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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April 2026 Service Schedule
APRIL 2026 SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR SAINT PATRICK’S CHAPEL IN CLIFDEN, IRELAND As we celebrate Holy Pascha, we will make allowance this year for the unfortunate reality that Fr. Robert is quite sick. The intense service schedule of Holy Week is ideally shared with more than one priest, but out here on the west coast of Ireland,
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March 2026 Service Schedule
MARCH 2026 SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR SAINT PATRICK’S CHAPEL IN CLIFDEN, IRELAND As we enter into the Great and Holy Fast of Lent, we will serve special Pre-Sanctified Liturgies on Wednesdays as a consolation to those who are endeavouring to endure the length and strictness of the fast. We have also shared our collection of fasting recipes,
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January and February 2026 Service Schedule
January and February 2026 Service Schedule Merry Christmastide!! Due to an early Paschal cycle, the time between Christmas and the start of Lent is unusually short this year. The Great and Holy Fast of Lent begins six weeks after Christmas, on the 23.02. The first months of the year moreover include many feasts, including all
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