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St Michael's

OrthodoxCross Church

Dunedin

 

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Sunday after Nativity

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: Acts of the Apostles 6:8-15; 7:1-5, 47-60
  • Gospel: Matthew 2:13-23

Saints and feasts

  • Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen
  • St. Theodore Graptus ("the Branded", confessor, brother of St. Theophanes the Hymnographer
  • St. Theodore, Archbishop of Constantinople
  • St. Luke, monk of Tryglia
  • New-Martyrs Tikhon, Archbishop of Voronezh, and with him 160 martyred priests (1919)
  • Repose of Athanasius of Grigorious Monastery, Mt. Athos (1953)

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan
  • Andy
  • Matushka Mary
  • Madge
  • John Green
  • Trevor
  • Carol

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Theodore
  • Sofia
  • Maria
  • Konstantinos

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Sunday before Nativity

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:9-10; 32-40
  • Gospel: Matthew 1:1-25

Saints and feasts

  • Repose of Righteous John of Kronstadt Hieromartyr
  • Ignatius the God-bearer, Bishop of Antioch
  • St. Philogonius, Bishop of Antioch
  • St. Daniel II, Archbishop of Serbia
  • St. Ignatius, archimandrite of the Kiev Caves
  • New-Martyr John of the Isle of Thasos
  • Repose of Anthony, Archbishop of Voronezh and Zadonsk (1846), and Metropolitan Philaret of Kiev (Theodosius in schmea) (1857)

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan
  • Andy
  • Matushka Mary
  • Madge
  • John Green
  • Trevor

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Tagie
  • John & Christina
  • George
  • Dusanka
  • Swapna

Saturday, December 12, 2009

11th Sunday of Luke

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 3:4-11
  • Gospel: Luke 14:16-24; Matthew 22:14

Saints and feasts

  • Martyrs Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius, and Orestes at Sebaste
  • Virgin Martyr Lucy of Syracuse
  • St. Arsenius of Latros
  • St. Gabriel, Archbishop of Serbia
  • St. Mardarius, recluse of the Kiev Caves
  • St. Ares, monk
  • Schemamonk Pantileimon "the Resurrected" of Glinsk Hermitage (1895)

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan
  • Andy
  • Matushka Mary

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Jacob
  • Dusanka

Sunday, December 6, 2009

10th Sunday of Luke

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 13:17-21
  • Gospel: Luke 13:10-17

Saints and feasts

  • St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia
  • Blessed Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev. New-Martyr Nicholas of Karamania in Asia Minor
  • New Hieromartyr Gregory Peradze

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan
  • Nicholas
  • Andy
  • Matushka Mary
  • Kathleen
  • Nikolai

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Milena
  • Maurice

Sunday, November 29, 2009

9th Sunday of Luke

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 4:1-7
  • Gospel: Luke 18:18-27

Saints and feasts

  • Martyr Paramon and 370 Martyrs in Bithynia
  • Martyr Philumenus of Ancyra, and with him Martyrs Valerian and Phaedrus
  • St. Acacius of Sinai who is mentioned in The Ladder
  • St. Nectarius the Obedient of the Kiev Caves
  • St. Dionysius, Bishop of Corinth
  • St. Pitirim of Egypt, disciple of St. Anthony the Great
  • Hieromartyr Abibus, Bishop of Nekressi in Georgia
  • St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Thessalonica
  • Hieromartyr John of Persia
  • St. Urban of Macedonia
  • Repose of Blessed Abel "the Prophet" of Valaam (1831)

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Eftihia
  • Andonis
  • Alesavet

Sunday, November 22, 2009

After-feast of the Entry into the Temple

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:14-22
  • Gospel: Luke 12:16-21

Saints and feasts

  • Afterfeast of the Entry into the Temple
  • Apostles Philemon and Archippus
  • Martyr Apphia, wife of Philemon, and St. Onesimus, disciple of St. Paul
  • Martyrdom of St. Michael, prince of Tver
  • Martyrs Cecilia (canon only), Valerian, Tiburtius and Maximus at Rome
  • Martyr Procopius the reader at Caesaria in Palestine
  • Martyr Menignus at Parium
  • St. Agabbas of Syria
  • Righteous Michael the soldier of Bulgaria
  • Martyrs Stephen, Mark, and Mark (another) in Pisidia
  • Martyr Agapion of Greece
  • St. Callistus II, Patriarch of Constantinople (Mt. Athos)
  • St. Clement of Ochrida, Bishop of Greater Macedonia.

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan
  • Petros
  • Katherine
  • Irini

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Georgeos
  • Reginald
  • Haido
  • Gordana
  • Milos

Sunday, November 15, 2009

8th Sunday of Luke

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:4-10
  • Gospel: Luke 10:25-37

Saints and feasts

  • Repose of St. Herman, Wonder worker of Alaska
  • Holy Martyrs and Confessors Gurias, Samonas and Abibus of Edessa
  • Martyrs Elpidius, Marcellus and Eustochius who suffered under Julian the Apostate
  • Martyr Demetrius of Thrace
  • St. Quinctian, Bishop of Seleucia
  • St. Philip, abbot of Rabang (Vologda)
  • St. Paisius (Velichkovsky) of Moldavia and Mt. Athos
  • St. Thomas the new, Patriarch of Constantinople.
  • St. Malo (Machutas) of Brittany

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Georgeos
  • Kostos
  • Eleni
  • Kyriaki
  • Loukas
  • Keriaki

Sunday, November 8, 2009

7th Sunday of Luke

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 2:2-10
  • Gospel: Luke 8:41-56

Saints and feasts

  • Synaxis of the Archangel Michael & the other Bodiless Powers: Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Salaphiel, Jegudiel, & Barachiel
     
  • Abbot of Meifod( Powys)

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Dmitri

Sunday, November 1, 2009

6th Sunday of Luke

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 12:27-31; 13:1-8
  • Gospel: Luke 16:19-31

Saints and feasts

  • Cosmas & Damianos the Holy Unmercenaries and their mother Theodota
  • David the Righteous of Evia
  • St.Pabiali
  • St Cledwyn and St Dingad
  • St Ceitho
  • St Cadfan of Bardsey
  • St John the Bishop and St James the Prebyter of Persia
  • Martyr Hermengild the Goth of Spain
  • St David the Ascetic of Euboea
  • New Martyr Iakovos the Ascetic at Edirne

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Leo
  • Anna
  • Paraskeva
  • Tisbena
  • Yeleyna

Sunday, October 25, 2009

6th Sunday of Luke

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 1:11-19
  • Gospel: Luke 8:26-39

Saints and feasts

  • St Tabitha, the Almsgiver
  • Holy Martyrs St Marcianus the Church Reader and St Martyrius the Sub-deacon of Constantinople
  • St Tabitha,the Widow, Raised from the Dead by the Apostle Peter
  • St Front, Bishop of Perigueux

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Yeleyna
  • Nicholas
  • Marija
  • Alexander

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Luke the Evangelist

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 4:5-11, 14-18
  • Gospel: Luke 10:16-21

Saints and feasts

  • Holy Apostle and Evangelist, St Luke
  • Marinos the Martyr
  • St Gwen, the Martyr
  • St Wenna, the Martyr
  • St Brothen and St Gwendolen
  • St Monon, the Martyr
  • St Julian Sabas of Syria

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Yevgeni
  • Caliopi
  • Aspasia

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to Titus 3:8-15
  • Gospel:Luke 8:5-15

Saints and feasts

  • Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council
  • Philip the Apostle of the 70, one of the 7 Deacons
  • Theophanes the Confessor, Bishop of Nicaea
  • Holy Martyrs Zenais and Philonilla
  • Our Holy Father Nectarius, Arsacuis and Sisinius, Patriarchs of Constantinople
  • St Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking
  • St Kenneth Abbot of Aghaboe

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Romulus
  • Savdelina
  • Ingraham Mervyn
  • Irina
  • Vasily
  • Sarandos
  • Nicolas

Saturday, October 3, 2009

2nd Sunday of Luke

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 6:16-18; 7:1
  • Gospel:Luke 6:31-36

Saints and feasts

  • Hierotheos, Bishop of Athens
  • St Ammon and St Paul the Simple of Egypt
  • St Barsanuphius, Bishop of Tver
  • Domnina the Martyr and her daughters
  • St.Barrog
  • Hieromartyr Anthimus , the Georgian

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Anastasi
  • Irina
  • Itsa
  • May
  • Sarah
  • Stanojko

Saturday, September 26, 2009

1st Sunday of Luke

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 15:1-11
  • Gospel:Matthew 19:16-26

Saints and feasts

  • Kallistratos the Martyr and his 49 Companions
  • Mark, Aristarchos, and Zenon, Apostles of the 70
  • Akylina the New Martyr of Thessalonik
  • St.Sabbatius of Solovietsk
  • St.Barrog
  • Hieromartyr Anthimus , the Georgian

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Valentina
  • Ekaterini
  • Yelena

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Sunday After The Exaltation of The Precious Cross

Scripture readings

  • Epistle:St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 2:16-20
  • Gospel:Mark 8:34-38; 9:1

Saints and feasts

  • Great Martyr Eustathius, His Wife Theopiste, their Two Sons Agapius and Theopistus
  • St Michael, Prince of Chernigov and His Boyar Theodore, Martyrs at the Hands of The Tartars
  • Our Righteous Father Eustathius, Archbishop of Thessolonica
  • Hilarion the New Martyr of Crete

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Ivan
  • Vulla
  • Uriy
  • John

Saint Michael's Antiochian Orthodox Church AGM


Agenda

20 September 2009
  1. Welcome and opening prayers
  2. Minutes of the previous meeting
  3. Matters arising
  4. Presidents Report
  5. Financial report
  6. Setting of Subscriptions
  7. Church Deeds
  8. Conservation plan
  9. Other Business

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Sunday before Holy Cross

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 6:11-18
  • Gospel:John 3:13-17

Saints and feasts

  • Forefeast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross
  • Memorial of the founding of the Holy Temple: Holy Resurrection of Christ
  • Holy Hieromartyr Cornelius the Centurion

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Peter
  • Nikolai
  • Grigori
  • Ivan
  • Eleni

Sunday, September 6, 2009

13th Sunday of Matthew

St Matthew

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 16:13-24
  • Gospel:Matthew 21:33-42

Saints and feasts

  • Commemoration of the miracle of the Archangel Michael in Colossae
  • Martyrs Eudoxios, Andronikos and Kalodote

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Michael
  • Peter
  • grigori
  • kleianthei

Saturday, August 29, 2009

12th Sunday of Mathew

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 15:1-11
  • Gospel:Matthew 19:16-26

Saints and feasts

  • Apodosis of the Feast of the Forerunner
  • Alexander, John & Paul, New Patriarchs of Constantinople
  • Phantinos the Righteous of Calabria

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Frederick
  • Evdokiya
  • Zorona
  • Nicholas

Reminder

There will be no divine Liturgy today, 30th August as Fr Ilyan is in the North Island.

Saturday, August 22, 2009

11th Sunday after Pentecost

St Matthew

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 9:2-12
  • Gospel:Matthew 18:23-35

Saints and feasts

  • Our Holy Father Ireneaus, Bishop of Lyons
  • Our Holy Father Kallinikos, Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Luppus the Martyr & Slave of St. Demetrios of Thessaloniki
  • Our Righteous Father Nicholas of Sikelion
  • 38 Martyrs of Thrace

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Mary
  • George
  • Sadie
  • Valentina
  • Alexander
  • Walter
  • Millie

Notice

There will be no divine Liturgy next Sunday, 30th August since Fr Ilyan will be in the North Island.

Saturday, August 15, 2009

After-Feast of The Holy Dormition of Our Lady , The Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary

Dormition of the Theotokos

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16
  • Gospel:Matthew 17:14-23

Saints and feasts

  • Translation of the Image of Our Lord and God and Savior, Jesus Christ
  • Diomedes the Physician & Martyr of Tarsus
  • Timothy of Euripus, founder of the Monastery of Pentele
  • Nicodemus the New Martyr of Meteora
  • Gerasimos the New Ascetic of Cephalonia
  • Holy Monk Penteles
  • Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Mary
  • Alexander
  • George
  • Pilip

Saturday, August 8, 2009

9th Sunday of Matthew

St Mathias

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 3:9-17
  • Gospel:Matthew 14:22-34

Saints and feasts

  • Matthias Apostle of the 70
  • Anthony the Martyr of Alexandria

  • Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Alexander
  • Margareta
  • Vladimir
  • Tamara
  • Constantine-George

Saturday, August 1, 2009

8th Sunday of Matthew

St Stephen

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 1:10-17
  • Matthew 14:14-22

Saints and feasts

  • Translation of the Relics of Stephen the Protomartyr
  • Holy Glorious New Martyr Theodore of Dardanelles

  • Phocas the Martyr
  • St.Basil of Moscow, fool for Christ

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Alexander
  • Thomas
  • Laura
  • John
  • Najiebe

Saturday, July 25, 2009

7th Sunday of Matthew

St Luke

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:23-29; 4:1-5
  • Matthew 9:27-35

Saints and feasts

  • Hermolaos the Holy Martyr & his Companions
  • Paraskevi the Righteous Martyr of Rome
  • St. Prisca, the Righteous Martyr
  • Moses the Hungarian
  • Jacob Nestsvetov the Enlightener of Alaska

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Polya
  • Josephine-May
  • Lydia
  • Mithun

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Sunday of The Holy Fathers of The First Six Ecumenical Councils

Fathers of the First Council of Nicea

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to Titus 3:8-15
  • Gospel: Matthew 5:14-19

Saints and feasts

  • Sunday of the Holy Fathers
  • Macrina the Righteous, sister of St. Basil
  • Dios, Abbot of Antioch

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Kate
  • Margareta
  • Venelin
  • Maria

Otago Combined Christian Group 10th Anniversary celebration dinner

You are warmly invited to attend this dinner which will celebrate ten years of Otago Combined Christian Group (CCG) ministry together on campus. We are inviting all current students, past and present members and leaders of the CCG committee, University and Polytechnic staff, all Church leaders and the people of Dunedin to celebrate with us.
Everyone is welcome !

The dinner will be held in Herron Hall, behind Knox Presbyterian Church 449 George Street from 6pm on Saturday 1st August.

The speaker will be Rev Richard Dawson

Tickets are $25 for a lovely meal and entertainment.

The dinner is being held at the end of our annual "Jesus Week” on our campuses, and will be a celebration of and highlight of this week

Come along and learn about the history of CCG and what God has been enabling us all to do together over the last ten years, and to find inspiration for the future

Tickets are available ($25) from Greg Hughson in the Upper Room on the University campus, upstairs in the University Union building

E mail Greg via greg.hughson@otago.ac.nz to reserve your ticket as soon as possible.

Cheques can be made out to "Otago Combined Christian Groups" or payment made electronically to 060942 0179032 00 or cheques posted
to Greg Hughson , Chaplaincy, Box 1436, Dunedin.

For further information please contact Greg Hughson (479 8497, 027 212 1048) Tim Muller (Chairperson of CCG) tim.muller@gmail.com or Richard Dawson. rdawson@ihug.co.nz

Sunday, July 12, 2009

5th Sunday of Pentecost

St Veronica

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 10:1-10
  • Gospel: Matthew 8:28-34; 9:1

Saints and feasts

  • Holy Martyrs Proclus and Hilary
  • Icon of The Most Holy Theotokos of The Three Hands
  • St Veronica Who was Healed by Christ
  • Holy Martyr Serapion
  • St Michael of Maleinus

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Kathleen
  • Nicolas
  • John
  • Elini

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Fourth Sunday of Pentecost

Scripture readings

St Matthew

  • Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 5:22-26; 6:1-2


  • Gospel: Matthew 8:5-13

Saints and feasts

  • St Athanasios, Founder of The Great Lavra of the Holy Mountain, Athos
  • St Lampadus the Wonder-Worker
  • Recovery of the Relics of St Sergei of Radonezh
  • St Fragan and St Gwen

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Eleni
  • Nina
  • Boris

Sunday, June 28, 2009

The Third Sunday of Pentecost

Scripture readings

St Matthew

  • Epistle: Epistle of St Paul to the Romans, 5:1-11


  • Gospel: Gospel of St Matthew, 6:22-33

Saints and feasts

  • Translation of the relics of Cyros and John the unmercenary healers
  • Martyrs Papios and Paul
  • Venerable Moses the anchorite
  • Venerable Simeon
  • Venerable Sergios and Herman wonderworkers

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • George
  • Annis
  • Leslie-John
  • Eleni

Sunday, June 21, 2009

The 2nd Sunday of Pentecost

Scripture readings

St Matthew

  • Epistle: The Reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 2:10-16


  • Gospel: The Reading is from the Gospel of Matthew 4:18-23

Saints and feasts

  • Julian the Martyr of Tarsus
  • Terentios, Bishop of Iconium
  • Nikitas the New Martyr of Nisyros

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • David
  • Jacob

Sunday, June 14, 2009

First Sunday after Pentecost - All Saints Sunday

Scripture readings



  • Epistle: The Reading is from Epistle of St Paul to the Hebrews, 11:33-40;12:1-2


  • Gospel: The Reading is from the Gospel of St Matthew, 10:32-33;37-38;19:27-30

Saints and feasts

  • Prophet Elisha

  • Methodios the Confessor, patriarch of Constantinople

  • Venerable Niphon of Athos

  • Cyril, bishop of Crete

  • John, Metropolitan of Euchaita

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Elias
  • Yelina
  • George
  • John

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Sunday of Pentecost

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: The Reading is from Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11


  • Gospel: The Reading is from the Gospel of John 7:37-52;8:12

Saints and feasts


  • Hieromartyr Theodotos, bishop of Ancyra
  • Venerable Sebastian the wonder-worker
  • Venerable Cedd, bishop of Essex

The living

  • June
  • Olga
  • Luba
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan



Preparing for Our Parish Council Elections



The new constitution which was adopted at our last AGM , to keep us in line with all other Antiochian parishes in Australasia, has a much more formal system of election than we have had in the past. Such an election should be held every 2 years and we are now preparing for ours. We need to elect a Chairman, or woman, a Secretary, a Treasurer and 2 or3 ordinary members of the council.



The steps to be followed are


  • An electoral roll needs to be prepared of all Parish members.

  • Nominations for the Parish Council will be called for at least one month and not more than 6 weeks before an election. These must be in writing and signed by both the Nominee and the proposer, both of whom must be on the electoral roll. There is also a process for objecting to these.

  • Elections will then be held by secret ballot as part of an Annual General Meeting.


At present we are preparing the electoral roll. When we feel that we have as complete a roll as can be done, hopefully within the next 2 or 3 weeks, we will set the dates for for nominations and elections.



We have begun to prepare an electoral roll of all those who attend and take communion in St Michaels and who live in the Dunedin Metropolitan area. If you would like to check that you are on this roll or do not want to be included on the roll, please phone Alice Baird (Chairperson) on 03 486 1032. We will also have the draught roll at church over the next few weeks .


Alice Baird
Parish Chairwoman


Sunday, May 31, 2009

After-feast of The Ascension

Scripture readings

Saints and feasts


  • Fathers of the 1st Council
     
  • Hermias the Martyr at Comana
     
  • Eusebius and Haralambos the Monk-martyrs

The living

  • June
  • Olga
  • Luba
  • Kathleen
  • Carole
  • Rachael
  • David
  • Dellis
  • Fennella and Family
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • John
  • Reginald
  • Joan
  • Annis
  • Leslie-John

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Sixth Sunday of Pascha - theSunday of the Blind Man

Scripture readings



Saints and feasts

  • St.Symeon Stylites of The Wondrous Mountain
  • St.Nicetas The Stylite , Wonderworker of Peryaslavl
  • St.Vincent of Lerins

The living

  • Priest George of Auckland
  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Innokenty
  • Helen
  • Nicolas
  • Carole

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Fifth Sunday of Pascha: The Samaritan Woman

Scripture readings



Saints and feasts

  • Holy New Martyr Peter the Aleut
  • Holy Apostle Andronicos of The Seventy with His Companion Junia
  • St.Madern, the Hermit

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Sadie
  • Annis
  • Lydia
  • Tony
  • Vassili
  • Theodosia
  • Archimandrite Nicholas
  • Matushka Anna
  • Natalia

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Fourth Sunday of Pascha: The Paralytic

Scripture readings



Saints and feasts

  • Basil the Holy Martyr Bishop of Amasea
  • Glaphyra the Righteous

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Ingraham – Ernest
  • Argeo
  • James

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Sunday of Myrrh-bearing Women

Scripture readings



  • Epistle: The Reading is from The Acts of the Apostles 6:1-7


  • Gospel: The Reading is from the Gospel of Mark 15:43–16:8

Saints and feasts

  • Timothy & Mavra the Martyrs
  • Peter the Wonderworker

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Havronia
  • Olga

Todays Hymns


Troparion (Tone 2)
The noble Joseph, taking down thy most pure Body from the Tree,
Wrapped it in clean linen and sweet spices and laid it in a new tomb.
But on the third day thou didst rise,
O Lord, granting the world great mercy.


Troparion (Tone 2)
Verily, the angel came to the tomb and said to the ointment-bearing women,
"the ointment is meet for the dead,
but Christ is shown to be remote from corruption.
But cry ye, 'The Lord is risen, granting the world the Great Mercy.'"


Kontakion - Tone 2
You did command the myrrh-bearers to rejoice, O Christ!
By Your Resurrection, You did stop the lamentation of Eve, O God!
You did command Your apostles to preach: The Savior is Risen!

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Sunday of St Thomas

Scripture readings


  • Epistle: The Reading is from The Acts of the Apostles 5:12-20


  • Gospel: The Reading is from the Gospel: John 20:19-31

Saints and feasts

  • Basil the Holy Martyr Bishop of Amasea
  • Glaphyra the Righteous

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

Todays Hymns



Troparion (Tone 7)

From the sealed tomb, You did shine forth, O Life!
Through closed doors You did come to Your disciples, O Christ God!
Renew in us, through them, an upright spirit,
By the greatness of Your mercy, O Resurrection of all!


Kontakion (Tone 8)

Thomas touched Your life-giving side with an eager hand, O Christ God,
When You did come to Your apostles through closed doors.
He cried out with all: You are my Lord and my God!

No Divine Liturgy today

There will be no Divine Liturgy this morning due to Fr Ilyan's illness.

Fr Ilyan underwent radio therapy on Friday and his health continues to be a matter of great concern.

Please remember him in your prayers.

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Christ is Risen


Truly he has risen!



Wishing all the parishioners and friends of St Michael's a joyful and glorious Pascha.





Saturday, April 11, 2009

The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday)

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: The Reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 4:4-9


  • Gospel: The Reading is from the Gospel: John 12:1-18

Saints and feasts


  • Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parios
  • Anthoussa the Righteous of Constantinople

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Nancy
  • Seraphine

Holy Week Services at St Michael's

The Schedule of Holy week services can be found in detail here: Holy Week Services at St Michael's

The Great Feast of the Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem


Palm Sunday or the Triumphal Entry marks the end of the Great Lent and the beginning of Holy Week falling on the Sunday immediately preceding Pascha.

This feast recalls our Lords entry into Jerusalem on a donkey and the joyful reaction of the crowds to this event.

But we also remember the sadness to come as we prepare ourselves for Holy week which will culminate in Our Lord's Crucifiction on Good Friday.

The Churches are decorated with branches Palms or similar trees if Palms are not available.

Fish is permitted on the day, the second relaxation of the Fast which will last until Pascha since the beginning of Lent since this is a joyful day.

The events surrounding Christs Triumphal entry into Jerusalem are recounted in all four gospels


Matthew 21:1-11
Mark 11:1-11
Luke 19:28-44 and
John 12:12-19

12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.

14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,

15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

16 These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.

17 The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record. 18 For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle.

19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.

Troparion (Tone 1)
By raising Lazarus from the dead before Your passion, You did confirm the universal Resurrection, O Christ God! Like the children with the palms of victory, We cry out to You, O Vanquisher of death; Hosanna in the Highest! Blessed is He that comes in the Name of the Lord!

Troparion (Tone 4)
When we were buried with You in Baptism, O Christ God, We were made worthy of eternal life by Your Resurrection! Now we praise You and sing: Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is He that comes in the Name of the Lord!
Kontakion (Tone 6)
Sitting on Your throne in heaven, Carried on a foal on earth, O Christ God! Accept the praise of angels and the songs of children who sing: Blessed is He that comes to recall Adam!

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Sunday of St Mary The Righteous of Egypt

Scripture readings

Saints and feasts


  • The Holy Martyrs Claudius, Diodorus, Victor, Victorinus, Pappius, Necephorus and Serapion

  • St Ethelburga, the Abbess of Kent

  • St Mark The Anchorite of Athens

  • St Theodora of Thessalonika

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • George
  • Sadie
  • Kristen-Elizabeth

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Sunday of Saint John of the ladder

Scripture readings

Saints and feasts

  • Memorial to St John Climacus of The Ladder of Divine Virtues
     
  • St Mark, Bishop of Arethusa, St Cyril His Deacon and The Others Martyred With Him. Who Suffered under Julian the Apostate. 
     
  • St Gladys and Her Husband St Gywnllyn
     
  • St Diadochus Bishop of Photice

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Maria
  • Natalia
  • Lotifi
  • Nicola

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Adoration of The Precious Cross

Scripture readings

Saints and feasts

  • Basil the Holy Martyr of Ancyra
  • Kalliniki & Vassilisa the Martyrs
  • Euthemios the New Martyr

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Archpriest Alexey
  • Fanka
  • Ankitsa
  • Alexandros
  • Alexander

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Sunday of St Gregory Palamas of Thessalonika

Scripture readings

Saints and feasts

  • Holy Martyrs Agapios
  • Publius and their Companions at Caesarea in Palestine
  • St Theophylactos The Confessor, Bishop of Nicomedia
  • Holy Apostle Aristobulus of The Seventy

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • George
  • Elias
  • Peter
  • Semion
  • Natalia Grigori
  • Paracseva
  • Athena

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Sunday of Orthodoxy

Scripture readings

Saints and feasts

  • St Theophylactos The Confessor, Bishop of Nicomedia
  • St Senan, the Monk of Inniscarra
  • Holy Apostle Hermas of The Seventy
  • St Theodoret, The Hieromartyr of Antioch
  • St Felix of Burgundy, Bishop of Dunwich & Enlightener of East Anglia

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Archpriest Ilyan
  • Priest Theodoros in Australia

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Nushka
  • Maria
  • Christophoros
  • Vera

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Forgiveness Sunday

Scripture readings

Saints and feasts

  • Eudokia the Martyr of Heliopolis
  • Andonina the New Martyr

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Dorothea
  • Ludmilla

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Sunday of The Last Judgement

Scripture readings

Saints and feasts

  • Finding of the Relics of the Holy Martyrs of Eugenios
  • Our Righteous Fathers Thalassius and Baradatus

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Zaheeyee

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Sunday of the Prodigal Son

Scripture readings

Saints and feasts


  • Holy Apostle Onesimos of The Seventy
     
  • St Berach, the Monk
     
  • St Oswy, King of Northumbria
     
  • St Anthimus of Chios

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Nicolas
  • Theodoros

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Beginning of The Triodion

Scripture readings


Sainst and Feasts


  • Afterfeast of The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ in The Temple
  • Sunday of The Publican & The PhariseeHoly Prophet Zachariah
  • Holy Great Martyr Theodore The Commander
  • St Oncho the Poet
  • Holy New Martys & Confessors of Russia
  • St Sava ll Archbishop of Serbia 1271

The Living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today


  • Priest Antoun
  • Swapna
  • Sergei
  • Antigoni
  • Ioannis
  • Theofanis
  • Athena

Notices

Flowers for Praise
The Charity is the Hospice.

Our Text is:

"He, Himself, took on our infirmities and bore our sickness"

Matthew Chapter 8: 17 (Quoting Isaiah.)


Set up is Friday 13th afternoon -- if possible --- Saturday between 9.00am and mid-day if not. Clearing away 4.30p.m on Tuesday 17th.

World Day of Prayer coming up in the calendar soon.

The Sunday of The Publican & the Pharisee Is a fast- Free from today

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Sunday of The Canaanite Woman

Scripture readings


Saints and Feasts

  • Forefeast of The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ
  • Holy Martyr Tryphon
  • St Brigid of Kildare
  • Holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicitas of Carthage
  • St Seiriol Abbot of Penmon, Anglesey

The Living

  • Patriarch Pavle of Serbia Olga Soroka
  • Luba
  • Kathleen
  • June
  • the Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Slavka
  • Alexander
  • Mikhail
  • Polina
  • Vera

No Liturgy today

Fr Ilyan is serving the Divine Liturgy in Invercargill today. There will therefore be no Divine Liturgy served at St Michaels this morning.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

32nd Sunday after Pentecost

Scripture readings

Saints and Feasts


  • St Gregory the Theologian
  • St.Felicitas and Her Seven Martyred Sons
  • St Eochod
  • St Mares the Singer of Syria
  • St Moses Archbishop of Novgorod
  • Hieromartyr Alexander Hotovitsky (USA Russia 1937)

The Living

  • Patriarch Pavle of Serbia
  • June
  • Kathleen
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Andrew Price
  • Jenny
  • the Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Bishop Gibran
  • Archbishop Dionysios
  • Nicolas
  • George
  • Vasily
  • Paun

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Sunday of The Ten Lepers

Scripture readings


Saints and Feasts

  • St Athanasius the Great and St Cyril, Archbishops of Alexandria
  • St Cyril and St.Maria, parents of St Sergius of Radonezh

The living in need of our prayers

  • Patriarch Pavle of Serbia
  • June
  • Kathleen
  • Luba
  • Olga Soroka
  • Andrew Price
  • Jenny Green
  • the Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Stavros
  • Stefan
  • Margaritis
  • Sophia
  • Despina

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Sunday After Epiphany

Scripture readings

Saints Commemorated today

  • St Theodosios the Great
  • St Michael of Klops Monastery
  • St Ethenia, St Fidelmia the Nuns

The Living

  • Patriarch Pavle of Serbia
  • June
  • Kathleen
  • Luba
  • Olga Soroka
  • The Archpriest Ilyan
  • Jenny Green
  • Andrew Price

The Departed we Commemorated today


  • Anastasios
  • Ekaterine
  • Basilis
  • Louiza
  • Dimitrios
  • Georgios
  • Maria
  • Eleni

Accommodation required

Adele Evans has contacted us with seeking help with accommodation for Magda Hagos an Ethiopian student. If you can help please phone her on 4798950.

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Sunday before The Holy Theophany of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Scripture readings


Saints and Feasts Commemorated today

  • The Synaxis of The Holy Seventy Apostles
  • St Theoctistos, Abbot of Cucomo in Sicily
  • St.Eustathius the 1st Archbishop of Serbia

The Living

  • Patriarch Pavle of Serbia
  • Priest George Bousader of Auckand
  • June
  • Kathleen
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • the Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today


  • Dimitar
  • Keriake
  • Jelica
  • Laura
  • Wadier

Old calander Christmas

New Wednesday is Christmas according to the old Calendar. Divine Liturgy will be celebrated from 10am followed by a pot luck lunch to celebrate this feast.

The feast of the Epiphany


This feast will be celebrated next Tuesday according to the new calendar.
From the Archdiocese site
Theophany - 6th January
Theophany is celebrated on January the 6th.

The name is derived from the Greek theophania, translating as "appearance of God" and on this day we recall the Baptism of Our Lord, Jesus Christ in the river Jordan by John the Baptist and the appearance of the Holy Spirit descending upon him in the form of a dove.

Luke 3: 21-22

21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.


The Great blessing of the water is performed on the day before this feast or after Divine Liturgy on the day of the feast.

Often the Parish will go to a nearby lake or river to perform this ceremony.

The faithful will take bring containers to take some of the holy water home with them.

This Feast reminds us not only of of Our Lord Jesus Christ's Baptism but by our own baptism we are Baptised into Christ.

Troparion

When You, O Lord were baptized in the Jordan
The worship of the Trinity was made manifest
For the voice of the Father bore witness to You And called You His beloved Son.
And the Spirit, in the form of a dove, Confirmed the truthfulness of His word.
O Christ, our God, You have revealed Yourself And have enlightened the world, glory to You!

Kontakion

Today You have shown forth to the world, O Lord, and the light of Your countenance has been marked on us.
Knowing You, we sing Your praises.
You have come and revealed Yourself, O unapproachable Light.