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- Last Updated on Thursday, 29 December 2016 03:42
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Sixth Street, Monongahela announces services for the Nativity of Christ on January 7. St. Nicholas is one of several Orthodox churches in western Pennsylvania that retains the ancient Julian calendar in calculating Christian feast days. Their schedule is as follows:
Friday, January 6
8:30 a.m. Vespers and Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
7 p.m. Great Compline and Matins
Saturday, January 7
10 a.m. Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom followed by a social hour
Sunday, January 8
Feast of the Synaxis of the Theotokos
10 a.m. Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom; religious education classes resume
Congregational singing will be led by cantor Daniel Timko along with the youth choir under the direction of Kathleen Pehanich.
St. Nicholas will celebrate Epiphany – the Baptism of Christ – on Thursday, January 19. Epiphany services include:
Wednesday, January 18
8:30 a.m. Vespers and Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
6 p.m. parish Holy Supper
7:30 p.m. Compline and Great Blessing of Water
Thursday, January 19
8:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
Parish priest, Rev. Dr. Edward Pehanich, will begin the Blessing of Homes on request.