SingCon 2024 Calgary

Practical Information:

Date: September 19–22, 2024

Location: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church, 704 6 St NE, Calgary, Alberta T2E 3Y7, Canada

Recommended Hotel: Holiday Inn Calgary Airport, 1250 McKinnon Drive NE, Calgary, Alberta T2E 7T7
Hotel blocks/deals have been negotiated and booked at $159.00/night/room (+tax) for up to 4 people in that room, including hot breakfasts for up to 4 people staying in that room. This also includes shuttle to/from the airport and, as available, to/from the church.

Schedule: 

Thursday 19 September 2024

from 4:00 pm – Arrival and Registration

5:45 pm – Ninth Hour and Vespers 

6:30 pm – Dinner

7:30 pm – Welcome, Introductions, Singing Warm-Up, Town Hall

Friday 20 September 2024

Post-feast of the Exaltation of the Cross
🕃 Holy Great-Martyr Eustathius and those with him
🕃 Holy Martyrs and Confessors for the Faith, the Grand Prince Michael and his Nobleman Theodore, Wonderworkers of Chernihiv
Epistle: Ephesians 6:18–24; Gospel: Luke 4:22–30

8:00 am – Matins

9:30–10:45 am – Workshops: Session 1

10:45–11:15 am – Coffee Break

11:15–12:30 pm – Rehearsal 1

12:30 pm – Sixth Hour and Lunch (with networking and display tables)

1:30–2:45 pm – Workshops: Session 2  

2:45–3:15 pm – Coffee Break

3:15–5:00 pm – Rehearsal 2

5:00 pm – Ninth Hour and Vespers

6:00 pm – Dinner

7:00 pm – Public Lecture by Melita Mudri-Zubacz, “Aural Icons: Unlocking the Transformative Power of Liturgical Music,” followed by Refreshments

Saturday 21 September 2024

Leave-taking of the Feast of the Exaltation
Saturday after the Feast of the Exaltation
Holy Apostle Codratus of Magnesia
Epistle: 1 Corinthians 1:26–29; Gospel: John 8:21–30

8:00 am – Parastas

9:15–10:45 am – Rehearsal 3

10:45-11:00 am – Coffee Break

11:00 am-12:15 pm – Workshops: Session 3

12:15 pm – Lunch

1:15–2:45 pm – Workshops: Session 4

2:45–3:15 pm – Coffee Break

3:15–4:30 pm – Rehearsal 4

5:00 pm – Dinner

6:00 pm – Great Vespers and Matins, followed by Fellowship

Sunday 22 September 2024

18th Sunday after Pentecost
Tone 1, Matins Gospel 7
Epistle: 2 Corinthians 9:6–11; Gospel: Luke 5:1–11

Holy Priest-Martyr Phocas, Bishop of Sinope; Holy Prophet Jonah; Venerable Jonah the Presbyter, Father of Theophanes, Composer of Canons, and Theodore the Branded

8:45 am – Greeting and Vesting of Bishop and Hierarchal Divine Liturgy

11:00 am – Group Photo and Lunch

1:00 pm – Farewell and Departures

Updated September 9, 2024