Important Dates 2009-2010
2009-2010
Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America Calendar
Start of the New Church Year
Tuesday - September 1, 2009
Feast of The Nativity of the Theotokos
Tuesday - September 8, 2009
Elevation of the Cross (Strict Fast Day)
Monday - September 14, 2009
DOWAMA Fall Gathering
October 23 - 25, 2009
Father Michael Nasser, Keynote Speaker
Hosted at St Elijah Church in Oklahoma City, OK
Feast of St. Philip the Apostle
Saturday - November 14, 2009
Name's Day of Metropolitan Philip
Start of the Nativity Fast
Sunday - November 15, 2009
Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos
Saturday - November 21, 2009
Feast of St. Eleftherios
Tuesday - December 15, 2009
Patron Saint of DOWAMA
Feast of St Ignatius of Antioch
Sunday - December 20, 2009
Name's Day of Patriarch Ignatius IV
Feast of the Nativity of Christ
Friday - December 25, 2009
Feast of St. Basil the Great
Friday - January 1, 2010
Name's Day of Bishop Basil
Feast of Theophany
Wednesday - January 6, 2010
Feast of the Meeting of the Lord
Tuesday - February 2, 2010
DOWAMA Clergy Brotherhood Retreat
February 2-5, 2010
Hosted at the Spiritual Life Center in Wichita, KS
Publican & Pharisee Sunday (Start of the Triodion)
January 24, 2010
Prodigal Son Sunday
January 31, 2010
Judgment (or Meatfare) Sunday
February 7, 2010
Forgiveness (or Cheesefare) Sunday
February 14, 2010
Pure Monday (Start of the Great Fast)
February 15, 2010
Feast of the Annunciation
March 25, 2010
(Thursday of the 6th Week of the Great Fast)
Creative Festival Entry Deadline
Thursday - April 1, 2010
Lazarus Saturday
March 27, 2010
Palm Sunday
March 28, 2010
P A S C H A
April 4, 2010
Feast of St. George
Friday - April 23, 2010
Feast of Mid-Pentecost
April 28, 2010
Feast of Ascension
May 13, 2010
Feast of Pentecost
May 23, 2010
Feast of All Saints
May 30, 2010
Start of the Apostles Fast
May 31, 2010
Oratorical and Catechism Bowl Entry Deadline
Tuesday - June 1, 2010
2010 DOWAMA Parish Life Conference
June 16-19, 2010
Hosted by St Elijah Church in Oklahoma City, OK
Feast of Ss Peter and Paul
Tuesday - June 29, 2010
Patronal Feast of our Patriarchate
Camp St. Raphael "Tenth Anniversary" Sessions
June 27-July 3, 2010
July 4-10, 2010
Archdiocesan Clergy Symposium
July 19-23, 2010
Start of the Dormition Fast
Sunday - August 1, 2010
Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ
Friday - August 6, 2010
Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos
Sunday - August 15, 2010
Beheading of the Forerunner (Strict Fast Day)
Sunday - August 29, 2010