Follow these links to Divine Services and Orthodox centres outwith Edinburgh in Scotland:
Aberdeen | Bridge of Allan | Dunblane | Dundee | Edinburgh | Glasgow | The Highlands | St. Andrews |
Services are held in the Chapel of St. Andrew, 2 Meadow Lane, Edinburgh EH8 9NR.
Saturday: Vespers @ 6:30 p.m.
Sunday: Matins @ 9:00 a.m., Holy Liturgy @ 10:30 a.m.
In addition to the standard services listed above, there are also Daily Matins @ 7:30 a.m. and Daily Vespers @ 6:30 p.m.
*The Sunday Liturgy in Edinburgh ends about 11:45amCalendar Of Festal Services in Edinburgh
Vespers are @ 6:30 p.m. on the eve of the Feast.
Festal Matins are @ 9:00 a.m. followed by the Divine Liturgy @ 10:30 a.m. (unless otherwise indicated)
* Services marked O.S. follow the Julian Calendar (13 days behind the Gregorian calendar)
| CALENDAR OF ADDITIONAL SERVICES |
HOLY WEEK SERVICES | |||
APRIL | |||
| Sat | 16 | Lazarus Saturday | 10:30 a.m. |
| Sun | 17 | Palm Sunday | |
| Matins | 9:00 a.m. | ||
| Divine Liturgy | 10:30 a.m. | ||
| Bridegroom Service | |||
| [Matins of Great Monday] | 6:30 p.m. | ||
| Great Mon | 18 | Bridegroom Service | |
| [Matins of Great Tuesday] | 6:30 p.m. | ||
| Great Tue | 19 | Bridegroom Service | |
| [Matins of Great Wednesday] | 6:30 p.m. | ||
| Great Wed | 20 | Service of Anointing | 6:30 p.m. |
| Great Thu | 21 | Vespers and Liturgy of St. Basil [Mystical Supper] | 10:30 a.m. |
| Service of the Passion of Our Lord [12 Gospels] | 6:30 p.m. | ||
| Great Fri | 22 | Great Hours + Vespers | 9:00 a.m. |
| [Descent from the Cross] | - 12:00 noon | ||
| Service of Lord's Burial [Epitaphios] | 6:30 p.m. | ||
| Great Sat | 23 | Vespers & Liturgy of St. Basil | 10:30 a.m. |
EASTER NIGHT SERVICES | |||
| Great Sat | 23 | Easter Vigil | 11:30 p.m. |
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| Sun | 24 | RESURRECTION SERVICE at Midnight + EASTER MATINS + LITURGY |
EASTER DAY SERVICES | |||
| Sun | 24 | Second Paschal Liturgy | 10:30 a.m. |
| Vespers of Love (After Easter Lunch) | about 1:00 p.m. |
| Mon | 25 | St George and St Mark | 10:30 a.m. |
| Tue | 26 | SS Raphael, Nicholas and Irene | 10:30 a.m. |
| Fri | 29 | Feast of the Theotokos the Life-Giving Spring | 10:30 a.m. |
MAY | |||
| Sun | 1 | Thomas Sunday | 10:30 a.m. |
| Tue | 3 | (NB) Radonitsa: Liturgy and Memorial Service | 10:30 a.m. |
| (Followed by the visits to the graves) | |||
| Sun | 8 | Myrh Bearers and St John the Theologian (AGM) | 10:30 a.m. |
| Wed | 18 | Mid Pentecost | 10:30 a.m. |
| Sat | 21 | SS Constantine and Helen | 10:30 a.m. |
| Tue | 31 | Leavetaking of Pascha (night Liturgy) | 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. |
JUNE | |||
| Thur | 2 | Feast of Ascension | 10:30 a.m. |
| Thur | 9 | St Columba | 10:30 a.m. |
| Sat | 2 | Memorial Service - SS Barnabas, Bartholomew, Luke of Crimea | 10:30 a.m. |
| Sun | 12 | Pentecost | 10:30 a.m. |
| Mon | 13 | Feast of the Holy Spirit | 10:30 a.m. |
| Sun | 19 | Sunday of All Saints | 10:30 a.m. |
| Wed | 22 | St Alban, First Martyr of Britain | 10:30 a.m. |
| Fri | 24 | Birthday of St John the Baptist | 10:30 a.m. |
| Sun | 26 | All Saints of Great Britain, Russia and Romania | 10:30 a.m. |
| Wed | 29 | SS Peter and Paul | 10:30 a.m. |
JULY | |||
| Sun | 17 | 4th Ecum. Council, St Marina | 10:30 a.m. |
| Wed | 20 | Prophet Elias | 10:30 a.m. |
| Fri | 22 | St Mary Magdalene | 10:30 a.m. |
| Wed | 27 | St Panteleimon | 10:30 a.m. |
AUGUST | |||
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| Fri | 5 | Vespers of Transfiguration | 6:30 p.m. |
| Sat | 6 | Feast of Transfiguration | 10:30 a.m. |
| Sun | 14 | Vespers of Dormition | 6:30 p.m. |
| Mon | 15 | Feast of Dormition | 10:30 a.m. |
| Mon | 22 | St Alexis of Ugine | 10:30 a.m. |
| Sat | 27 | St Phanourios | 10:30 a.m. |
| Mon | 29 | Beheading of St John the Baptist (Fast) | 10:30 a.m. |
SEPTEMBER | |||
| Thur | 1 | Beginning of the Church Year | |
| (Blessing of Waters) | 10:30 a.m. | ||
| Thur | 8 | Nativity of the Theotokos | 10:30 a.m. |
| Wed | 14 | Elevation of the Holy Cross | 10:30 a.m. |
| Fri | 16 | St Ninian of Whithorn | 10:30 a.m. |
| Mon | 26 | St John the Theologian | 10:30 a.m. |
OCTOBER | |||
| Fri | 14 | Pokrov: Protection of Theotokos (O.S.) | 10:30 a.m. |
| Tue | 18 | St Luke the Evangelist | 10:30 a.m. |
| Wed | 26 | St Demetrios of Thessaloniki | 10:30 a.m. |
| Sat | 29 | Liturgy (in Greek) and Doxology for the Greek National Day | 10:30 a.m. |
| Sun | 30 | [NB: Clocks go back 1hr] | |
NOVEMBER | |||
| Tue | 8 | Synaxis of the Archangels | 10:30 a.m. |
| Wed | 9 | St Nectarios of Aegina | 10:30 a.m. |
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| Wed | 16 | St Matthew | 10:30 a.m. |
| Mon | 21 | Entrance of the Theotokos to the Temple | 10:30 a.m. |
| Fri | 25 | St Catherine | 10:30 a.m. |
| Tue | 29 | Vespers of St Andrew | 6:30 p.m. |
| Wed | 30 | St Andrew the First-Called | 10:30 a.m. |
DECEMBER | |||
| Tue | 6 | St Nicholas of Myra | 10:30 a.m. |
| Mon | 12 | St Spyridon | 10:30 a.m. |
| Sat | 24 | Royal Hours of Nativity | 10:30 a.m. |
| Sat | 24 | Vespers of Nativity | 4:00 p.m. |
| Sun | 25 | Feast of Nativity | 10:30 a.m. |
| Mon | 26 | Synaxis of the Theotokos | 10:30 a.m. |