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.
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| Reader Services | Order of Vespers, Matins, Hours and Typika without a priest in Church Slavonic and English |
| All-Night Vigil | Order of Great Vespers, Matins and First Hour (with a priest) in Church Slavonic and English |
| Divine Liturgy | Order of Third Hour, Sixth Hour (with a priest) and the Divine Liturgy in Church Slavonic and English |
Sunday, September 7 / September 20 Martyr Sozon | Forefeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos | |
| 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 Slavonic |
| 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 Slavonic |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Slavonic |
Monday, 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 Slavonic |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Slavonic |
Sunday, September 14 / September 27 Exaltation of the Precious Cross of the Lord | |
| 16th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| 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 Slavonic |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Slavonic |
Sunday, September 21 / October 4 Apodosis of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross | Metropolitan Demetrius of Rostov |
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| 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 Slavonic |
| 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 Slavonic |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Slavonic |
Sunday, September 28 / October 11 Saint Chariton the Confessor | |
| 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 Slavonic |
| 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 Slavonic |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Slavonic |
Sunday, October 5 / October 18 Holy Hierarchs of Moscow | |
| 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 Slavonic |
| 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 Slavonic |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Slavonic |
Sunday, October 12 / October 25 Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council | |
| 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 Slavonic |
| 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 Slavonic |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Slavonic |
Sunday, October 19 / November 1 Saints John of Ryla and Kronstadt | |
| 21th 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 Slavonic |
| Рыльскаго | Menaion services for Saint John of Ryla in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| Кронштaдтскому | Menaion services for Saint John of Kronstadt in Church Slavonic from St-Sergius |
| Ryla | Menaion services for Saint John of Ryla in English from St-Sergius |
| Kronstadt | Menaion services for Saint John of Kronstadt in English from St-Sergius |
| Typika | Variable portions of Reader Services in English and Slavonic |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Slavonic |
Sunday, October 26 / November 8 Holy Great-Martyr Demetrius | |
| 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 Slavonic |
| 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 Slavonic |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Slavonic |
Sunday, November 2 / November 15 Martyr Acyndinus and those with him | |
| 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 Slavonic |
| 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 Slavonic |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Slavonic |
Sunday, November 9 / November 22 Martyrs Onesiphorus and Porphyrius / St. Matrona | |
| 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 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 Slavonic |
Sunday, November 16 / November 29 Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew | |
| 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 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 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 Slavonic |
Sunday, November 23 / December 6 Right-Believing Great Prince Alexander Nevsky | |
| 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 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 Slavonic |
Sunday, November 30 / December 13 Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called |
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| 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 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 Slavonic |
Sunday, December 7 / December 20 Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan | |
| 28th 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 6 | Matins Gospel readings in English and 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 Slavonic |
Friday, 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 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 Slavonic |
Sunday, December 14 / December 27 Holy Forefathers | |
| 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 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 Slavonic |
Sunday, December 21 / January 3 Holy Fathers | |
| 30th Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 5 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 8 | Matins Gospel readings in English and 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 Slavonic |
Sunday, 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 Slavonic |
Sunday, December 28 / January 10 Saints Joseph, David and James | |
| 31st Sunday after Pentecost | |
| Rubrics | Rubrics for All-Night Vigil in English |
| Tone 6 | Sunday Octoechos in the tone of the week |
| Gospel 9 | Matins Gospel readings in English and 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 Slavonic |
Sunday, January 4 / January 17 Synaxis of the 70 Apostles | |
| 32nd 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 10 | Matins Gospel readings in English and 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 Slavonic |
Tuesday, January 6 / January 19 Theophany 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 |
| Liturgy | Variable portions of the Divine Liturgy in English and Slavonic |