: All-night Vigil for Saint John of Shanghai this coming Friday night

The Reverend Mother Abbess Maria of Our Lady of Kazan Monastery, Kentlyn invites all Orthodox Christians to celebrate the

Feast of Saint John the Wonderworker of Shanghai and San Francisco
All-night Vigil
in the presence of the Miracle-working Kursk-Root Icon of the Theotokos

9.00pm this coming Friday 30th June 2007
at the Monastery Church

Our Lady of Kazan Monastery
Smith Street, Kentlyn

The All-night Vigil will begin at 9.00pm with Great Vespers with Litia, followed by Matins (which will include the Akathist to St John the Wonderworker sung after Ode 6 of the Canon), followed by First, Third and Sixth Hours, followed by the Divine Liturgy. It is anticipated that the Vigil will finish around 3.00am. The Vigil will be served by Hieromonk Eftimy.

For further information please contact Abbess Maria on (02) 4625 7054.