The Metropolis of Smyrna has announced that on the annual commemoration of the Holy Seven Children of Ephesus, the Great Vespers will be held on Wednesday afternoon, August 3, 2022, at 19:00, followed by the Small Supplicatory Canon to the Holy Virgin Mary.
On the following day, Thursday, August 4, 2022, the day of the feast, the Orthros and the Divine Liturgy will be performed by Metropolitan Bartholomew of Smyrna, who will preside at all the Holy Services.
Also, on the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Savior, the Great Vespers of the Feast will be held in the afternoon of the previous day, August 5, 2022, at 19:00, and on the same day, August 6, 2022, the Orthros and the Divine Liturgy will be performed by Metropolitan Bartholomew, who will preside at all the Holy Services.
Finally, on Sunday, August 7, 2022, St. Matthew’s Day, the Orthros and the Archieratical Divine Liturgy will be performed in the Holy Church of Agia Fotini by Metropolitan Bartholomew of Smyrna, who will also preside over the Great Vespers in the afternoon of Saturday, August 6, 2022.
As mentioned above, from the afternoon of August 7 to August 12, the Canons of Supplication to the Most Holy Theotokos will be performed in the Holy Church of Agia Fotini, in the afternoon, immediately after the Dismissal of Vespers (19:00).
SCHEDULE
OF THE HOLY SERVICES FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2022
Daily
09:00 Orthros
19:00 Vespers
Every Thursday
09:00 Orthros – Divine Liturgy
Every Sunday
09:00 Orthros – Divine Liturgy
Every afternoon from the 1st to the 13th of August (except Saturday and the 5th of August)
19:00 Vespers – Canons of Supplication to the Most Holy Theotokos
CHURCH CALENDAR
Monday, August 1, Commemoration of the procession of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross in Constantinople, of the Holy Seven Maccabean Children, their mother Solomoni and their teacher Eleazar
09:00 Orthros – Divine Liturgy – Consecration
Thursday, August 4, Commemoration of the Holy Seven Children of Ephesus
09:00 Orthros – Divine Liturgy
Saturday, August 6, Divine Transfiguration
09:00 Orthros – Divine Liturgy
Monday, August 15, Assumption of the Most Holy Theotokos
09:00 Orthros – Divine Liturgy
Tuesday, August 23, Apodosis of the Assumption of the Most Holy Theotokos
09:00 Orthros – Divine Liturgy
Thursday, August 25, Commemoration of Saint Titus the Apostle, Return of the relic of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle
09:00 Orthros – Divine Liturgy
Monday, August 29, Amputation of the Holy Head of John the Baptist
09:00 Orthros – Divine Liturgy
