day 8

October 8: Holy And Venerable Thaïs

We chant the stichera to the Resurrection and to the Theotokos as usual.

Also On The 8th Day Of The Month Of October

The Holy And Venerable Thaïs

October 8: Venerable Mother Pelagia

The 8th Day Of The Month Of October

Commemoration Of Our Venerable Mother Pelagia

(for this day we provide also the service in honor of St. Thaïs)

October 8: Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council

The Sunday On Or After The 8th Day Of The Month Of October

Commemoration Of The Holy Fathers

Of The Seventh Ecumenical Council

Be it known: that, on the Sunday nearest the eleventh day of this month, we celebrate the memory of the three hundred and sixty-five fathers of the Seventh Œcumenical Council, the second convened in Nicæa, the task whereof was the repudiation and eradication of the godless teachings of the Christ-hating and Christian-persecuting iconoclasts Copronymus and those of like mind with him: the wretched bishops and unholy hierarchs, and their godless and vile synagogue.

Should the eleventh day of October fall on a Sunday itself, the service to the holy fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council is chanted on that very day. If it fall on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday, the service is chanted on the preceding Sunday; if on Thursday, Friday or Saturday, on the following Sunday.

The service of the saint appointed for that Sunday is omitted and is chanted whenever the ecclesiarch shall decide.

On Saturday, At Little Vespers