Menaion Services
Services at Holy Ascension are scheduled every Saturday evening and Sunday morning, and on major feasts and commemorations of the church. These services from the Menaion, translated into English by the late Monk Joseph (Isaac E. Lambertsen), are used throughout the year. Dates are according to the Church (Julian) calendar, which is currently 13 days behind the civil (Gregorian) calendar.
Month of April
April 2: St. Titus the Wonderworker
April 3: St. Nicetas the Confessor
April 4: Sts. Joseph the Hymnographer & George of Mount Maleon, in the Peloponnese
April 5: Holy Martyrs Theodulus & Agathopodes
April 6: Saint Eutychius, Archbishop of Constantinople
April 7: Venerable Father George, Bishop of Mitylene
April 8: Holy Apostles Herodion, Agabus, Asyncritus, Rufus, Phlegon, Hermes, and Those with Them
April 9: Holy Martyr Eupsychius
April 10: Martyrs Terence, Pompey & Those with Them
April 10: Holy Hieromartyr Gregory V, Archbishop of Constantinople
April 11: Holy Hieromartyr Antypas, Bishop of Pergamum
April 12: St. Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parium
April 13: Holy Hieromartyr Artemon
April 14: St. Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome
April 14: Holy Martyrs Anthony, John and Eustathius, Slain for the Faith in Vilnius of Lithuania
April 15: Holy Apostles Aristarchus, Pudens & Trophimus
April 16: Holy Martyrs Agape, Irene & Chionia
April 17: Holy Hieromartyr Symeon, Bishop of Persia
April 18: Venerable Father John, the Disciple of Saint Gregory the Decapolite
April 19: Venerable Father John of the Ancient Cave
April 20: St. Anastasius, Abbot of Sinai
April 20: Venerable Father Theodore Trichinas
April 21: Holy Hieromartyr Januarius & His Companions
April 22: St. Theodore of Sykeon, Bishop of Anastasiopolis
April 23: Holy & Glorious Great Martyr & Wonder-worker George the Victorious
April 24: Holy Martyr Sabbas the General
April 25: Holy Apostle & Evangelist Mark
April 26: Holy Hieromartyr Basil, Bishop of Amasea
April 26: St. Stephen, Bishop of Perm
April 27: Holy Hieromartyr Symeon, the Kinsman of Christ
April 28: Holy Apostles Jason & Sosipater
April 29: Commemoration of the 9 Holy Martyrs of Cyzicus
April 29: Holy Hierarch Basil of Ostrog
April 30: Holy Apostle James, the Brother of Saint John the Theologian