Resources for Upcoming Services
Services at Holy Ascension Church are conducted in Church Slavonic and English. Service materials are prepared in advance in both languages for each service. Adobe PDF documents for upcoming services may be downloaded below.
July 2021 | |
| July | Liturgical Calendar from Saint John of Kronstadt Press |
Sunday, July 5 / July 18 Sergius the Wonderworker | |
| 4th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 3 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 4 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Sunday, July 5 / July 18 New-Martyrs Grand Duchess Elizabeth & Nun Barbara | |
| 4th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 3 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 4 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Sunday, July 12 / July 25 Martyrs Proclus & Hilarius | |
| 5th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 4 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 5 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Sunday, July 19 / August 1 Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical Councils / Seraphim, Wonderworker of Sarov | |
| 6th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 5 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 6 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services for Saint Seraphim in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services for Saint Seraphim in English from St-Sergius |
| Slavonic | Menaion services for the Holy Fathers in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services for the Holy Fathers in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Sunday, July 26 / August 8 Hieromartyr Hermolaus | |
| 7th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 6 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 7 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
August 2021 | |
| August | Liturgical Calendar from Saint John of Kronstadt Press |
Saturday, August 1 / August 14 Procession of the Cross | |
| Start of the Dormition fast | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 6 | Saturday Octoechos in the tone of the week in English from St-Sergius |
| Глас 6-й | Saturday Octoechos in the tone of the week in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Typika | Variable portions of Reader Services in English and Church Slavonic |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Sunday, August 2 / August 15 Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen | |
| 8th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 7 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 8 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Thursday, August 6 / August 19 Transfiguration of Our Lord | |
| One of the 12 Great Feasts | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Typika | Variable portions of Reader Services in English and Church Slavonic |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Sunday, August 9 / August 22 Holy Apostle Matthias | |
| 9th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 8 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 9 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Saturday, Auguest 15 / August 28 Dormition of the Theotokos | |
| One of the 12 Great Feasts | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Typika | Variable portions of Reader Services in English and Church Slavonic |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Sunday, August 16 / August 29 Translation of the Image Not-Made-By-Hands Icon | |
| 10th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 1 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 10 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Sunday, August 23 / September 5 Apodosis of Dormition | |
| 11th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 2 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 11 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Sunday, August 30 / September 12 Translation of the Relics of Saint Alexander Nevsky | |
| 12th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 3 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 1 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
September 2021 | |
| September | Liturgical Calendar from Saint John of Kronstadt Press |
Sunday, September 6 / September 19 Miracle of the Archangel Michael | |
| 13th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 4 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 2 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Tuesday, September 8 / September 21 Nativity of the Theotokos | |
| One of the 12 Great Feasts | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Typika | Variable portions of Reader Services in English and Church Slavonic |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Sunday, September 13 / September 26 Church of the Holy Resurrection | |
| 14th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 5 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 3 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Monday, September 14 / September 27 Exaltation of the Precious Cross of the Lord | |
| One of the 12 Great Feasts | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Typika | Variable portions of Reader Services in English and Church Slavonic |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Sunday, September 20 / October 3 Great-Martyr Eustathius Placidas | |
| 15th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 6 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 4 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Sunday, September 27 / October 10 St Callistratus & His Company | |
| 16th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 7 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 5 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
October 2021 | |
| October | Liturgical Calendar from Saint John of Kronstadt Press |
Sunday, October 4 / October 17 Hieromartyr Hierotheus | |
| 17th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 8 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 6 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Sunday, October 11 / October 24 Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council | |
| 18th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 1 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 7 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Sunday, October 18 / October 31 Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke | |
| 19th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 2 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 8 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Sunday, October 25 / November 7 Martyrs Marcian & Martyrius | |
| 20th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 3 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 9 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
November 2021 | |
| November | Liturgical Calendar from Saint John of Kronstadt Press |
Sunday, November 1 / November 14 Unmerceneries Cosmas & Damian | |
| 21st Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 4 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 10 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Sunday, November 8 / November 21 Holy Archangel Michael & the Bodiless Host | |
| 22nd Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 5 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 11 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Sunday, November 15 / November 28 Martyrs Gurias, Samonas & Abibus | |
| 23rd Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 6 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 1 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Friday, November 21 / December 4 Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple | |
| One of the 12 Great Feasts | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Sunday, November 22 / December 5 Holy Apostles Philemon & Archippus | |
| 24th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 7 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 2 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Sunday, November 29 / December 12 Martyr Paramon & Acacius of Sinai | |
| 25th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 8 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 3 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
December 2021 | |
| December | Liturgical Calendar from Saint John of Kronstadt Press |
Sunday, December 6 / December 19 Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker |
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| 26th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 1 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 4 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Saturday, December 12 / December 25 Saint Herman of Alaska & Saint Spyridon | |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Canon | Supplicatory Canon of the Theotokos in English and Church Slavonic |
| Спиридона | Menaion services for Saint Spyridon in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| Herman | Menaion services for Saint Herman in English from St-Sergius |
| Spyridon | Menaion services for Saint Spyridon in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Divine Liturgy variations in English and Church Slavonic |
Sunday, December 13 / December 26 Sunday of the Holy Forefathers | Martyr Eustratius and Companions | |
| 27th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 2 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 5 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services for the saints in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services for the saints in English from St-Sergius |
| Slavonic | Menaion services for the Holy Forefathers in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services for the Holy Forefathers in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Sunday, December 20 / January 2 Holy Fathers | Saint John of Kronstadt | |
| 28th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 3 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 6 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services for the Holy Fathers in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services for the Holy Fathers in English from St-Sergius |
| Кронштaдтскому | Menaion services for Saint John of Kronstadt in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| Kronstadt | Menaion services for Saint John of Kronstadt in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Friday, December 25 / January 7 Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ | |
| One of the 12 Great Feasts | |
| Prologue | Lives of the Saints from the Prologue from Ochrid |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |
Sunday, December 27 / January 9 Saints Joseph, David and James | |
| 29th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 4 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 7 | Matins Gospel readings in English and Church Slavonic |
| Slavonic | Menaion services in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| English | Menaion services in English from St-Sergius |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Church Slavonic |