August 2004: Special Events and Services

Regular Services: All as usual, except
7.00 pm Saturday, August 14 will be Dormition Vigil instead of Vespers.
 
Home Bible Studies: 7:00 pm every Wednesday
at the home of Matthew and Cheryl Zacharias
(23182 Rawlison Cresent, Langley).
 
Feasts:

• Vesperal Liturgy for Feast of Transfiguration:
  7:00 pm Thursday, August 5.
  Bring fruit to be blessed on this day.
• Vespers and Litya for St. Herman:
  7:00 pm Monday, August 9.
• Divine Liturgy for Dormition of the Theotokos, with blessing of flowers:
  10:00 am Sunday, August 15.  

Fasts:

• Dormition: August 1 to 14.
  On weekdays of the Fast, we abstain from meat, fish, dairy, wine and oil.  On Saturdays and Sundays of the Fast, we abstain from meat, fish and dairy, but are allowed wine and oil.  Fish is also allowed on Aug. 6 (for the Feast of the Transfiguration), on Aug. 9 (for the Feast of St. Herman of Alaska), and on August 13 (for the Feast of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk).  Also, make sure that you go to confession during this time.
• Beheading of St. John the Baptist: Sunday, August 29.
  Strict Fast Day: On this day, wine and oil are allowed, but meat, fish, and dairy are not.

Farewell B-B-Q for the Rigden-Briscalls:
after Liturgy, Sunday, August 15.