraphim of Bogulchar; 1 Jn 2:7-17; Mk 14:3-9 Sat 14 / 27 Feb nf Ven. Auxentius of the Mountain; St Valentine of Rome; St of Brooklyn; 2 Tim. 3:1-9; Luke 20:45-21:4

Sun 15 / 28 Feb nf ✣ Sunday of the Prodigal Son; Holy Ap. Onesimus; Rb. King Oswy of Northumbria; Tone 5; MG 5 – Luke 24:12-35; 1 Cor. 6:12-20; Luke 15:11-32

GREAT LENT BEGINS ON MONDAY, 15TH MARCH, N.S.

FASTING GUIDELINES: (See marginal references in calendar above): f3 - Strict vegan diet, no animal products, no oil or alcohol (other than fish itself, sea foods are permitted on f3 days); f2 - as f3, but wine (alcohol) & oil also permitted; f1 - as f2, but fish also permitted; nf - no fasting enjoined, all foods permitted

Key to Symbols above No Symbol – usual weekday schedule: Matins at 7 a.m , & Vespers at 6 p.m. ✣ - Mondays to Saturdays: the Divine Liturgy also follows Matins at 8.30 a.m; Vespers at 6 p.m. ✣ - Sundays: Matins is at 8 a.m. and the Divine Liturgy begins at 9.45 a.m: Vespers at 2 p.m. µ - Supplicatory Canon to the Mother of God after Vespers on Tuesdays.

Lockdown THROUGH a great deal of this period, we may be under lockdown in accordance with the governmental safety regulations. When this is so, the Brotherhood will serve the services as listed above on behalf of all our people, and we will of course keep you in our prayers. We ask you also to pray for and support us, and to try to the very best of your ability to replace your church attendance with prayers and spiritual reading at home. If any of you need help in arranging readers’ services, please get in touch and we will try to guide you.

The Prayers of the Faithful are asked for:-

Newly Departed: Snejana, Leon, Stela, Panagiotis, Ivanka, Nikolai, Dragana – O; Melvin, Shirley, Andrea – non O: The Sick: Archimandrite , Deacon Nikolay; Presbytera Helena; Robert; Teodora, Archondoulla, Kira; Chrysanthy, Helen, Ioan, Maria, Despina, George, Luben – O; Owen; Alan, Ron, Piers, John, Jane, Walter – non O; Expectant Mothers: Ana, Emanuela – O; Special Needs: Tatiana, Ilinka – O; Hilary – non O.

Our Thanks to:- Priest & Presbytera Helena Lawani – a Big Magic MiraMate; Priest Borislav Popov – provisions; Theologia – live stamps; Subdeacon Ioan Turcu – guitar hooks for the altar area & for fixing the same, plates for offering prosphora with their rack; Myrtle Matthews – prosphoras, bookkeeping; Angela Pieri – prosphoras, meals; Alla Sion, Georgette Turcu – prosphoras; Evelin Dimova, Philip & Hristo Tsenkov– church cleaning, Turkish Baklava; Gregory Ferguson – church cleaning; Georgetta Turcu – vestment mending, church laundering; Nektaria Papanicolaou – church laundering; Rafael Mazmanidis – “Brookwood church in winter” greetings cards; Valentina Merritt – Bubble baps; Elizabeth Castle – checking, communion wine, old newspapers; Andrew & Ekaterina Lahiff – communion wine, olive oil, live stamps; Aspasia the Greek – communion wine, olive oil; Benjamin & Elaine Waterhouse – communion wine, provisions; & Margaret Woodrow, Anon, Alex & Katerina Spiroglou – communion wine; those who brought flowers for the Great Feast of the Entry of the ΜΘ; Larisa W. Bouaka - church flowers, meals, provisions; Anne van Disaster – church flowers, nuts; Natalia Jewell – church flowers, meals; Lucie Brazil – church flowers & provisions; Brookwood Cemetery Society – Christmas hamper; Elena Holden – meals & provisions; Ludmila Belokopytova, Daniel Vraciu, Ecaterina Gray, Maren & Zornitsa Daraktchiev, & those who provided on St Spiridon’s day – meals; Mihai Visanu – two loads of firewood and delivery of same from Bumbles Green, Essex; Jenny Graveson – homemade vegan cakes & pickled cabbage; Andrey & Violeta Goroshko – homemade decorated cake; Jim & Eileen Lane – homemade whisky marmalade; Ivan Nenov – homemade pickles; Nicholas Gray – honey; Anastasia Panagiotidou - provisions, washing up after parish breakfast; the Bondarenko family – provisions, briquettes; Dimitru the Romanian, Anon Romanian, Jim & Carole Gibbons, Nadezhda Gornovskiy, Ilinka Gogova, Ivan Tsenkov, the Brasovean family, Stephen Bennett, Valentina Alexandrova, Gabriel Maties, family of Spiro Shquti, Odyseos Apostolou, family of Liudmila Samoilova, Nicolas & Nadezhda Gornovskiy - provisions; Alexandra Militaru & Co, Paula Rogojina, Elena Stanbridge, Angela & George Crask – washing up after parish breakfasts; Daniel Cuipercovici – pallets; Shanni of Easels, Chobham – decorative Christmas frame; Barbara Woodford – torches; James Merritt, Barbara Allday – books; Guy Lawrence – book, dead stamps; Reg the Undertaker – socks for the holey Fr Sabbas; Sophia Mazmanidis – socks; Anon – garden plant; Elizabeth Jeffries – dead stamps; and all those who have supported us by their prayers, almsgiving and labours; God bless and keep you all!

“THE OIL which Elias multiplied might be tasted with the mouth; for the cruse was that of a widow, and it was not that of the chrism. The oil of our Lord this is in the cruse, it is not food for the mouth: the sinner that was a wolf without, it makes him a lamb in the flock. The chrism of the meek and lowly One changes the stubborn to be like its Lord. The Nations were wolves and feared the severe rod of . Lo! The chrism seals them and makes a flock of sheep out of the wolves! And the wolves that had fled the rod, - lo! they have taken refuge in the Cross!”

Ven. Ephraim the Syrian, + 379 A.D.

IMPORTANT NOTE: In the Calendar above, readers may find discrepancies regarding the Biblical readings with other published versions. This because we have as yet not received any 2021 calendars from Greece, though we did receive a Russian style one yesterday. We have tried and perhaps failed to work out the readings from the instructions we have. January always is the hardest month to figure out, and the postal system leading up to it with the Latin Christmas is always in turmoil, so things do not arrive from abroad. Your present editor, being a curmudgeon, always wonders why Church Calendars could not be printed from September to September following the Church Year.