Schedule and updates for Saint Patrick Orthodox Church in Clifden, Ireland
God be merciful to us and bless us,
Psalm of David 67:1
And cause His face to shine upon us.
The Orthodox calendar integrates a tapestry of fasts, feasts, scripture readings, and hagiography. Some of these dates, such as Pascha (Easter), change from year to year, while others, such as Christmas, remain fixed. Unlike most Western practices, we continue to follow the Julian calendar. This means that most of our dates, including Christmas, fall 13 days after the same feast on the Western Calendar. An Orthodox lifestyle strives for daily observance of these cycles. Many online Orthodox calendars, such as this one, make such information easy to access. Meanwhile, our schedule and updates will be posted below.
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October 2026 Service Schedule
OCTOBER 2026 SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR SAINT PATRICK’S CHAPEL IN CLIFDEN, IRELAND Our service schedule for October 2026 will include a visit to Belfast where we will celebrate the Divine Liturgy with His Grace, our Bishop Irenei of London and Western Europe. We will also observe the falling darkness that heralds Irish winter. Situated along the…
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September 2026 Service Schedule
SEPTEMBER 2026 SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR SAINT PATRICK’S CHAPEL IN CLIFDEN, IRELAND Our September 2026 service schedule will observe the renewal of the Orthodox calendar year. Orthodox New Year happens on Monday the 14th (September 1 on the Old Calendar). This annual turning of Orthodox fasts and feasts reflect the cyclical nature of the seasons, both…
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August 2026 Service Schedule
AUGUST 2026 SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR SAINT PATRICK’S CHAPEL IN CLIFDEN, IRELAND Our August 2026 service schedule will observe the fast and feast of the Dormition, or falling asleep, of the Virgin Mary and Theotokos (“God-bearer”) on August 28th. On the 19th, within this two-week fast, we will also celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration of…
We needed an Incarnate God, a God put to death, that we might live. We were put to death together with Him, that we might be cleansed; we rose again with Him because we were put to death with Him; we were glorified with Him, because we rose again with Him.
— St. Gregory the Theologian, Oration 45, 28