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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Service Schedule September 2024
SEPTEMBER 2024 SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR SAINT PATRICK’S CHAPEL IN CLIFDEN, IRELAND With the Orthodox calendar ending in August with the Dormition of the Theotokos and Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, September marks the beginning of a new liturgical year. We will celebrate this month the Nativity of the Theotokos and the Universal Exaltation of the
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Service Schedule August 2024
AUGUST 2024 SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR SAINT PATRICK’S CHAPEL IN CLIFDEN, IRELAND We observe the third Orthodox fast of the year between the 14th and 27th of August, in preparation of the Dormition of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary on the 28th. Please note that, on the first weekend of the month, we will
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Service Schedule July 2024
JULY 2024 SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR SAINT PATRICK’S CHAPEL IN CLIFDEN, IRELAND Starting on the first of July, we observe the second major fast of the year, in preparation of the feast on July 12 of the Holy, Glorious and All-praised Leaders of the Apostles, Peter and Paul († 67). We will also celebrate with the Divine Liturgy
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