Weekly Services
Please consult our calendar for a complete schedule of the Divine Services celebrated at St. Basil the Great Orthodox Church.
Divine Liturgy
Sunday at 10:00 a.m.
Saturday Feasts at 9:00 a.m.
Weekday Feasts at 8:00 a.m.
Vigil
Saturday at 5:00 p.m.
On the Eve of Weekday and Saturday Feasts at 6:00 p.m.
Confession on Saturdays at 4:30 p.m. as well as during and following Vigil


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Monday January 19, 2026 / January 6, 2026
33rd Week after Pentecost. Tone seven.
☦️The Holy Theophany of Our Lord, God, and Saviour Jesus Christ (Baptism of the Lord).
+Repose of St. Theophan the Recluse, bishop of Tambov (1894).
+Hieromartyr Romanus, monk of Lacedemonia, beheaded by the Turks (1695) (Greek).
+New Hieromartyr Archpriest Andrew Zimin, his wife Lydia, his mother-in-law Domnica, his two daughters and his servant Maria, of Ussurisk (1919).
+St. John (1942).
+Venerable Laurence of Chernigov (1950).
The Scripture Readings
Mark 1:9-11 Matins Gospel
Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7
Matthew 3:13-17
1 Corinthians 10:1-4 Blessing of Waters, Epistle
Mark 1:9-11 Blessing of Waters, Gospel
Sunday January 18, 2026 / January 5, 2026
32nd Sunday after Pentecost. Tone seven.
Fast. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
☦️Sunday before the Baptism of Our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ
☦️Eve of the Theophany (Kreshchenskyi Sochelnik).
Fast Day.
+Martyrs Theopemptus, bishop of Nicomedia, and Theonas (303).
+Venerable Syncletica of Alexandria (350).
+New Hieromartyr Joseph and with him 37 Martyrs (1921).
+Virgin-martyr Eugenia (1933).
+New Hieromartyr Sergius priest (1934).
+Martyr Matthew (1938).
+Venerable Symeon of the Pskov Caves (1960).
+Prophet Micah (9th c. B.C.).
+Venerable Apollinaris of Egypt (470).
+Sts. Phosterius the Hermit and Menas of Sinai (6th c.).
+Venerable Gregory of Crete, monk (820).
+Martyr Theoidus.
+Martyr Sais.
+St. Tatiana.
+New Monk-martyr Romanus of Carpenision, who suffered at Constantinople(1694).
+New Hieromartyr Romanus of Lacedaemonia (1695).
+St. Menas of Sinai (6th c.).
+Translation of the relics of St. Rumon, bishop, to Tavistock.
(Sunday Divine Liturgy for the Eve of Theophany, preceded by the Making of Catechumens (Dante, Samuel, and Clark)
Plus St Basil’s clergy serve at the Dormition Catholicon in Benld, IL.
Funeral for +Archpriest Christopher Stade, one day before the feast of Blessed Theophylact of Ochrid!
Memory Eternal!
Wednesday January 14, 2026 / January 1, 2026
32nd Week after Pentecost. Tone six.
Sviatki. Fast-free
☦️ The Circumcision of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
☦️ St. Basil the Great, archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia (379). Patronal Feast of the Parish.
+New Hieromartyr Jeremiah (1918).
+New Hieromartyrs Platon, bishop of Revel, Estonia and Priests Michael and Nicholas (1919).
+New Hieromartyrs Alexander archbishop of Samara and with him John, Alexander, John, Alexander, Trophime, Viacheslav, Basil and James priests (1938).
+St. Athanasius of Poltava, wonderworker (1801).
+Martyr Basil of Ancyra (ca. 362).
☦️St. Emelia, mother of Sts. Macrina, Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa (375).
☦️St. Gregory, bishop of Nazianzus (374) and father of St. Gregory the Theologian.
+Martyr Theodotos.
+Venerable Theodosius of Tryglia, abbot.
+St. Fulgentius, bishop of Ruspe in North Africa (533) (North Africa).
+New Martyr Peter of the Peloponnesus (1776) (Greek).
+St. Eugendus, abbot of Condatin the Jura Mountains (510).
+St. Clarus of Vienne (ca. 660) (Gaul).
+St. Fanchea of Killeany (ca. 520) (Celtic & British).![]()
Praying with us was Archpriest Mikhail Volzhansky (Rector of Dormition Cathedral in Ferndale, MI).
