JULY/AUGUST 2025 SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR SAINT PATRICK’S CHAPEL IN CLIFDEN, IRELAND We begin our July 2025 Service Schedule with the Feast of Saint John Maximovich, Wonderworker of Shanghai and San Francisco. As a brilliant light living in a dark world, Saint John continues to inspire many with his example and many intercessions. We will conclude the… Continue reading July and August 2025 Service Schedule
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June 2025 Service Schedule
JUNE 2025 SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR SAINT PATRICK’S CHAPEL IN CLIFDEN, IRELAND Our June 2025 Service Schedule will begin with the Feast of Saint Helena just before the Pentecost, the Great Feast of the Holy Trinity. Rather than celebrating Pentecost in Clifden, we will celebrate the Feast at Saint Colman’s Orthodox Church in Stradbally. Fr. Robert will… Continue reading June 2025 Service Schedule
May 2025 Service Schedule
MAY 2025 SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR SAINT PATRICK’S CHAPEL IN CLIFDEN, IRELAND Our May 2025 Service Schedule will continue to rejoice in Pascaltide (Eastertide) which lasts for 50 days until Pentecost, which, as noted below, we will celebrate on 08.06 at Saint Colman’s Orthodox Church in Stradbally. For this festive season, we follow a special liturgical book… Continue reading May 2025 Service Schedule
Orthodox Educational Workshop Results
We are delighted to share our Orthodox Educational Workshop results Sunrise over the Shanakeever Valley, Lent 2025. Having recently led a workshop for developing an Orthodox Educational program at the Monastery of the Life-Giving Spring, we are delighted to share the results of our collaborative hard work. Starting on Friday, 28.03, Dr. Valentina Tarkovska opened… Continue reading Orthodox Educational Workshop Results
Orthodox Educational Workshop Schedule
SCHEDULE OF THE UPCOMING ORTHODOX EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP In anticipation of the recently announced Orthodox Educational Workshop, to be held on Friday 28.03 and Saturday 29.03 at the Monastery of the Life-Giving Spring in Roscommon, we can confirm more details about the event, including the schedule. Also, we will be able to offer participation via Zoom for… Continue reading Orthodox Educational Workshop Schedule
Service Schedule April 2025
APRIL 2025 SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR SAINT PATRICK’S CHAPEL IN CLIFDEN, IRELAND Our April 2025 Service Schedule begins with the first weekend at the Orthodox Church of Saint Colman in Stradbally. A Service of Holy Unction will be offered before the All-Night Vigil on Saturday, 05.04. The preparatory season of Holy Lent draws to a close with… Continue reading Service Schedule April 2025
Service Schedule March 2025
MARCH 2025 SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR SAINT PATRICK’S CHAPEL IN CLIFDEN, IRELAND Our March 2025 Service Schedule will start with Forgiveness Sunday, also known as Forgiveness Sunday (02.03), directly followed by the first day of Great and Holy Lent on Clean Monday. Proceeding through the most difficult fast of the year, March will conclude with the Orthodox… Continue reading Service Schedule March 2025
Service Schedule February 2025
FEBRUARY 2025 SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR SAINT PATRICK’S CHAPEL IN CLIFDEN, IRELAND Our February Service Schedule will observe the beginning of the Lenten Triodion to prepare for Great and Holy Lent and Pascha. Lent, the most important fast of the Orthodox Church, features often in the early Irish hagiography as a time of strenuous repentance. Starting with… Continue reading Service Schedule February 2025
Workshop: Orthodox Education in Ireland
WORKSHOP TO DEVELOP ORTHODOX EDUCATION IN IRELAND Help Develop Orthodox Education in Ireland We invite Orthodox parents and teachers to join us at a workshop to develop an online Orthodox educational program in Ireland. Saint Patrick Orthodox Mission, along with Dr. Valentina Tarkovska, are organising the event: Topics will include troubleshooting the problems of online… Continue reading Workshop: Orthodox Education in Ireland
Service Schedule January 2025
January 2025 SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR SAINT PATRICK’S CHAPEL IN CLIFDEN, IRELAND After celebrating Christmas on January 7, the January 2025 Service Schedule enters the 12 festal days of Sviatki, or Christmastide. We will celebrate Theophany on Sunday, 19 January and bless the waters at Ballyconneely, a nearby Atlantic beach. We look forward to a new year… Continue reading Service Schedule January 2025