Important Dates 2010-2011
2010-2011
Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America Calendar
LAST UPDATED: 9/6/2010
Start of the New Church Year
Wednesday - September 1, 2010
Feast of The Nativity of the Theotokos
Wednesday - September 8, 2010
Elevation of the Cross (Strict Fast Day)
Tuesday - September 14, 2010
DOWAMA SOYO Basketball Tournament
Friday - Sunday, October 15 - 17, 2010
Hosted at St. Elijah Church in Oklahoma City, OK
DOWAMA Fall Gathering
Friday & Saturday - October 22 & 23, 2010
Khouriya Susan Wallace, Keynote Speaker
Hosted at St. Elijah Church in Oklahoma City, OK
Feast of St. Philip the Apostle
Sunday - November 14, 2010
Name's Day of Metropolitan Philip
Start of the Nativity Fast
Monday - November 15, 2010
Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos
Sunday - November 21, 2010
Feast of St. Eleftherios of Illyricum
Wednesday - December 15, 2010
Patronal Feast of DOWAMA
Feast of St Ignatius of Antioch
Monday - December 20, 2010
Name's Day of Patriarch Ignatius IV
Feast of the Nativity of Christ
Saturday - December 25, 2010
Feast of St. Basil the Great
Saturday - January 1, 2011
Name's Day of Bishop Basil
Feast of Theophany
Thursday - January 6, 2011
Feast of the Meeting of the Lord
Wednesday - February 2, 2011
DOWAMA Clergy Brotherhood Retreat
February 8-11, 2011
Hosted at the Spiritual Life Center in Wichita, KS
Publican & Pharisee Sunday (Start of the Triodion)
February 13, 2011
Prodigal Son Sunday
February 20, 2011
Judgment (or Meatfare) Sunday
February 27, 2011
Forgiveness (or Cheesefare) Sunday
March 6, 2011
Pure Monday (Start of the Great Fast)
March 7, 2011
Feast of the Annunciation
March 25, 2011
(Friday of the 3rd Week of the Great Fast)
Creative Festival Entry Deadline
Thursday - April 1, 2011
Lazarus Saturday
April 16, 2011
Palm Sunday
April 17, 2011
P A S C H A
April 24, 2011
Feast of St. George
April 23, 2011 - Transferred to Bright Wednesday - April 27, 2011
Feast of Mid-Pentecost
May 18, 2011
Feast of Ascension
June 2, 1011
Feast of Pentecost
June 12, 2011
Feast of All Saints
June 19, 2011
Start of the Apostles Fast
June 20, 2011
Oratorical and Catechism Bowl Entry Deadline
Wednesday - June 1, 2011
2010 DOWAMA Parish Life Conference
June 15 - 18, 2011
Hosted by St Nicholas Church in Shreveport, LA
Feast of Ss Peter and Paul
Wednesday - June 29, 2011
Patronal Feast of our Patriarchate
50th Archdiocesan Convention
July 25 - 31, 2011
Hosted in Chicago by St George Church of Cicero, IL
Start of the Dormition Fast
Monday - August 1, 2011
Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ
Saturday - August 6, 2011
Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos
Monday - August 15, 2011
Beheading of the Forerunner (Strict Fast Day)
Monday - August 29, 2011