CHRISTMAS AND THEOPHANY
2024
Saturday, December 21, 2024
Saturday Before the Nativity of Christ
7:30 am Divine Liturgy (Dormition, Edmonton)
9:00 am Confessions, from 9:00 am to 12 noon.
Quiet Prayer and Adoration (Dormition Edmonton)
5:30 pm Great Vespers (Dormition, Edmonton)
6:30 pm Confessions (Dormition, Edmonton)
Sunday, December 22, 2024
Sunday Before the Nativity
8:00 am Confessions | Rosary Prayer
9:00 am Divine Liturgy, English-Uk (Dormition, Edmonton)
11:30 am Divine Liturgy, Ukrainian (Dormition, Edmonton)
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
The Eve of the Nativity (Christmas Eve)
Strict day of fasting and abstinence from meat, dairy and eggs, and foods that contain these ingredients. According to liturgical time, each day begins and ends at sundown. As the first star appears in the evening sky on Christmas Eve, the feast of the Nativity of Christ begins – with the family together for the Holy Supper. The Lenten character of this meal (abstinence from meat and dairy products) reminds us that Jesus was born not into wealth, in a royal palace, but into poverty, in a humble cave, amidst the poor of the world.
4:30 pm Confessions (St. George, Manly)
5:00 pm Christmas Carols
5:30 pm Festal Divine Liturgy (St. George, Manly)
9:30 pm Compline and Lytia (Dormition, Edmonton)
10:30 pm Festal Divine Liturgy (Dormition, Edmonton)
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Feast of the Nativity of Christ (Christmas Day)
All the world comes to venerate the Christ Child – the humble shepherds of the earth and the wise and powerful of the nations.
9:30 am Festal Divine Liturgy (Dormition, Edmonton)
12:30 pm Festal Divine Liturgy (Holy Eucharist, Cherhill)
Thursday, December 26, 2024
Synaxis of the Mother of God
This is one of the most ancient Marian feasts. The Greek word synaxis means “assembly.” The faithful assemble the day after Christmas to honour the Blessed Virgin Mary – the Mother of God.
9:30 am Divine Liturgy (Dormition, Edmonton)
Friday, December 27, 2024
First Martyr and Archdeacon Stephen
Saint Stephen was the first baptized Christian of the early Church to be martyred for the sake of Christ, in the year 34 or 35 AD.
9:00 am Divine Liturgy (Dormition, Edmonton)
Saturday, December 28, 2024
Saturday After the Nativity
9:00 am Divine Liturgy (Dormition, Edmonton)
5:30 pm Great Vespers (Dormition, Edmonton)
Sunday, December 29, 2024
Sunday After the Nativity of Christ
King David, Saint Joseph, Saint James
On this first Sunday after the Nativity of Christ, we also commemorate Holy and Righteous. Joseph, the betrothed spouse of Mary and foster father of Jesus. We also commemorate King David, the ancestor of Christ, as well as St. James, the brother of the Lord.
8:00 am Confessions | Rosary Prayer
9:00 am Divine Liturgy, English-Uk (Dormition, Edmonton)
11:30 am Divine Liturgy, Ukrainian (Dormition, Edmonton)
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Leave-taking of the Nativity Feast
Venerable Melania of Rome
5:30 pm Great Vespers and Lytia (Dormition, Edmonton)
2025
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Circumcision of Our Lord
Saint Basil the Great / New Year’s Day
According to Jewish custom, every male child received its name on the eighth day, at the circumcision. Just as any other Jew, Jesus was also circumcised on the eighth day. In Hebrew, the name Jesus is “Yehoshua,” which means “The Lord saves.” On this day, we also commemorate St. Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea, who fell asleep in the Lord on January 1st, 379. In addition to his work as a theologian, Basil was known for his care for the poor, the sick and the needy. Basil established guidelines for monastic life which focused on community life, liturgical prayer, and manual labour.
10:00 am Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great, English-Uk
(Dormition, Edmonton)
12:00 noon Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great, Ukrainian
(Dormition, Edmonton)
Sunday, January 5, 2025
Sunday Before Theophany Vigil of Theophany
8:00 am Confessions | Rosary Prayer
9:00 am Divine Liturgy, English-Uk (Dormition, Edmonton)
11:30 am Divine Liturgy, Ukrainian (Dormition, Edmonton)
4:00 pm Divine Liturgy and Water Blessing
(St. Nicholas, Carvel)
Monday, January 6, 2025
Theophany of Our Lord
Theophany means “the appearance of God.” After Easter and Pentecost Theophany is the third greatest feast of the Eastern Churches, greater than the Feast of the Nativity of Christ. It commemorates the baptism of Jesus in the river Jordan by John, and the public manifestation of the incarnate Word to the world.
9:00 am Divine Liturgy & Water Blessing (Dormition, Edm.)
7:00 pm Divine Liturgy & Water Blessing (Dormition, Edm.)
Sunday, January 12, 2025
Sunday After Theophany
8:30 am Confessions
9:00 am Divine Liturgy (Eng.) & Kutia (Dormition, Edm.)
11:30 am Divine Liturgy (Ukr.) & Kutia (Dormition, Edm.)
Saturday, February 1, 2025
Fore-feast of the Encounter
6:00 pm Great Vespers & Lytia (Dormition, Edmonton)
Sunday, February 2, 2025
Encounter of Our Lord Jesus Christ
This feast, which takes place forty days after the Nativity of Our Lord, is also called the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. Blessing of Candles.
8:00 am Confessions | Rosary Prayer
9:00 am Divine Liturgy, English-Uk (Dormition, Edmonton)
11:30 am Divine Liturgy, Ukrainian (Dormition, Edmonton)
4:00 pm Divine Liturgy (St. Nicholas, Carvel)