SAINT JOHN'S  
in the Village
SAINT JOHN'S
in the Village

Guide to services & events at Saint John's Church

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Schedule of regular services


Sunday Services

(October - May)

7.45 AM  Mattins
8.00 AM  Holy Eucharist
10.30 AM Choral Eucharist
4.00 PM  Evensong  
plainsong  (third Sunday, choral)

(Summer: Pentecost II, May 23 - Michaelmas Eve,28 September)

10.00 AM Holy Eucharist


Weekday Services

(October - May)
Monday - Friday: Mattins 7.45 AM & Evensong 5.45 PM

(throughout the year unless otherwise noted)
Prayer Book Holy Days: 8.00 AM
Feasts of Our Lord and Major Festivals: 6.30 PM Choral Eucharist


RECONCILIATION OF PENITENTS

Michaelmas Eve (28 September), 5.00 - 6.00 PM
Christmas Eve (24 December), 5.00 - 6.00 PM
Shrove Tuesday (8 February), 6.00 - 7.00 PM
Spy Wednesday (23 March), 7.45 - 8.15 PM
Pentecost Eve (14 May), 6.00 - 7.00 PM

and at other times by appointment

Exceptions to regular services

None anticipated.

Kalendar

PDF booklet: Kalendar September 2007 Indicates pdf files   (108K)
PDF booklet: Kalendar October 2007 Indicates pdf files   (328K)
PDF booklet: Kalendar November 2007 Indicates pdf files   (4.4mb)
PDF booklet: Kalendar December 2007 Indicates pdf files   (3.8mb)
PDF booklet: Kalendar January 2008 Indicates pdf files   (2.0mb)

Why we spell Kalendar with a "K"

In case you are wondering why we are spelling calendar with a "k" it is because this is the ecclesiastical version.

The word calendar comes from the Late Latin "kalendrium" which in turn comes from the Latin "kalends/calends" meaning the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar.

The first of the month - the kalends - was the time that payments of interest were normally due and "kalendrium" was the name given to an account book used to record the details of such transactions.

It is as a result of this connection that "kalendar/calendar" came to refer to the orderly arrangement of time as we now know it but the established church retained the older "k" spelling to distinguish their kalendar from an ordinary list of events.

In other words, a kalendar is simply a church calendar!