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Upcoming Services & Events

Saturday, August 16
St. Joseph the Hesychast
5 pmVespers
Sunday, August 17
8:15 amOrthros
9:30 amDivine Liturgy
Tuesday, August 19
10 amPhiloptochos Committee Meeting
conference room
7 pmParish Council
Wednesday, August 20
6:30 pmSCS Teachers' Meeting
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Thursday, August 21
11:30 amSenior Synaxis Annual Picnic
Friday, August 22
8 pmYAL Kick-Off: Country Night at Sundance Saloon
Sundance Saloon, 2061 W Maple Ave, Mundelein, IL 60060, USA

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Online Chapel

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 08/16/2025

Translation of the Image of Our Lord and God and Savior, Jesus Christ

Today's Readings

St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 3:13-16; 4:1-5

Luke 9:51-57, 10:22-24, 13:22

Saints and Feasts Commemorated

Translation of the Image of Our Lord and God and Savior, Jesus Christ; Diomedes the Physician & Martyr of Tarsus; Timothy of Euripus, founder of the Monastery of Pentele; Holy Monk Penteles; Gerasimus of Cephalonia; The Six Martyrs Dorotheos, Sarantis, Jacob, Seraphim, Demetrios and Basil who contested in Megara; Joseph the Hesychast; Nicodemus the New Martyr of Meteora; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary; Manuel and John the New Martyrs; Stamatios the Martyr; Apostolos the New-Martyr

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