orthodox calendar 2016

GENUINE ORTHODOX CHURCH

C A L E N D A R 2 0 1 6

CONFESS OF FAITH

“If someone does not accept any ecclesiastical

tradition that is written on or not, Anathema,

Anathema, Anathema. We keep the dogmas

and the traditions of the One, Holy, Catholic

and Apostolic Church, and those innovators

who innovate the faith and every heresy we

anathematize”.

C H U R C H OF THE GENUINE ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS

CALENDAR 2016

DEDICATED TO THE DIVINE

ORDINANCE OF THE HOLY FAST

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THE HOLY SYNOD OF ΤΗΕ HIERARCHΥ

OF THE TRUE ORTHODOX

CHURCH OF HELLAS

Wishes for the New Year 2016

To all, everywhere, Genuine Orthodox Children of the

One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church of Christ,

peace, blessings and every good by Christ our Savior God.

THE LOCUM TEENENS OF HOLY ARCHDIOCESE OF ATHENS

+ METROPOLITAN OF THEBES & LEVADIA CHRYSOSTOMOS

THE MEMBERS

+ METROPOLITAN OF FTHIOTIS IGNATIOS

+ METROPOLITAN OF MESSENIA IAKOVOS

+ METRΟPOLITAN OF ATTICA & MEGARA KOSMAS

HIS BEATITUDE METROPOLITAN OF THEBES

C H R Y S O S T O M O S PRESIDENT OF THE HOLY SYNOD OF THE G.O. CHURCH

SAINT MATTHEW, ARCHBISHOP OF ATHENS

THE CONFESSOR & WONDER- WORKER (1861- + 1950)

A MIRACLE OF ST MATTHEW OF ATHENS

Nun Irene, member of the sisterhood of the

Monastery of the Mother of God in Keratea-

Attica, was praying to the Holy Father Matthew to

inform her what happened to the Bishop of Corinth

Callistos, who that year (1977) had left the Church

and he had acceded in the schism of the Florinites.

After some days, Orthodox people, from various

places of Greece and from other countries, started

calling her and they were asking to speak to the

Nun Iren. Without they had known her, and

without they knew each other, as the Council of the

Nuns of the Monastery ascertained because of so

many telephone calls, all people were telling to her

the same vision:

They had seen the Monastery of the Holy

Archangels in Corinth (of the fallen Callistos) and

the Holy Archangels to come out from the roof

(dome) of the Church, abandoned those who

followed him to the schism! Moreover, Holy Father

Matthew asked them to call Nun Irene and to

inform her about!

(Confession of Mrs. Angeliki Karagiannis, worshiper

of the Monastery of Theotokos in Keratea, Attica)

ORTHODOX CALENDAR 2016

Orth. Cal. January 2016

31 Days. Day 10 hours, night 14 hours.

New Cal.

1 Thu +THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST, Basil the Great, Peter 14 2 Fri Sylvester; Pope of Rome, Seraphim of Sarovski, Cosmas 15 3 Sat Prophet Malachi, Gordius Martyr, Righteous Thomahis 16

4 Sun BEFORE EPIPHANY Synaxis of the Holy 70 Apostles 17 5 Mon Righteous Synkletike, R. Theoktistos, Theonas M. (FAST) 18 6 Tue + THE HOLY EPIPHANY OF OUR GOD & SAVIOR CHRIST 19 7 Wed + The Synaxis of the Holy Forerunner and Baptist John 20 8 Thu Righteous Domnike, George the Chozebite, Theophilos 21 9 Fri Righteous Eustratios, Martyr Polyefktos, N/M Parthena 22 10 Sat Gregory of Nyssa, Righteous Dometianus, Marcianos 23

11 Sun AFTER EPIPHANY + Righteous Theodosios the cenobite 24 12 Mon Martyr Tatiana, Martyrs Mertius & Peter, Euthasia 25 13 Tue Martyrs Hermylos and Stratonikos, Maxim, Pachomios 26 14 Wed Righteous-Martyrs of Sinai and Raitho, Righteous Nina 27 15 Thu Righteous John the Hut-Dweller, Paul of Thebes, 6 Fath. 28 16 Fri The Veneration of the Chains of Ap. Peter, Damascenos 29 17 Sat + Righteous Anthony the Great, New-Martyr George 30

18 Sun 10 LEPROUS MEN + Athanasios & Cyril of Alexandria 31 19 Mon Marc; Bishop of Ephesus, Righteous Makarios, Arsenios 1 20 Tue Righteous Euthymios the Great, Eusebios, Basos Mart. 2 21 Wed Maximus the Confessor, Martyrs Neophytos & Agni 3 22 Thu + Apostle Timothy, Martyr Anastasios the Persian 4 23 Fri Clement Martyr, Dionysius of Olympus, Agathangelos 5 24 Sat Righteous Xeni and Philon, Hieromartyr Vavilas 6

25 Sun ZACCHAEUS + Gregory the Theologian of Constantinople 7 26 Mon Right. Xenophon & those with him, Ananias Martyr 8 27 Tue + Transfer of the holy Relics of Saint John Chrysostom 9 28 Wed Right. Ephraim the Syrian, Isaac, Palladios, Chariton M. 10 29 Thu Transfer of the Relics of St. Ignatius the God- Bearer 11 30 Fri + 3 Hierarchs; Basil, Gregory & Chrysostom, Ippolytos 12 31 Sat Unmercenaries Cyrus and John, Athanasia & daughters 13

READINGS OF SUNDAYS AND GREAT FEASTS

"Then the disciples of John

approached him and said, "Why do

we and the Pharisees fast much,

but your disciples do not fast.

Jesus answered them, "Can the

wedding guests mourn as long as

the bridegroom is with them? The

day will come when the

bridegroom is taken away from

them, and then they will fast". (Gospel

of Matthew 9', 14-15)

DATΕ SUNDAYS-

FEASTS

APOSTLE GOSPEL

1 JAN Circum. Colas. 2’ (chapt.), 8-12 Luce 2’ 20-21, 40-52 4 Bef. Epiph. B' Tim. 4', 5-8 Marc A', 1-8 6 Epiphany Titus B’ 11-14, 3’ 4-7 Math. 3’, 13-17 7 Forerunner Acts 19’, 1-8 John 1’ 29-34 11 After Epiphany Ephes. 4’ 7-13 Math. 4’ 12-17 17 St Antonius Hebr. 13’, 17-21 Luce 6’, 17-23 18 10 Leprous-

Gr. Athanasios Hebr. 13’, 7-16 Luce 17’,12-19

20 St Euthimios A’ Tim. 4’, 9-15 Luce 19’, 1-10 25 Zacchaeus-

St Gregory Hebr. 7’, 26- 8’ 2 John 10’ 9-16

27 St Chrysostom Hebr. 7’, 26 & 8’, 2 John 10’, 9-16 30 Three Hierachs B’ Tim. 3’ 10-15 Luce 18’ 10-14

NOTE! With red letters, it means feast (Holiday). The cross (+) means important feast without holiday.

At these days, on day of fast, oil and wine are permitted too.

Orth. Cal. February 2016


New Cal.

1 Sun CANAANITE WOMAN Tryphon, Perpetoua, Anastasios 14 2 Mon + THE PRESENTATION OF LORD & GOD JESUS CHRIST 15 3 Tue Righteous Symeon: the God-receiver, prophetess Anna 16 4 Wed Righteous Isidore the Pilousiotis, Nicholaos; confessor 17 5 Thu Martyr Agatha, Polyeuktos; Patriarch, N/M Antonius 18 6 Fri Boukolos, Photios; Patriarch of Constantinople, John 19 7 Sat Parthenios of Lampsakos, Righteous Luke of Hellas 20

8 Sun PUBLICAN & PHARISEE Theodor the Gen., Pr. Zacharias 21 9 Mon Martyr Nickyphoros, Marcellos, Pangratios Bishop 22 10 Tue + Hiero/M. Haralampos, H/M Vlasios, Queen Theodora 23 11 Wed Hieromartyr Vlasios of Sebastia, Queen Theodora, 24 12 Thu Meletios Archbishop of Antioch, New-martyr Christos 25 13 Fri Apostles Aquila and Priscilla, Righteous Martinianos 26 14 Sat Right. Auxentios, N/M George, Maron, Abraham 27

15 Sun THE PORDIGAL SON Apostle Onisimos, Right. Efsevios 28 16 Mon M. Pamphylos, Flavianuos; Patriarch of Constantinople 29 17 Tue + Theodor the Tyro, saint kings Marcianos & Poulcheria 1 18 Wed Leo; Pope of Rome, Agapitos; bishop of Syna, Theodulos 2 19 Thu Apostle Archippos, Right-martyr Philothei of Athens 3 20 Fri Leo of Catana, Agathon; Pope of Rome, Hierom. SadoK 4 21 Sat Righteous Timothy of Symvola, John (Saturday of Souls) 5

22 Sun MEAT- FARE SUNDAY Martyr Anthousa, Thalassios 6 23 Mon Polycarpos of Smyrna, Proterios of Alexandria, Damian 7 24 Tue + 1st & 2nd finding of the holy head of St Baptist John 8 25 Wed Tarasios, Patriarch of Constantinople, Theodor, Riginos 9 26 Thu Porphyrios of Gaza, Photeini the Samaritan woman 10 27 Fri Righteous Procopios the Confessor, Gelasios & Nisios 11 28 Sat Confessor Basil, Cyranna of Salonika (Saturday of Souls) 12

29 Sun CHEESE- FARE SUNDAY Righteous Cassianos; the Roman 13


Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert

to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty

days and forty nights, he was hungry. The

tempter came to him and said, "If you are the

Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."

Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not

live on bread alone, but on every word that

comes from the mouth of God.' " Then the

devil left him, and angels came and attended

him.

(Holy Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 4)

DATΕ SUNDAYS-

FEASTS

APOSTLE GOSPEL

1 FEB Canaanite W. B' Cor. 6', 16 & 7',1 Matth. 15', 21-28 2 Pres. of Lord Hebr. 7’ 7-17, Luce 2’ 22-40 8 Pub. & Phar. B’ Tim. 3’ 10-15 Luce 18’, 10-14 10 St Charalamb. B’ Tim. 2’, 1-10 John 15’, 17, 16’ 2 15 Prodigal Son A’ Cor., 6’ 12- 20 Luce 15’, 11-13 22 Meat- Fare A’ Corin. 8’ 8- 9’ 2 Math. 25’ 31- 46 29 Cheese-Fare Rom. 13', 11 & 14', 4 Matth. 6', 14-21

Orth. Cal. March 2016


New Cal.

1 Mon CLEAN MONDAY Evdokia & Domnina (Begg. of Fast) 14 2 Tue Martyr Euthalia, Esychios of Cerynia, Theosdotos 15 3 Wed Mart. Eutropios, Kleonikos & Basiliskos, Theodoritos 16 4 Thu Right. Gerasimos of the Jordan, Gregory of Cyprous 17 5 Fri Eulampios, Conon, Marc of Athens (1st Salutations) 18 6 Sat + Miracle of the kollyba of St. Theodore (Soul- Sat.) 19

7 Sun 1ST OF FAST- SUNDAY OF ORTHODOX Lavrentios 20 8 Mon Theofylaktos of Nicomedia, Hermes , Paul; confessor 21 9 Tue + The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sevastia, Urpasianos 22 10 Wed Martyr Quadratus & those with him, Anastasia 23 11 Thu Sophronios of Jerusalem, Queen Theodora, George 24 12 Fri Gregory the Dialogist, Theophanis (2nd Salutations) 25 13 Sat Transfer of the holy relics of St Nickephorus of Const. 26

14 Sun 2nd OF FAST- GREGORY PALAMAS Right. Benedict 27 15 Mon Agapios & the 7 M., Apostle Aristovoulos, Aninas 28 16 Tue Sabinos the Egyptian, Christodoulos of Patmos Isle 29 17 Wed Alexios; the man of God, Righteous- Martyr Paul 30 18 Thu Cyril of Jerusalem, Martyrs Trophimos & Eucarpion 31 19 Fri Chrysanthos & Dareia M., Dimitrios (3rd Salutations) 1 20 Sat Martyrs of St Sabba, Confessor Nikitas, Appolonias 2

21 Sun 3rd FAST- VENERATION OF CROSS James the Confess. 3 22 Mon + Resurrection of Lazarus, Hieromartyr Basil Ancyra 4 23 Tue Nicon Martyr & the 199 Martyrs, Dometius, Lucas 5 24 Wed Hieromartyr Artemon, Parthenios (Before Annunc.) 6 25 Thu + ANNUNCIATION OF OUR MOST HOLY THEOTOKOS 7 26 Fri + Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel, Stephen ( 4th Salutat.) 8 27 Sat R. Matrona of Thessalonica, Martyrs Filitos and Lydia 9

28 Sun 4th - JOHN OF THE LADDER Apostle Herodion, Ilarion 10 29 Mon Bishop Marc of Arethousa, Deacon Cyril and others 11 30 Tue Righteous John of the Ladder, Zacharias of Corinth 12 31 Wed Akakios the Confessor, Hieromartyr Ypatios of Gagra 13


"The Fasting reached, the mother of wisdom,

the accuser of sin and the repentance of

advocate, state of the Angels and the salvation

of mankind" (Triodion)

"Let us crave the Fasting that fading the bad

passions of the soul with the complicity of the

Holy Spirit and that strengthens the realization

of nested transactions" (Triodion)

"Whole time and weather, fasting is good and

honest because neither the devil dares against

the man who fasts, nor the temptation of

demons remains to man who fasts" (Treasure

of St John of Damascus)"

DATΕ SUNDAYS-

FEASTS

APOSTLE GOSPEL

7 MAR Sun. of Orthod. Hebr. 11’ 24-40 John 1’ 44-52 9 40 Martyrs Hebr. 12', 1-10 Matth. 20', 1-16 14 2nd of Fast Hebr. 1’ 10- 2’ 3 Marc. 2’ 1-12 21 Cross Hebr. 4’ 14- 5,’6 Marc 8’ 34- 9‘ 1 25 Annunciation Heb. 2’, 11-18 Luce 1’, 24-38 28 4th of Fast Hebr.6’ 13-20 Marc 9’, 17-31

Orth. Cal. April 2016


New Cal.

1 Thu Mary of Egypt, Gerontios, Vasilidis M. (Great Canon) 14 2 Fri R. Titus, Virgin-martyr Theodora, (Akathist hymn) 15 3 Sat Nikitas the Confessor, Josheph the hymn- writer 16

4 Sun 5th OF FEAST- MARY OF EGYPT Right. Zosimas 17 5 Mon Claudius, Didiymos & Diodoros the Martyrs 18 6 Tue Eftychios; Patriarch of Constantinople, 120 Martyrs 19 7 Wed Calliopios M., Roufinos M., Acylina M., George 20 8 Thu Herodion, Flegontas, Roufos the Apostles, Celestinos 21 9 Fri Eupsicios M., Avdhesus, Hieromartyr Avdimos 22 10 Sat + Resurrection of Lazarus, Terentios Martyr 23

11 Sun + PALM SUNDAY, Bishop of Pergamos, Tryphena 24 12 Mon Great Monday, Josef the all- comely, Basil, Acacios 25 13 Tue Great Tuesday, The 10 Virgins, Martin of Rome 26 14 Wed Gr. Wednesday, The woman who anointed the Lord 27 15 Thu Great Thursday, The Mystical Supper, Criscent M. 28 16 Fri Great Friday, The Holy Passion of the Lord, Agapi 29 17 Sat Great Saturday, The Descent into Hades, Macarios 30

18 Sun + HOLY PASCHA, THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD 1 19 Mon RENEWAL WEEK Agathangelos the New- martyr 2 20 Tue Virgin Mary Portaitissa Raphael, Nicholaos & Irene 3 21 Wed Hier. Januarios, Alexander, Anastasios of Sina 4 22 Thu Right. Theodor, Apostle Nathanael, Gaius of Rome 5 23 Fri + The LIFE- GIVING FONT, Great-Martyr George 6 24 Sat Righteous Elizabeth, Sabbas, Righteous Xenophon 7

25 Sun THE 2ND OF JOHN- APOSTLE THOMAS + Evang. Marc 8 26 Mon Hieromartyr Basileus of Amasia, Righteous Glafyra 9 27 Tue Hieromartyr Symeon of Jerusalem, John the Confess. 10 28 Wed The 9 Martyrs of Kyziko, Right. Memnon, Theognis 11 29 Thu Eason & Sosipatros, John; Bishop of Thebes, Kerkyra 12 30 Fri + Apostle James; brother of Theologian, N/M Chrysie 13


"The Fasting is defending of every virtue and

beginning of the race and a crown of the

approval believers." (Isaac the Syrian)

"The Fasting is mortification of the body,

vitalization of the spirit, decoration of morals,

abreaction of the soul, elevation of the mind,

feathering of the mind" (Michael Psellos)

DATΕ SUNDAYS-

FEASTS

APOSTLE GOSPEL

4 APR 5th of Fast Hebr. 9’ 11-14 Marc. 10’ 32-45 11 Palm Sunday Philip. 4’ 4-9 John 12’ 1-18 18 HOLY PASCHA ACTS 1’ 1-8 JOHN 1’ 1-17 23 Life Giv.Font.-

St George Acts 12’ 1-11 John 2’ 12-22

25 Thomas’ Acts 5’ 12-20 John 20’ 19-31

Orth. Cal. May 2016


New Cal.

1 Sat Prophet Jeremiah, N/M Euthymios, Acacios & Ignatius 14

2 Sun THE 3RD-MYRRH-BEARRING WOMEN, Athanasios the Gr. 15 3 Mon Martyrs Timothy and Maura, Peter; Bishop of Argos 16 4 Tue Martyr Pelagia, Leontios Martyr, Righteous Ilarion 17 5 Wed Great-martyr Irene, Euthymios; Bishop of Madyta 18 6 Thu Job the Righteous, Righteous Seraphim, M. Donatos 19 7 Fri Appearance of Holy Cross, Righteous Nilos, Quadratus 20 8 Sat + Apostle 7 Evangelist John the Theologian, Arsenios 21

9 Sun THE 4TH PARALYTIC Prophet Isaiah, Christopher Martyr 22 10 Mon Apostle Simon the Zealot, Righteous Laurence, Symeon 23 11 Tue Cyril & Methodios; Equal-to-Apostles, Hierom. Mokios 24 12 Wed Epiphanios of Cyprus, German of Con/ple, Theodor 25 13 Thu Glykeria martyr, Righteous Eufthimios, Sergius the Conf. 26 14 Fri + Matthew of Athens; the Confessor, Martyr Isidoros 27 15 Sat Pachomios the Great, Achilios; Archbishop of Larissa 28

16 Sun THE 5TH SAMARITAN WOMAN Alexander of Jerusalem 29 17 Mon Apostl. Andronikos & Junia, bishop Athnasios, Nekatrios 30 18 Tue Peter, Dionysius, Christina, Andrew, Paul, Pavlinos Mart. 31 19 Wed Hieromartyr Patrick, 13 Hieromartyrs of Cantara 1 20 Thu Martyr Thalellaios, Transfer of the Relics of St Nicholas 2 21 Fri Saint Kings Constantine & Helen; equal- to- the Apostles 3 22 Sat Martyr Vasiliskos, Paul new Right/Martyr, John Vladimir 4

23 Sun THE 6TH- THE BLIND MAN Michael of Synnada, Selefkos 5 24 Mon Right. Symeon the Stylite & Wonderworker, Meletios 6 25 Tue + 3rd Finding of Holy Head of Forerunner Saint John 7 26 Wed + Apodosis of Pascha, Carpos, Apostle Alphaios 8 27 Thu + THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD St John the Russian 9 28 Fri Andrew for Christ fool, Eutyches; Hieromartyr, Ignatius 10 29 Sat Right/M Theodosia, Bishop Alexander, H/M Olvianos 11

30 Sun THE 7TH- HOLY FATHERS (7th Ec.) R. Isaakios, R. Varlaam 12 31 Mon Martyrs Hermios & Eusevios, Eustathios of Const/ple 13


"What is the benefit, if you do not offer to

mouth meat and bite with malice your brother?

If you do not eat foods that you bought, and

you grab unjustly the thing of the poor's?

Judah fasted with the other eleven disciples,

but as he did not tame his stingy behavior, he

did not benefit from the hunger for salvation.

Even the devil never eats, as it is intangible

spirit, but it descended because of wickedness "

(Saint Gregory of Nyssa)

DATΕ SUNDAYS-

FEASTS

APOSTLE GOSPEL

2 MAY Myrrh-. Wom. Acts 6’ 1-7 Marc 15’ 43- 16’ 8 8 John

Theologian A’ John 1’ 1-7 John 19’ 25-27 ,21’

24-25 9 Paral. Acts 9’ 32-42 John 5’ 1-15 16 Samaritan Acts 11’ 19-30 John 4’ 5-42 21 Const. & Helen Acts 26’, 1 , 12-20 Math. 18’ 10-20 23 Blind Man Acts 16’ 16-34 John 9’ 1-38 27 Ascension Acts 1’ 1-12 Luce 24’ 36-53 30 Holy Fathers Acts 20’ 16-18, 28-36 John 17, 1-13

Orth. Cal. June 2016


New Cal.

1 Tue Justin Martyr the Philosopher, Thespesios, Pyrros Bish. 14 2 Wed Nickephoros; of Constantinople, Erasmos the Confessor 15 3 Thu Martyrs Lucillianos & 4 Children, Paula, Athanasia 16 4 Fri Martha & Maria, Mitrophanis of Constantinople 17 5 Sat Hieromartyr Dorotheos, Marcus of Chios, (Sat. of Souls) 18

6 Sun + THE HOLY PENTECOST, Hilarrion of Dalmata, Gelasios 19 7 Mon + THE HOLY SPIRIT Hieromartyr Dorotheos of Ancyra 20 8 Tue + Transfer of relics of St Theodore, Martyr Calliope 21 9 Wed Cyril Patr. Thekla, Mariamni, Martha & Mary, Ananias 22 10 Thu Alexander, Antonina Martyr, Bishop Timotheos 23 11 Fri + Mother of God; “It is Truly Meet”, Apostle Varnavas 24 12 Sat R. Onuphrios of Egypt & Peter of Mt Athos (Apodosis) 25

13 Sun 1st of Matthew- ALL SAINTS, Martyr Aquilina, Antipatros 26 14 Mon Prophet Elisha, Methodios; of Const/ple (Begin. of Fast) 27 15 Tue Prophet Amos, Righteous Augustine; Bishop of Hippo 28 16 Wed Tychon ; Bishop of Amathon, Hieromartyr Marc 29 17 Thu Martyrs Manuel, Sabel, Hesaurus, Ishmael, Joseph 30 18 Fri Martyrs Leontios, Hypatios, Aetherios , R. Leontios 1 19 Sat Apostle Jude, Righteous Paisios the Great, Zenon 2

20 Sun 2nd HOLY FATHERS OF ATHOS Hieromartyr Methodios 3 21 Mon Martyr Julian, New- Martyrs Nicketas & Pachomios 4 22 Tue Eusebious of Samosata, Zinon & Zina Martyrs 5 23 Wed Martyr Agrippina, Righteous Nicetas, Aristocles; priest 6 24 Thu + Nativity of the Forerunner John, N/M Panagiotis 7 25 Fri Righteous- martyr Febronia, R. Dionysius, Dometious 8 26 Sat Righteous David of Thessalonica, John; Bishop of Goths 9

27 Sun 3rd - NEW MARTYRS Right. Sampson the hospitable 10 28 Mon The transfer of relics of Unmercenarie Cyrus & John 11 29 Tue + Holy Apostles Paul & Peter, Martyr Cyrillos 12 30 Wed + The Synaxis of the Holy 12 Apostles, N/M Michael 13


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"Let us fast with welcome fasting, which is

pleasing to the Lord. True fasting is the

alienation from evil, the temperance of the

language, the abstinence from the anger, the

separation of the desires, of censure, of

falsehood and of perjury. The (spiritual)

poverty from all of these is true and welcome

(fast) " (Triodion)

"As with eating and disobedience, Adam left

from Paradise, so again with fasting and

obedience, the one who wants it, enters in

Paradise" (On Virginity, 6, PG 28, 257).

DATΕ SUNDAYS-

FEASTS

APOSTLE GOSPEL

6 June Pentecost Acts 2’ 1-11 John 7’ 37-52, 8’ 12 7 Holy Spirit Ephes. 5’ 8-19 Math. 18’ 10-20 13 All Saints Hebr. 11’ 33- 12’ 2 Math. 10 32-33, 37-

38, 19’ 27-30 20 Athonites Fr. Rom. 5’ 10-16 Matth. 4’, 18-23 24 Nat. of Forerr. Rom. 13’ 11- 14’ 4 Luce 1’ 1-25, 57- 68,

76-80 27 3rd Matthew Rom. 1-10 Matthew 6’, 22-33 29 Peter & Paul B’ Cor. 11’ 21- 12’ 9 Matth. 9’ 36- 10’ 8 30 Apostles A’ Cor. 4’ 9-16 Matth. 9’, 36 & 10', 8

Orth. Cal. July 2016


New Cal.

1 Thu + Unmercenaries Cosmas & Damian, Constantine 14 2 Fri Deposition of the Honorable Cincture, Juvenaly 15 3 Sat Martyr Hyacinth, Anatolios; Patr. of Constantinople 16

4 Sun 4th OF MATTHEW Andrew; Archbishop of Crete, Lucia M. 17 5 Mon Righteous Athanasios the Athonite, Right. Lampados 18 6 Tue Righteous Sisoes the Great, Archippos, Onesimos 19 7 Wed Great- martyr Kyriake, Thomas of Maleo, M. Peregrinos 20 8 Thu Great- martyr Prokopios & moth. Theodosia, Theophilos, 21 9 Fri Hieromartyr Pangratios, Metrophanis the Athonite, 22 10 Sat 45 Martyrs of Nikopolis, Right Antonius the Russian 23

11 Sun 5th OF MATTHEW + Great- M Euphemia, Queen Olga 24 12 Mon Martyr Proklos & Hilarion, Veroniki; the bleeding 25 13 Tue Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel, Stephen of Savvas' Mon. 26 14 Wed Ap. Aquila, Nicodemus the Athonite, Joseph of Thessal. 27 15 Thu Martyrs Kerykos and Julita, Vladimir; King of Russia 28 16 Fri Hierom. Athenogenes & those with him, Antiochos M. 29 17 Sat + Great Martyr Marina, Bishop Euphrasios, Veronica 30

18 Sun + HOLY FATHERS OF 4TH ECUM. Martyr Aimilianos, Paul 31 19 Mon Righteous Makrina, Dius, Theodor the Savvaitis 1 20 Tue + Holy Prophet Elias the Tishbite, Righteous Abbraam 2 21 Wed Symeon, for Christ fool, Righteous John, Bish. Parthenios 3 22 Thu + Maria Magdalene; Equal-to- the Apostle, Markella M. 4 23 Fri Prophet Ezekiel, Hieromartyr Phokas, H/M Vitaly 5 24 Sat Great- martyr Christina, New- martyr Theophilos 6

25 Sun 7TH OF MATTHEW + Dormition of St Anna, Dc Olympias 7 26 Mon + Righteous Martyr Paraskevi, Hieromartyr Hermolaos 8 27 Tue + Great Martyr Panteleimon, Anthousa th Confessor 9 28 Wed Prochoros, Right. Irene of Chrysovalantou Monastery 10 29 Thu Martyrs Theodote & Kallinikos, Theodoti & her Children 11 30 Fri Silas, Silouanos , Crescent, Epenetos, Martyr Julita 12 31 Sat Righteous Evdokimos the Just, Joseph of Arimathea 13


Fasting and abstinence sleeps revolutions of the

body, and fades the rage of anger and of

desires..." (St. Gregory Palamas)

"Mortify me (Lord) the errands of my flesh,

and made alive my miserable heart, clearing

with the passionicide fasting" (Triodion)"

"Let fast and oral from obscene words and

reviled. What is the benefit when we abstain

from poultry and fish while our brothers we

bite and eat them up. Whoever accuses, eats the

meat of his brother, he bit the flesh of his

near". (St. John Chrysostom)

DATΕ SUNDAYS-

FEASTS

APOSTLE GOSPEL

4 JULY 4th of Matthew Rom. 13’ 18-23 Matth. 8’, 5-13 11 5th of Matthew Matth. 8’, 28-34 & 1’,1 18 + Saint Fathers Titus 3’ 8-15 Matthew 5’ 14-19 20 Prophet Elias Jacob 5’ 10-20 Luce 4’ 22-30 25 7th of Matthew

& St Anna Gal. 4’ 22-27

Matth. 9', 27-35

27 St Pantel. B’ Tim. 2’ 1-10 Luce 21’ 12-19

Orth. Cal. August 2016


New Cal.

1 Sun 8th OF MATTH. Procession of Holy Cross (Begg. of Fast) 14 2 Mon The Translation of the relics of Protomartyr Stephen 15 3 Tue Righteous Dalmatius, Faustus and Isaakios, Salome 16 4 Wed The 7 children of Euphesus, Evdokia, M. Ea, Thabouel 17 5 Tue Righteous Nona, Eufsignios (Before Transfiguration) 18 6 Fri + THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD & SAVIOR 19 7 Sat Hieromartyr Dometius, Righteous Theodosios the New 20

8 Sun 9th OF MATTH. Aimilianos of Cyzicus, Myron of Crete 21 9 Mon Apostle Matthias, Joulianos ant those with him mar 22 10 Tue Archdiacone Laurence, Xistos; pope of Rome, Heron 23 11 Wed Deacon Euplos, Nephon of Const, Miracle of St Spyridon 24 12 Thu Martyrs photios & Aniketos, R. Sergios & Stephen 25 13 Fri Maximos the Confessor, Dorotheos (Apod. of Transf.) 26 14 Sat Prophet Micah, N/M Symeon; (Prefeast of Dormition) 27

15 Sun 10th + THE DORMITION OF THE MOST HOLY THEOTOKOS 28 16 Mon The Holy Napkin, Martyr Diomedus, Right. Gerasimos 29 17 Tue Hieromartyr Myron, Paul & Juliani Martyrs, Thyrsos 30 18 Wed Martyrs Flaurus & Laurus, Sophronios, Varnavas 31 19 Thu Great- m. Andrew & 2593 m. with him, Theophanes 1 20 Fri Prophet Samuel, Martyr Loucios, 37 M. of Thrace 2 21 Sat Apostle Thaddeous, martyr Vassa & her Children 3

22 Sun 11TH OF MATTH. Virgin Mary of Proussa, Agathonikos 4 23 Mon Martyr Loupous, Ireneos (Apodosis of the Dormition) 5 24 Tue Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aitolia, Dionysus of Aegina 6 25 Wed + Apostles Bartholomew & Titus, Epiphanios & John 7 26 Thu Martyrs Adrian and Natalie. Josaph; King of India 8 27 Fri Righteous Poimen, Phanourios the Martyr, Osios bishop 9 28 Sat Righteous Moses the Ethiopian, Prophetess Anna 10

29 Sun +The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (fast, olive-oil) 11 30 Mon Alexander and John; Patriarchs of Constantinople 12 31 Tue + The deposition of the Holy Zone of Mother of God 13


THEY INNOVATE

EVEN THE HOLY FAST

The New Calendarists- Ecumenists, despite the

teaching of the Church, they want a decision of

their "Great Pan-Orthodox Synod" to abolish

and the Holy Fasting.

After Masonic Congress in 1923 in

Constantinople, where it was decided to cut

Fasting, since this issue has first place in ... the

conferences. Satanic and opposite-to-God

inspiration and perseverance.

DATΕ SUNDAYS-

FEASTS

APOSTLE GOSPEL

1 AUG 8th of Matthew A' Cor. 1', 10-17 Matth. 14', 14-22 6 Tranfigur. B’ Peter 1’ 10-19 Matthew 17’ 1-9 8 9th of Matthew A’ Cor. 3’ 9-17 Matthew 14’ 22-34 15 10th of Matth.-

Dormition Philip. 2’ 5-11 Luce 10’ 38-42, 11’

27-28 22 11th of Matth. A’ Cor. 9’ 2-12 Matth. 18’ 23-35 29 Behead. John Acts 13’ 25-32 Marc. 6’ 14-30

Orth. Cal. September 2016


New Cal.

1 Wed + BEGINNING OF THE INDICTION R. Symeon, 40 women 14 2 Thu Martyr Mamas, Patr. John the Faster, M. Euftychia 15 3 Fri Hieromartyr Anthimos of Nicomedia, M. Chariton 16 4 Sat Hier. Babylas of Antioch, Prophet Moses the God-seer 17

5 Sun 13TH OF MATTHEW Prophet Zacharias, Abdeus of Persia 18 6 Mon +The miracle of the Archangel Michael at Chonae 19 7 Tue Martyr Sozon, Eupsychios, Cassiani the Hymn-writer 20 8 Wed THE NATIVITY OF OUR MOST HOLY THEOTOKOS MARIA 21 9 Thu +The Just Joachim and Anna, Holy 3rd Ecumenical Synod 22 10 Fri Martyrs Menodora, Metrodora, Nymphodora; virgins 23 11 Sat Righteous Theodora of Alexandria, Martyr Evanthia 24

12 Sun + BEFORE OF EXELTATATION Hieromartyr Autonomos 25 13 Mon +The Dedication of the Resurrection’s Church (Bef. Ex.) 26 14 Tue + EXALTATION OF PRECIOUS & LIFE-GIVING CROSS (fast) 27 15 Wed + Great- M. Niketas, Vissarion of Larissa, R. Philotheos 28 16 Thu Great- Martyr Euphemia, Martyr Melitine, Luntmilla 29 17 Fri Martyrs Sophia & her daughters; Faith, Hope, Love 30 18 Sat Righteous Eumenios; Bishop of Gortyna, M. Ariadni 1

19 Sun AFTER THE EXELTATION Martyrs Trophimos, Sabbatios 2 20 Mon + Great- martyr Eustathios & those with him, Ilarion 3 21 Tue Apostle Quadratus, Prophet Jonas, Isaakios (Apodosis) 4 22 Wed Hieromartyr Phokas, Cosmas & 26 Rigtheous-martyrs 5 23 Thu +The Conception of the Forerunner John, Nicolaos N/M 6 24 Fri Panagia “Myrtdiotissa”, Thekla; equal to the Apostles 7 25 Sat Right. Euphrosyne, daughter of Paphnutios Egyptian 8

26 Sun 1ST OF LUCE +The Assumption of St John the Theologian 9 27 Mon Martyr Kallistratos & 46 Martyrs, Ap. Aristarchos 10 28 Tue Chariton the Confessor, Prophet Varouh, Isaak of Syros 11 29 Wed Righteous Kyriakos the Athonite, Govdelaah of Persia 12 30 Thu Hieromartyr Gregory of Great Armenia, Ripsimia M. 13


69 CANON

OF THE HOLY APOSTLES:

"Whoever bishop or presbyter, or

deacon, or subdeacon, or reader, or

chanter at St. Lent does not fast, or on

Wednesday and on Friday, is being

launched. If he is a layman, let him

excommunicated."

DATΕ SUNDAYS-

FEASTS

APOSTLE GOSPEL

1 SEPT Beg. of Indict A’ Timothy 2’ 1-7 Luce 4’ 16-22 5 8 Nativity Phil. 2’, 5-11 Luce 10’, 38-42

& 11’, 27-28 12 Bef. Exaltation B’ Phil. 5-11 John 3’ 13-17 14 Exaltation of

Cross A’ Cor. 1’ 18-24 John 19’ 6-11, 13-20,

25-28, 30-35 19 After Exaltat. Gal. 2’ 16-20 Marcus 8’ 34- 9’ 1 26 1st of Luce-

Evang. John A' John 4', 12-19 Luce 5’ 1-11

Orth. Cal. October 2016


New Cal.

1 Fri + Holy Protection, The Mother of God Quick- hearer 14 2 Sat Hieromartyr Cyprian & Virgin-martyr Justina, Damaris 15

3 Sun 2nd OF LUCE Dionysios the Areopagite, Bishop of Athens 16 4 Mon Hierotheos, Bishop of Athens, Martyr Domnina 17 5 Tue M. Charitine, Martyr Eudokimos, Methodia of Kimolos 18 6 Wed + Apostle Thomas, Erotees M., Kendeas, Makarios R/M 19 7 Thu G/M Sergius and Bacchus, 99 Fathers of Crete, Sergios 20 8 Fri Righteous Pelagia &Taïsia, Righteous- martyr Ignatius 21 9 Sat Apostle James Alpheus, Right. Andronikos & Athanasia 22

10 Sun 3rd OF LUCE Martyrs Eulampios & Eulampia, Vassianos 23 11 Mon Apostle Philip, Righteous Theophanes the Branded 24 12 Tue Provos, Tarachos, Andronikos, Domnina, Symeon Th. 25 13 Wed Carpos. Papylos, Agathodoros, Agathonike, Benjamin 26 14 Thu Nazarios and Gerbasios, Celsius the Martys, Cosmas 27 15 Fri Hieromartyr Loukianos, Sabbinos and Varsos the Right. 28 16 Sat Great-Martyr Longinus the Centurion, M Leontios 29

17 Sun 4th OF LUCE + HOLY FATHERS OF 7TH ECUMENIC. SYNOD 30 18 Mon + Apostle and Evangelist Luke, Martyr Marinos 31 19 Tue Prophet Joel, Martyr Ouarus, Righteous Cleopatra 1 20 Wed Great- Martyr Artemios, Gerasimos of Cephalonia 2 21 Thu R. Hilarion the Great, New- martyr John, H/M Socrates 3 22 Fri Averky Bishop of Hierapolis, 7 children of Ephesos 4 23 Sat + Apostle James, the Brother of the Lord, Ignatius 5

24 Sun 6th OF LUCE Great-Martyr Arethas, Martyr Sebastiane 6 25 Mon Mart. Marcian and Martyrios, Tabitha the Merciful 7 26 Tue Great-Martyr Demetrios of Salonica; Myrrh-Streamer 8 27 Wed Martyr Nestor, Procla the wife of Pilate, Kyriakos 9 28 Thu Terence and Eunice, Patr. Athanasios, Angeles 10 29 Fri Martyr Anastasia, R. Abramius & Maria, Athanasios 11 30 Sat Martyrs Zenobios and Zenobia, Apostle Cleopas 12

31 Sun 5rd OF LUCE Apostl. Stachys, Apellos, Amplia & Ourban 13


"And while the fast is ordered for life,

coexisting with human nature to Heaven,

given by God to Adam, in the beginning of

the inherent in him life and divine grace by

the same God" (St. Gregory Palamas)

"Moses found with the cleansing fasting, the

understanding of the only pure God. My soul

with fasting to be cleaned, to get close to the

benevolent God" (Triodion)

"At Mount of Horeb, after he purified with

fasting, Elijah had God. Let us clean also

ourshelves with fasting in our heart and we

will see Christ (Triodion)

DATΕ SUNDAYS-

FEASTS

APOSTLE GOSPEL

2 OCT 2nd of Luce B' Cor. 6', 16 & 7', 1 Luce 6’ 31-36 10 3rd of Luce Gal. 2’ 16-20 Luce 7’ 11-16 17 4th (H. Fathers) Titus 3’ 8-15 Luce 8’ 5-15 26 St Demetrius B’ Tim. 2’ 1-10 John 15', 17 & 16', 2 31 5th of Luce Gal. 6’ 11-18 Luce 16’ 19-31

Orth. Cal. November 2016


New Cal.

1 Mon + Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian, David of Euvoia 14 2 Tue Akindynos, Pegasios and Elpidophoros & Anempodistos 15 3 Wed Transfer of relics of St George, Joseph & Akepsimas 16 4 Thu R. Ioannikios, Hieromartyrs Nicandros & Hermeos 17 5 Fri Martyrs Galaktion and Episteme, Hermas, Patrovas 18 6 Sat Paul; Archbishop of Constantinople, Demetrianos 19

7 Sun 7th OF LUCE 33 Martyrs of Melitine, Lazar of Galousia 20 8 Mon + Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel & all the Angels 21 9 Tue St. Nectarios of Pentapolis, Righteous Theoktisti 22 10 Wed Apostles Olympas and Sosipater, Orestos, M. Milos 23 11 Thu Martyrs Menas, Victor and Vincent, Right. Theodor 24 12 Fri + John the merciful, Patr. of Alexandria, R. Nilos 25 13 Sat + John Chrysostom of Con/ple Righteous Damascene 26

14 Sun 8TH OF LUCE + Apostle Philip, Arch. Gregory Palamas 27 15 Mon M. Gourias, N/M Catherine of Mandra (Beginn of Fast) 28 16 Tue + Apostle and Evangelist Matthew, V/M Iphigenia 29 17 Wed Gregory the Wonderworker, Gennadios & Maxim 30 18 Thu M. Plato, Romanos and Zacchaeus, N/M Anastasios 1 19 Fri Prophet Obadiah, Martyr Barlaam, H/M Agapios 2 20 Sat Gregory the Decapolite, (Pre-feast of the Entry) 3

21 Sun +THE ENTRY OF THE MOST HOLY THEOTOKOS MARIA 4 22 Mon Apostles Philemon, Onesimos, Clement of Bulgaria 5 23 Tue Bishops Gregory and Amphilochios, Ischirion Bishop 6 24 Wed Clement of Rome &Peter of Alexandria, M. Malchos 7 25 Thu Great-Martyr Catherine, M. Mercourios (Apodosis) 8 26 Fri R. Alypy, Stylianos, Nikon “Repent ye”, N/M George 9 27 Sat Great-Martyr James the Persian, Righteous Nathanael 10

28 Sun 13TH OF LUCE Stephen the Confessor, Mart. Eirenarchos 11 29 Mon Great-Martyr James the Persian, Righteous Marc 12 30 Tue + Apostle Andrew; First-Called, Archbishop Froumentios 13


"Man who loves God, lives on earth an angelic

life, fasting and wakefulness ..." (Maximus the

Confessor)

So it is the holy way of God and the foundation

of every virtue, just fasting and the vigil and

the alert". (Isaac the Syrian)

DATΕ SUNDAYS-

FEASTS

APOSTLE GOSPEL

7 7TH of Luce Ephes. 2’, 14-22 Luce 8’, 41-56 8 H. Archangels Hebr. 2’ 2-10 Luce 10’ 16-21 13 St Chrysostom Hebr. 7’ 26, 8’ 2 John 10’ 9-16 14 Ap. Phillip

8th of Luce A’ Cor. 4’ 9-16 Ephes. 2’ 4-10

John 1’ 44-52 Luce 10’ 25-37

21 Entrance of Theotokos

Hebr. 9’ 1-7 Luce 10’ 38-42, & 11’ 27-28

25 St .Catherine Gal. 3’ 23, 4’ 5 Marc 5’, 24-34 28 13th of Luce Ephes. 4', 1-7 Luce 18', 18-27 30 Ap. Andrew A’ Cor. 4’ 9-16

John 1’ 35-52

Orth. Cal. December 2016


New Cal.

1 Wed Prophet Naoum, Philaret the Merciful, Antony the New 14 2 Thu Prophet Habakkuk, Martyr Myrope, Cyril the Phileotis 15 3 Fri Prophet Zephaniah New- Martyr Angelis, Theodor 16 4 Sat +Great-Martyr Barbara, Right. John of Damascus 17

5 Sun 10th OF LUCE + Righteous Sabbas the Sanctified 18 6 Mon +Nicholas of Myra the Wonder- worker, Antony & Nilos 19 7 Tue Ambrose of Milan, Righteous Gregory, Gerasimos 20 8 Wed Righteous Patapios, Parthenios of Chios, Sosthenes 21 9 Thu + The Conception of St Anna, Prophetess Anna, Stephen 22 10 Fri Martyrs Menas & Hermogenes, Righteous Thomas 23 11 Sat Righteous Daniel and Luke the Stylites, R. Leontios 24

12 Sun 11TH OF LUCE + Spyridon of Trimythous the Wonder/W. 25 13 Mon Martyrs Eustratios, Auxentios, Eugene, Mardarios 26 14 Tue Martyrs Thyrsos and Leukios, Philimon, Arrianos 27 15 Wed + Hieromartyr Eleutherios, Anthia, R/M Susanna 28 16 Thu Proph. Haggai, Modestus of Jerusal., Queen Theophano 29 17 Fri Three Holy Children, Pr. Daniel, Dionysus of Zakynthos 30 18 Sat Martyr Sebastian and those with him, Sophia, Michael 31

19 Sun BEFORE CHRISTMAS Martyrs Boniface and Aglaïs, Helios 1 20 Mon + Ignatius the God-Bearer, Pre-feast of the Nativity 2 21 Tue Martyr Juliana, Peter of all Russia, M. Themistocles 3 22 Wed Anastasia; deliverer from poisons, M. Chrysogonos 4 23 Thu Ten Martyrs of Crete, Naoum; Enlighter of Bulgaria 5 24 Fri Righteous-Martyr Eugenia, M. Achmet (Eve of Christ.) 6 25 Sat + THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD & GOD JESUS CHRIST 7

26 Sun AFTER THE CHRISTMAS + Synaxis of the Mother of God 8 27 Mon +Stephen the First-martyr and Archdeacon, Theodor 9 28 Tue Holy 20,000 M. in Nicomedia, Martyr Glycerios 10 29 Wed The 14,000 infants of Bethlehem, Righteous Marcellos 11 30 Thu Righteous-Martyr Anysia of Thessalonica, R/M Gedeon 12 31 Fri Righteous Melanie, Zoticos (Apodosis of Nativity) 13


"Like pelican

your side

wounding, you

God Word, your

deceased

children you

vivified,

dripping to them

your vital

hydrants".

(2nd Stasis of

Eulogy of the Holy

Epitaph on the

Great Friday)

DATΕ SUNDAYS-

FEASTS

APOSTLE GOSPEL

5 DEC 10th of Luce- Right. Sabbas

Gal. 5’ 22- 6’ 2

Luce 13’ 10-17

6 St Nicholaos Hebr. 13’ 17-21 Luce 16’ 17-23 9 St. Anna Gal. 4’ 22-27 Luce 8’, 16-21 12 11th of Luce

St Spyridon Ephes. 5’ 8-19

Luce 14’ 16-24

19 Bef. Christmas Hebr. 11’ 9-10, 32-40 Matth. 1’ 1-25 25 Nativity Christ Gal. 4’ 4-7 Matth. 2’ 1-12 26 Syn. of Theot. Hebr. 2’ 11-18 Matth. 2’, 13-23 27 St Stephen Acts 6’ 8- 7’ 60 Matth. 21’ 33-42

TO EVERYONE OF THE CHILDRENS

OF THE MOST HOLY MOTHER CHURCH

You revered priests, you monastic orders of the Church, you

pious Faithful, beloved kids by the Lord!

Grace, peace and blessings of God and our Savior Jesus Christ

to all of you in the new year 1986 on the part of the Holy Synod

and Our wish and blessing, so more to love the angelic virtue of

fasting, whereby the earthly man acquires angelic state and

becomes heavenly man.

Beloved children. Whatever was received and adopted by our

Mother Church stems from the words and deeds of the Lord

and Saviour Jesus Christ. And the holy institution of Fasting

was not delivered only to the Protoplasts and not only Moses

and Elijah fasted 40 days or the Professor of desert, Holy

Forerunner, throughout his life, but especially He fasted, who

did not need fasting, the God-man Jesus, our Lord.

Behold, beloved children in the Lord, although the institution of

Fasting ripped from Adam, the divine institution of fasting is

kept and delivered to the Church by the new Adam, our Lord

Jesus Christ, Who Himself and the media leaves His Church

after first He fasted forty days and nights. Before teaching his

disciples, that "this genus (of demons) does not come out except

by prayer and fasting" He fasted and defeated the triple Lord's

temptation in the Mount of Jericho which was led "by the

Spirit" after the Baptism in the Jordan.

In the first temptation, the devil says to the Lord, Who had

already fasted 40 days: If you are really the son of God, as I

heard in the Jordan, tell these stones become bread.

The Lord defeated this temptation by answering: Man does not

live only by eating bread, but by every Word of God, which will

come out of the mouth of God.

In the second temptation, as we are taught by the Evangelist

Luke, the devil brought the Lord in the upper part of the roof of

the temple and said to him: If you are really the Son of God,

throw down yourself as says the psalm, God will instruct Angels

to run to keep you on their hands, so that you will not hurt. The

Lord answered: You will not present a risk to yourself to try

(the power of God) so if the Lord protect you, and won the

second temptation.

Then the devil goes to the third temptation. He upconverts the

Lord to a towering mountain and from there shows him all the

kingdoms of the earth and the glory. All this will be your gifts,

he says, if you fall down and worship me as your Lord. In this

word of the tempter, the Lord replied: "Go behind me Satan, it

is written in the Old Testament, "and only the Lord your God

will kneel and worship."

Then the devil ashamed "crimped" to go away and behold

angels came and serve the Lord.

INTERPRETATIVE PERFORMANCE: Then Jesus was led by

the Holy Spirit to a higher part of the desert, to suffer

temptation as a man from the devil (and to defeat him entirely).

And he fasted forty consecutive days and nights, then (as man)

he starved. Then the devil, who has the task to mind people,

approached stealthily and said, "If you are the Son of God (as

the voice was heard from heaven in the Jordan to say), do a

miracle, say to become these stone to loaves, to eat. "Then the

devil (after the triple defeat) left Jesus and behold the angels of

God came close to Jesus and served him as a winner.

That is the foundation of the ecclesiastical institution of fasting,

but also the deeper meaning of this.

The Lord as God, had no need of fasting, but the God-man

Jesus fasted to teach us three things:

First, that the Lord led by the Holy Spirit to fast and to defeat

the Devil: "then says Jesus was led into the desert by the

Spirit”. And everyone who want to fast and to defeat the

temptations in the spiritual struggle, he must has the grace of

the Holy Spirit and to be pushed by It.

That's why the lukewarm believers and the unbelievers do not

fast, and when they hear about fasting afraid of it and because

they are naked from the grace of the Holy Spirit. No less bereft

of the Holy Spirit have not those clerics and theologians who not

only do not fast, but they also want to eliminate (to reduce, say

at the beginning) the holy Lents. The heretic Ecumenists

planning to adjusting Religious Orders on Fasting, according to

the requirements of the modern times.

Yes, the Fathers were taught by the Holy spirit, appointed on

the pattern of the Lord for the Lent, while those (the

ecumenists) driven by the devil, seeking a law to abolish Fasts.

Let fast brothers to be with us the grace of the Holy Spirit.

Second, we taught that the temptations are defeated, and shame

the devil, through the Holy Fasting, which (while) is fading the

body, but it lifts makes gigantic and brightens the soul. That, we

see and in the temptations of the Lord, and, himself, Lord

assures again his students that: "this genus is not output except

by prayer and fasting" (Matt. Q', 21)

Third, we confident that the Holy Fasting lowers from the sky

and brings near to the Faster the Holy Angels to serve the true

Christian, the son by the grace of God, in his struggle to acquire

the Christian virtues.

Brothers and beloved children in the Lord! The first Adam,

because he does not fast, lost himself, with the whole human

race. The New Adam, our Lord, fasting defeat the temptations

and He saved by the obeying the whole human race.

So whom will we become imitators? The first Adam, the earthy,

or the New, the heavenly, who fasted.

The imitators of the first Adam, behold today are earthy and

seek the abolition of fasting, and the true Fasters are heavenly

people and defeating the complex machinery of the devil.

Becoming imitators thus the Lord, let your love for the holy

fasting as it was loved by the Holy Apostles and the Holy

Fathers and as it is analyzed and presented in the pages of this

calendar and we always hear the words of the Lord: The genus

that does not emanate, but only with prayer and FASTING. "

BY THE HOLY SYNOD

Fervid wisher to the Lord

+ ARCHBISHOP OF ATHENS AND ALL OF GREECE

ANDREAS

THE FASTING IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

God having created the first man, He put him in the gladness

Paradise to work it and to guard. At the same time he instructed

Adam to benefit from the fruits of all the trees and only not to

eat from the fruit of a tree. If he breached this command, from

that day would lose his immortality and become longer mortal.

And the Lord God commanded the man , "You are free to eat

from any tree in the garden ; but of the tree of the knowledge of

good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it

you shall die. (Genesis II 16- 17)

With this fasting Adam would remain immortal and with the

work of virtue, he would repay the purpose for which God

created him. He would be like God, he would become God by

grace.

That was the good of fasting that God ordained the first man.

The offense of fasting from protoplasts claimed not only the loss

of that Paradise, but also all the Divine gifts with which God

endowed the first man, and created him as "image and

likeness" (GEN. A' 26). Particularly it claimed the breach of

fasting, the death.

Let's hear anybody who contemns fasting or opponents such

that he notifies devil's work. The Lord "appointed", that means

he gave an express order "not to eat from it", which again

means "fast". He gave this command with great and terrible

penance (GEN B 17).

What said the treacherous devil to deceive the protoplasts? He

calumniated God (!), and protoplasts agreed to the slander! He

told them, you will not die when you stop fasting which God

appointed for you but you will also become like gods.

But the result of ablation of the first and the holy order, what

was it? What the devil did he say? Not of course, but as St. Paul

says (Rom. 5 Ch. 12)

For the infringement and the consequences of that fasting had

to become God a man, Who again handed over to the redeemed

by the Holy Fasting, by his own example as he first fasted.

THE FAST IN THE PROPHETS AND THE

PATRIARCHES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

And after the fall of the

Protoplasts, the fast as a

means of catharsis and

purification, occurs as

a permanent and

continued institution

throughout the whole

Old Testament. The

Israelites had regular

fasts. They fasted before

great celebrations and divine

events or fasting after divine punishment (chastisement) to

benefit from the mercy of God (Exodus AL' 26 Judges K' 26

Esther D' 16 II Maccabeus XIII 12 Joel First 14 Isaiah 58' 3

Baruch First 5' Daniel 9' 3 etc.)

Not only that, but the Fast is already requested from the Old

Testament, to be accompanied with prayer and to keep pace

with the virtues of charity and justice: (Tobit XII, 8).

Large Faster was the Prophet Moses! The divine man has

established himself to talk face to face with God at Mount

Sinai, after "he whacked himself with forty-days fast"

"Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights

without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the

tablets the words of the covenant; the Ten Commandments".

(Exodus Chapter 34', 28)

Alongside to Moses (who

saw the vision of God)

standard of fasting in the

Old Testament is the

zealot Elias. He with

fasting so thin his flesh,

that claimed many

wonderful, especially to

see the Lord as " thin voice

and aura" (Kings III XIX 12).

As fasting standards for the Old Testament, we can mention

the fast of the residents of Nineveh (Prophet Jonah), like the

fast of three Children, who to not eat meat and to not drink

wine from the table of heathen Nebuchadnezzar, fasted by

eating only with the seeds of the earth (Daniel A 5-16).

Finally, we mention the best of fasting, which closes the Old

Testament, that is the Holy Forerunner, who not only

fasted, but acquired the angelic state, which is why the Lord

said to him, "Amen, I say to you, among those born of

women there has been none greater than John the Baptist"

(Matthew XI 11).

THE FASTING IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

The Fast, which we saw in the Bible- Old Testament is

finished and receives the full meaning of the Lord himself.

The Lord, having no need for fasting, fasted forty days and

forty nights to let us eternal standard of fasting and to teach

that the believer is driven to fast, driven by the Grace of the

Holy Spirit, so that through this to strengthen, as a spiritual

person, and to be able to progress in spiritual struggles, to

defeat the opposing party of devil and to have next to the

struggle of spiritual perfection the Holy Angels.

The Lord in this case by fasting himself forty days, not only

He bestows holy Fast, but also He perfects and gives the true

meaning of fasting.

Both Prophets Moses and Elijah, fasted forty days, but the 40-

days fast of Lord is the mention directly and immediately to

the disobedience of Adam and the violation of the fast with all

those consequences.

The fast of Lord (as human) left the gold standard of fasting.

If the Lord (humanly) fasted before his work, He won the

triple temptation by fasting and prayer, wanted to teach us by

his own example of preparing us in fasting and prayer for any

major project.

In this case, the maximum of our projects is our salvation, is

the deification of the Christian. Along this way, it interpolates

the other party, the temptation, like against the Lord.

Although the temptation is defeated by Fasting and Prayer

and so the believer goes the spiritual struggle for spiritual and

moral perfection that is Divinity. The sidelining and the defeat

of the temptations and further spiritual progress is the

meaning of fasting delivered by the Lord.

Hence the eminently spiritual Liturgical book “Triodion”

states: "Come, as the Lord with fasting broke the enemy, and

we thus break the arrows and the ambush, saying everyone,

Go behind me Satan, whenever in future (the devil) give us

temptation. "

The Saint Basil the Great emphasizes that the Lord, the flesh

which hired for us, strengthened with the Fasting and thus

faced the attacks of the devil. He teaches us to do the same.

(About Fasting I' 9 PG, 31, 177).

St. John Chrysostom says again that the Lord endured forty

days of fasting, so he fought with the devil, leaving us all

underscore that we chaste by fasting to take this power and

thus we arrayed in the fight against the evil (Speech at Birth

10', 3 PG 53, 24).

Let us look at other evidence from the New Testament on the

Holy Fasting.

Again Lord Himself says, just before the sacrifice of

crucifixion and immediately after the Holy Transfiguration,

to His Disciples, who asked why they cannot overcome the

temptation, who tormented the possessed son: "this kind does

not come out except by prayer and fasting" (Matthew 17', 21)

Not only the Lord but also the Apostles were fasting at certain

times, as evidenced by the Acts of the Apostles (AA, 9).

Indeed, the Apostle Paul expressly states that in the Apostolic

period fasts were arranged: "I served, he says the Lord with

trouble and toil ... with fasting often" (II Corinthians XI 27).

St. John Chrysostom observes that Apostle Paul fasted when

he was in particular need of divine help. His hard Apostolic

work, which constantly was in need of divine assistance, did

the Apostle Paul to fasts several times.

Again in the Acts of the Holy Apostles, we see that all

Christians fasted. They had shared worship, preaching and

fasting (Acts XIII 2). St. John Chrysostom observes: "You see

how great thing is the fast? When they have to ordain, then

they fasted and they accepted the revelatory grace of the Holy

Spirit to elect apostles (Priests) to spread the Gospel."

Again in the Acts we immediately read: "Then having fasted

and prayed, they put them over their hands (as a blessing)

and let them go". (Acts of the Apostles chapter 13' 3)

Also in the First epistle to Corinthians (7’, 5) St. Paul teaches

the Christians the temperance to indulge with greater zeal

and attention to the fasting and the prayer.

Finally the 69th Apostolic Rule defines Fasts for all Christians

on Wednesday and on Friday and at the Holy Lent.

The Holy Apostolic Rule says exactly: "Whoever bishop or

presbyter, or deacon, or subdeacon, or reader, or chanter at

St. Lent does not fast, or on Wednesday and on Friday, is

being launched. If he is a layman, let him excommunicated."

THE FASTING ACCORDING TO

THE SAINTS FATHERS

The Fathers of the Church, as

imitators of the Holy Apostles,

who imitated our Lord, received

the Holy institution of Fasting

and they experienced it deeply.

From the great Hierarchs until

the big Fasters of the Desert,

the God-given Fasting was

inextricably linked after praying

to face the temptations and for

progress towards the spiritual

and virtuous life.

That is according to the Fathers

the Fasting is a divine

command, which springs from

the Holy Bible and particularly by himself the God-man Lord,

Who is the eternal model for the sacred institution of the

Fasting too.

Generally, the view and the teaching of the Fathers on the Holy

Fasting is based entirely on the meaning and the significance of

the 40-day fasting of our Lord.

The true Christian is driven to fasting by the Spirit, wins with it

the earthly man, through which the other party fights with the

temptations the Christian and so as victor against the

temptation, he continues with the fasting and with the prayer

and with the synergy of the Holy Angels the work of the virtues,

which lead him to the "likeness", that is, in perfection, in

deification.

The Fasting, according to the Holy Fathers, is not an end itself,

but a means that leads to the victory over the temptations to

work the virtues. Fasting without virtues is not Christian

fasting and it is inveighed harshly by the Fathers.

Saint John Chrysostom says: "As fasting, I do not mean the

(typical) that many do, but the exact fasting, abstaining not only

from food but also of sins". And St Basil the Great: "True

fasting, he says, is our alienation from evil (the sin) (PG 28, 260).

The victory over the sin gives the first meaning in fasting.

Saint Clement also says emphatically: "The Fasting is the

principle of food"! And he explains: As the food reserves in the

life our body and the utter lack of food leads to bodily death, so

we, as true Christians, he says, will fast from the secular, the

humic, to die for the world, that as dead men not be influenced

and so clean, eating the divine food, to cohabit with God.

According to Saint Clement, the fasting means the death of the

earthy man and the resurrection of the spiritual one, who lives

and increases by the divine, heavenly food, that is the divine

Grace, especially with the participation in the Chalice of life, the

divine Communion.

The Fathers criticize, as we have said, as vain the fasting, which

is limited only to the fasting of food. Saint Isidore of Pelousion

Mount says, that anyone who fasts only from food, he benefits in

nothing, without fasting with the other senses as well.

In Triodion, in this celestial book, which probably Angels wrote,

we read: "Let fast welcome fasting and pleasing to the Lord.

True fasting is the alienation of the evil, the temperance of the

language, the abstinence from the anger, the separation of the

desires. .. the bankruptcy of all these is true fasting and

welcome". Again in the same book: "Fast from the evil my soul,

poring in the divine love. Open the door to all the noble ideas".

The time of fasting is characterized in the same book (Triodion)

as "blessed time", "goodness", "nice" and "pleasant" the day

of fasting. The holy Fasting is characterized such as "the

mother of virtues," to be emphasized the relationship with the

other virtues, "fellow of the heaven," to indicate that it is

angelic virtue, divine and celestial, the "most cheerful of the

virtues" because with it is acquired the remaining virtues, the

believer is led to catharsis and the insight of the divine and he

tastes the real, heavenly joy. It is called still "the best of virtues"

and "Mother of wisdom".

From the infinite treasure of hymnology on the holy Fasting, we

will mention just one more small hymn of the Triodion, that is

very expressive and particularly it praises the fasting, which he

calls "the paternal relic, the admirable thing, the mother of

everybody who worships Despot Christ "(Triodion 1895) that is

traditional, divine and sacred relic that first was delivered by

our father Adam, but finest was surrendered by the new Adam,

our Lord and by all our Fathers! It names the fast as "money"

(useful thing) wonderful as it has maximum value as gold!

The hymn especially calls as the mother of all those who claimed

to worship sincerely the Despot Christ. It's true mother the

fasting, since this leads to the necrosis of the earthy man and to

the rebirth of the new, the spiritual, the heavenly man.

Finally we must emphasize the racing character of the fasting,

which is eminently again highlighted in the Triodion. The

Fasting is primarily "struggle", which take those who wish to

do spiritual sports (the virtues).

The entire Great Lent is characterized as stage of sports

competitions, in which Christians will enter to fight against

temptations, for the purification and especially for the conquest

of the virtues. "The stage of the virtues opened, those who wish

to work out, come to enter, starting the good fight of Fasting,"

"the time has come that begin the spiritual struggles, the victory

against the demons, the fully armed temperance".

THE INTRODUCTION

OF THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR IS A VERY SERIOUS AND IMPORTANT ISSUE

The New Calendar encounters:

1) The callings of Divine Paul for keeping accurate the holy

traditions.

2) The 7th, 1st, and 55th Apostolic Canons.

3) In the 6th and 7th Rules of the First Ecumenical Synod.

4) On the 8th of the Third Ecumenical in ratifying the 35th

mission, 6th and 7th of the First Ecumenical and the 3rd of

Antioch.

5) In the 1st and 28on the First Ecumenical Council.

6) In 56th of the 5th Ecumenical “on the fasting simultaneously

discharge under all Orthodox".

7) On the 1st of Quinisext.

8) The 1st and 7th of the Seventh Ecumenical.

9) The general practice of the Seventh Ecumenical Council,

where Tarasios is speaking relatively.

10) In the fourth act of the 7th Ecumenical Council, where he

is speaking relatively too.

11) On all the "Proclaimers" of the Seventh Ecumenical.

12) The events of the Seventh Ecumenical on the pseudo-

synod of Kopronymos.

13) The term of the seventh Synod.

14) On the Seventh Ecumenical Synod’ references of Tarasios

to the kings Constantine and Irene.

15) On at the Seventh Ecumenical Synod “References” of

Tarasios to the Priests of the Great Church.

16) The First Rule of Antioch Local Synod.

17) In the 19th canon of Gangra local Synod"non-fasting

does" as far the New- calendarists removed fasting of the

Holy Apostles.

18) On the 21st of this in Gangra Local Synod.

19) The 37' Rule of Carthage Local Synod, anathematized by

the defaulting sacred traditions.

20) The 37' Canon of Laodicea on the local for non feast after

the heretics.

21) The 53’ Canon on this local Synod non praise with the

heretics and schismatics.

22) The terms and provisions of the Great Fathers of the

Church through the exact fulfillment of supplies, particularly

of Great Basil, Great Athanasius, Chrysostom, Gregory of

Nyssa, Epiphanius and John of Damascus.

23) In the Traditions offices and high lessons of Photios the

Great, the information contained in this 263 letters and

especially in 3rd, on 4th, 6th of, 146 of Apostolic letters.

24) In 228th of "Nomokanonas".

25) Decisions of Elder Andronicus and Matthew Blastaras

(14th century).

26) In the Pan-Orthodox Synod in Constantinople, in the year

1583 of Jeremiah the Second the Great, , where it was issued

the famous Patriarchal Singilion about the New Franco-

Gregorian calendar.

27) In those controls of the Patriarch Jeremiah II the Tranos

(Great) on the innovations of the Western Church, in the year

1588.

28) The Canon of 8th in the year 1593, of the same Patriarch,

of the Pan-Orthodox Synod.

29) In the Encyclical in the year 1848 that was given to

everywhere Orthodox by the Synod of Constantinople under

Patriarch Anthimus.

30) The 5th condition of Constantinople in the year 1727 by

the Synod of Patriarch Jeremiah the Third.

31) In the year 1827, in the denials of the Ecumenical

Patriarchate Agathangelos to the change of the Calendar.

32) The prohibitions in the year 1895 of the Ecumenical

Patriarch of Constantinople Anthimos (7th) on talk about the

calendar’s change.

33) In the decisions of the special Commission in the year

1902 in Constantinople on the calendar’s issue.

34) The apophatic (negative) responses on the calendar

changes of all the Orthodox Churches, to the question from

the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Joachim III in the

year 1902.

CON. CATALOGUE OF LATE HIERARCHES REP.

1935 MATTHEW OF ATHENS & ALL HELLAS 1950 1957 AGATHANGELOS OF ATHENS & ALL HELLAS 1968 1948 SPYRIDON OF TRIMITHOUS & ALL CYPRUS 1963 1951 CHRYSOSTOMOS OF MESSENIA 1956 1952 MATTHEW (2nd) OF VRESTHENA 1963 1952 JOHN OF THEBES & LEVADIA 1964 1952 MELETIOS OF ATTICA AND MEGARIS 1966 1948 DEMETRIOS OF THESSALONICA 1976 1952 VISSARION OF TRIKKI AND STAGA 1977 1972 EVMENIOS OF HERACLION AND ALL CRETE 1981 1972 LAZAROS OF VRESTHENA 1989 1972 MATTHEW OF ATTICA AND MEGARIS 2001 1972 THEODOSIOS OF FTHIOTIS 2002 1972 TITOS OF SERVIA AND KOZANE 2002 2002 AVRAMIOS OF THEBES AND LEVADIA 2005 2003 NECTARIOS OF LARISSA AND TYRNAVOS 2005 2002 PAUL OF ATTICA AND MEGARIS 2005 1958 GREGORIOS OF MESSENIA 2009

MAY THEIR MEMORY BE ETERNAL!

ADRESSES- TELEPHONE NUMBERS

(International Telephone Code +30)

HOLY SYNOD- HIERARCHS

ADREESS OF THE HOLY SYNOD AND THE HOLY ARCHDIOCESE

OF ATHENS; Konstantinoupoleos 22 Road, PC 118 54 (Rouf)

ATHENS- HELLAS. Phone.: 210 34 51 692

LOCUM TEENENS OF THE HOLY ARCHDIOCESE OF ATHENS

+ METROPOLITAN OF THEBES & LEVADIA CHRYSOSTOMOS

* Holy Church of Saint Taxiarches, Kolonaki, 322 00 Thiva

Greece. Phone; (011 30) 22620. 29. 283.

* Holy Monastery of Saint Fathers of Mount Athos

(Agioriton Pateron), Oinoi, 190 12, Villia. Attica.

Phone; (011 30) 22630. 51. 602.

* Holy Cathedral Church of Saint John Forerunner,

Konstantinoupoleos 22 Road, PC 118 54 Rouf Athens.

+ METROPOLITAN OF FTHIOTIS IGNATIOS

Holy Church of Saint John the Forreruner, Avlidos 3 Street,

351 00 Lamia Greece. Phone; 01130-22310-25388

& 01130-22310-81306

+ METROPOLITAN OF MESSENIA IAKOVOS

Holy Monastery of "The Annunciation of Theotokos"(Skete

Panagoulakis), P.C. 24 100 Kalamata Greece. Phone; (011 30)

23 784 & (011 30) 93. 630

+ METROPOLITAN OF ATTICA & MEGARA KOSMAS

Church of Evangelist Matthew Aeschylus 19 & Naxos 1 Road,

PC 196 00, Mandra, Attica. Phone; 210 55 53 154

& Holy Monastery of Saint Fathers of Mount Athos

(Agioriton Pateron), Oinoi, 190 12, Villia. Attica.

Phone; (011 30) 22630 51 602

Address for mail; Naxos 7 Road PC 196 00, Mandra, Attica.

HOLY CATHEDRAL CHURCHES OF THE GENUINE ORTHODOX CHURCH OF GREECE

Holy Cathedral Church of Saint John Forerunner,

Konstantinoupoleos 22 Road, Rouf Athens. PC 118 54

Phone; 210 34 52 144

(Holy Archdiocese of Athens)

Holy Cathedral Church of Evangelist Matthew

(Holy Apostles), Aeschylus 19 & Naxos 1 Road,

PC 196 00, Mandra, Attica.

Phone; 210 55 53 154

(Holy Metropolis of Attica and Megaris)

Holy Cathedral Church of Saints Archangels,

Kolonaki, 322 00 Thiva Greece.

Phone; 22620 29 283

(Holy Metropolis of Thebes & Levadia)

Holy Cathedral Church of Saint John the Forreruner,

Avlidos 3 Street, 351 00 Lamia Greece.

Phone; 01130-22310-25388

& 01130-22310-81306

(Holy Metropolis of Fthiotis)

Holy Cathredal Church of Annunciation of Theotokos &

Saint George the Great- Martyr,

Koumoundourou 72 Road, Larissa.

Phone; 2410 535 770

(Holy Metropolis of Larissa & Tyrnavos)

Holy Church of the Nativity of Christ, PC 590 31,

Anchialos, St. Georgios Road end, Thessalonica,

Phone; 2310 722 343.

(Holy Metopolis of Thessalonica & Veria)

Holy Cathedral Church of Saint Charalambos, G. Tiolis 42

Road, PC 501 00, Kozani. Phone; 24610 33 835

(Holy Metropolis of Servia & Kozani)

Holy Cathedral Church of Saint Demetrius, Ovrya, Helias

81 Road, PC 265 00, Patra. Phone; 2610 52 35 67

(Holy Metropolis of Patra & West Greece)

Holy Church of “Life- giving Font”, (Skete of

Panagoulakis), PC 241 00, Kalamata.

Phone; 27210 23 784

(Holy Metropolis of Messenia)

Holy Cathedral Church of Saint Trinity, Olaf Palme 120

Road, PC 714 00, Heraclion Crete. Phone; 2810 234 835

(Holy Metropolis of Heraclion & all Crete)

MEN’S HOLY MONASTERIES & HERMITAGES

Saint Fathers of Mount Athos, Oinoi, 190 12, Villia, Attica.

Annunciation of Theotokos, (Skete of Panagoulakis) 241 00, Kalamata .

Virgin Mary Portaitissa, Messiani, 501 00 Kozani.

“Life – Giving Font”, Merini, 196 00, Mandra, Attica.

Saint Trinity, 190 01, Keratea- Attica.

Virgin Mary “Quick- hearer”, 350 17, Agios Georgios- Tymfristos, Fthiotis.

Saint Dionysus, Karya Olympus, 402 00 Elassona- Larissa.

Saint Georgios, Omolio, 400 07, Larissa.

Saint Sabbas, 570 18 Melissochori, Thessalonika.

Annunciation of Theotokos, Agios Spyridon, 601 00, Katerini- Pieria.

Saint Eufthimios, Fliathiakes, 700 12, Heraclion Crete.

Holy Forerunner, Vathi, 852 00 Kalymnos.

WOMEN’S HOLY MONASTERIES & HERMITAGES

Saint Paraskevi (Mother of God “Pefkovounogiatrissa”), 341 00, Mytica- Chalkida.

Virgin Mary “Quick- hearer”, Gorgopotamos 351 00, Lamia.

Saint Maria Magdalene, Divri, 351 00, Lamia.

Saint George, PC 179, Melissochori, 322 00, Thiva

Birth of Virgin Mary, 241 00 Kalamata.

Holy Cross, 241 00 Kalamata.

Holy Forerunner, 240 00 Koroni, Messinia.

Entrance of Theotokos, Gianitsanika, 241 00 Kalamata .

Holy Forerunner, 240 05 Petalidi, Messinia.

Saint Sophia, 852 00, Kalymnos.

Virgin Mary Myrtidiotissa, Kanaris 5 Road, 151 26, Marousi, Athens.

Saint Efstathios, Kryoneri, 145 00, Kiphisia- Attica.

Saint Nicholaos, 145 00, Kiphisia- Attica.

Virgin Mary “Quick- hearer”, 190 09 Rafina, Attica.

Saint Paraskevi, Tachion 322 00 Thiva,

Dormition of Theotokos- Saint Paraskevi, Asprochoma, 241 00 Kalamata.

Saint Constantine, Kastania, 240 00 Koroni, Messenia

“Axion Estin”, Assini, 240 04, Korone- Messenia.

CHURCH OF G.O.C. OF CYPRUS OF PATERNAL TRADITIONS

Exarchate; H.E. Metropolitan of Messenia IAKOVOS

Holy Monastery of Mother of God Galaktotrofousa,

PC 7646, Kakoratzia, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Phone; (00357) 2232 9054

Holy church of Annunciation of Theotokos ,

PC 17 Kornos Larnaka (Tsoukalia area), Cyprus.

Phone; (00357) 799. 343.547

HOLY METROPOLIS OF G.O.C. OF

AMERICA & CANADA

EXARCHATE; HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN OF MESSENIA

IAKOVOS (James), Holy Monastery of "The Annunciation of

Theotokos" (Skete of Panagoulakis), P.C. 24 100 Kalamata

Greece. Tel.: (011 30) 27210 23 784 & (011 30) 27210 93. 630

PARISHES OF U.S.A.

Saint Michael's Cathedral, 3300 N. Park

PHILADELPHIA PA 19140-5219. U.S.A.

Phone; of Church; 001-215-223-9888. Phone of office; 001-215-223-7000 Phone of Monastery; 001-215-223-7873

Saint Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 38-10 20th RD., ASTORIA, L.I.N.Y. 111 05 U.S.A. Phone 001-718-726-4525

PARISH OF CANADA

Saint Dimitrios Greek Orthodox Church, 8220 Outremont, MONTREAL Quebec H3N-2M4, CANADA. Phone 001-514-272-8184

HOLY METROPOLIS OF G.O.C. OF

AUSTRALIA

EXARCHATE; +HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN OF FTHIOTIS IGNATIOS; Holy Church of Saint John the Forreruner, Avlidos 3 Street, 351 00 Lamia Greece. Phone; 01130-22310-25388. & 01130-22310-81306.

Saint Trinity Greek Orthodox Parish ST TRINITY, 65 Gorton St., Albert Park,

5014, Adelaide S.A. Australia

Phone; 00618-82430146.

GENUINE ORTHODOX CHURCH IN

RUSSIA

Exarchate; H.B. Metropolitan of Thebes CHRYSOSTOMOS

Holy church of Saint Panteleimon, 353480, Krasnodarskii Krai, Kollektivnaya 17, Andreadis Ioannis. Russian Federation. Phone: 007-861-41-65308. (mob.)

007-928-40-75178. Vicar: Hieromonk Fr Yuvenaly Gromov.

HOW WE FAST

Great Lent before the Easter:

We eat oil and wine (It is meant Shellfish too) only every

Saturday and Sunday. On the Feast of the Annunciation

of Theotokos, we eat fish.

Fast of the Holy Apostles:

We eat wine and oil at Tuesday and at Thursday; on

Saturday and on Sunday, we eat fish.

Fast of the Dormition of the Mother of God:

We eat wine and oil only every Saturday and Sunday. On

the feast of the Transfiguration (6/8), we eat fish.

Fast of the Christmas:

We eat every Tuesday and every Thursday wine and oil,

on Saturday and on Sundays, we eat fish.

According to the Tradition, on the Christmas’ Fast we eat

Fish for the Entrance of the Theotokos (21/11) till the

feast of St Spyridon (12/12) (when it is on Weekend).

FAST ΟΝ EVERYTHING

January 4, August 29, September 14 and December 24.

Also we do not eat at feasts on the Clean Week or the

Great one.

FISH IS PERMITTED

January 7. February 2. March 25. June 24, 29. August 6, 15. September 8. November 14, 21. On the Wednesday of the Mid- Pentecoste. On the Wednesday of the Apodosis of the Pascha (Easter).

OIL AND WINE ARE PERMITTED

Jan. 11, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30

July 1, 2, 17, 20, 22, 25, 26, 27, 31

Febr. 8, 10, 11, 17, 24. Aug. 31

March 9, 26. Sept. 1, 6, 9, 13, 20, 23, 26.

April 23, 25, 30. Oct. 6, 18, 18, 26.

May 2, 8, 15, 21, 25. Nov. 1,8,12,13,16,25,30.

June 8, 11, 30. Dec. 4,5,6,9,12, 15,17,20.

ALL FOODS ARE PERMITTED

From 25 December till 4 January. On 6 January. From the

Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee till the Sunday

of the Prodigal Son. From the Monday after Meat- Fare

Sunday to the Cheese- Fare Sunday, except from meat.

On the Renewal Week the week after Pentecost (Holy

Spirit’s Monday) to the Sunday of All Saints.

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