Aug 30, 2011 5 min read

Hieromonk Nikolai from the Synodal Cathedral in Manhattan will be coming to Saint Nicholas Monastery, an Orthodox Christian monastery, to serve the fourth-year memorial Liturgy for Archimandrite John of blessed repose.

A schedule of services is below. Please note that if you have any special needs (home/business blessings, Baptisms, weddings, etc.), you must schedule this in advance. They have left time in the schedule, that Father Nikolai may minister to your needs. Call Mother Andrea to schedule his time at 997-2847 (land) or 229-3871 (cell).

If anyone wishes to honor Archimandrite John, they are in need of funding for flowers (Patty Price, Patty’s Flower Shop, 1337 Cape Coral Parkway East, Cape Coral, 997-1033, pattysflowershop@comcast.net), and for meals to feed pilgrims while Hieromonk Nikolai is here (Costco, Publix, WalMart certificates). Also, listed some of the present needs of the Monastery.

Limited accommodations are available at the Monastery, so please call as soon as possible if you will need accommodations. There are also several motels in North Fort Myers, within five minutes:

– www.bestwesternflorida.com/ hotels/best-western-fort-myers-waterfront

– www.redroof.com/reservations/property-detail.aspx?pid=723

– www.motel6.com/reservations/motel_detail.aspx?num=1071

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

– Wednesday, Aug. 31, (Aug. 18 on the Church calendar)

Feast of Martyrs Florus and Laurus

3 p.m.: Pannikhida at the gravesite of Archimandrite John of blessed memory (NOTE: this service will be held at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, 200 West Copans Road, Pompano Beach, FL 33064)

– Thursday, September 1, 2011 (August 19 on the Church calendar)

6:00 p.m.: Vespers for the feast of the Holy Prophet Samuel

– Friday, September 2, 2011 (August 20 on the Church calendar)

Feast of the Holy Prophet Samuel

8:30 a.m.: 3rd and 6th hours

9:00 a.m.: Memorial Divine Liturgy for the 4th Anniversary of the Repose of Archimandrite John, followed by Pannikhida

6:00 p.m.: Vespers for the feast of the Translation of the Relics of Saint Nektarios

– Saturday, September 3, 2011 (August 21 on the Church calendar)

Feast of the Translation of the Relics of Saint Nektarios, Metropolitan of Pentapolis (A holy relic of Saint Nektarios will be available for veneration)

8:30 a.m.: 3rd and 6th hours

9:00 a.m.: Divine Liturgy

6:00 p.m.: Vespers for the feast of the Saints of Moscow

– Sunday, September 4, 2011 (August 22 on the Church calendar)

Feast of the Synaxis of All Saints of Moscow

9:30 a.m.: 3rd and 6th hours

10:00 a.m.: Divine Liturgy

– Monday, September 5, 2011 (August 23 on the Church calendar)

Apodosis of the Dormition of the Mother of God (A holy relic of the veil of the Mother of God will be available for veneration)

8:30 a.m.: 3rd and 6th hours

9:00 a.m.: Divine Liturgy

– Tuesday, September 6, 2011 (August 24 on the Church calendar)

House blessings, business blessings (Please call to schedule!)

– Wednesday, September 7, 2011 (August 25 on the Church calendar)

5:00 p.m.: Vespers for the feast of Martyrs Adrian and Natalia (A holy relic of the Martyr Adrian will be available for veneration)

6:30 p.m.: Saint Photion Circle inaugural meeting

– Thursday, September 8, 2011 (August 26 on the Church calendar)

House blessings, business blessings (Please call to schedule!)

7:30 p.m.: Blessing of Phanouropita for the Feast of the Holy Great-martyr Phanourios the Newly Revealed, of Rhodes

– Friday, September 9, 2011 (August 27 on the Church calendar)

Feast of the Holy Great-martyr Phanourios the Newly Revealed, of Rhodes

8:30 a.m.: 3rd and 6th Hours

9:00 a.m.: Divine Liturgy

6:00 p.m.: Vespers for the feast of the Synaxis of the Saints of the Kiev Caves whose relics repose in the Far Caves

– Saturday, September 10, 2011 (August 28 on the Church calendar)

Feast of the Synaxis of the Saints of the Kiev Caves whose relics repose in the Far Caves (Holy relics of the Kiev Caves fathers will be available for veneration)

8:30 a.m.: 3rd and 6th Hours

9:00 a.m.: Divine Liturgy

6:00 p.m.: Vespers for the Commemoration of the Beheading of the Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John

– Sunday, September 11, 2011 (August 29 on the Church calendar)

Beheading of the Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John (A holy relic of Saint John will be available for veneration)

Fast day

9:30 a.m.: 3rd and 6th hours

10:00 a.m.: Divine Liturgy

Some current needs of the Monastery

– 100 percent pure olive oil for vigil lamps, $18 for 5 liters at Costco

– For Church, three (3) heat alarms, $25 each: www.capitalelectricalsupply.com/category-s/372.htm

– For Library, under-desk mount keyboard tray, $65: www.officedepot.com/a/products/326196/Office-Depot-Brand-Standard-KeyboardMouse-Manager/?cm_cat=2000000351

– For Candle Shop, exterior motion detector light (we work late nights there), approx. $70

– For Library, Unilink MS210 CCD hand held bar scanner, $150

– For Church, exterior paint, $500, Lowes or Home Depot

– For Trapeza, eight (8) Hinkley Reef series 1950 cast aluminum exterior wall bracket lighting fixtures in hematite color, $120 each: www.lightingforum.com/hinkley/hinkley_aluminum_exterior_index.htm

– For Icon Studio, licensed Florida electrician for one day, approx. $1,000

– For Church, proskynetarion/kiot for icon of the Mother of God, The Joy of All That Sorrow , $2,500

– Volunteers to prepare vegetable garden for new crops; painters; handyman; library assistant; grounds keeping help

Source: Saint Nicholas Monastery