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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Schedule of Services for February
FEBRUARY 2024 SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR SAINT PATRICK’S CHAPEL IN CLIFDEN, IRELAND Yesterday, we celebrated the feast of Saint Ita of Kileedy, whose memory we cherish as patron of our planned community farm. This month, we celebrate the memory of another Irish saint, our Venerable Father Modomnoc, patron of our planned ecological recovery centre, whose……
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Schedule of Services for January
January 2024 Schedule of Services for Saint Patrick’s Chapel in Clifden, Ireland Coming into the last weeks of the Advent Fast, we look forward to celebrating Christmas and many more feast days together in January. In particular, we look forward to the end of the month, when we celebrate the Feast of Saint Ita of……
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Divine Liturgy in November
We will celebrate the Divine Liturgy in November on Sunday, the 5th, the 19th, and the 26th at 10:30 am. The Hours begin at 10 am with Confession. We will pick up attendees from the Clifden Library bus stop at 10:05 am. Divine Liturgy will be celebrated in the Chapel of Saint Patrick in Clifden……
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