On Saturday 19 October and Sunday 20 October we had services for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost and in honour of Saint Jonah, bishop of Hankou, Manchuria (+1925).  All-night Vigil was served on Saturday evening and the Hours and Divine Liturgy were served on Sunday morning.  At both services the parish rector served alone.   At Divine Liturgy prayers were offered for Orthodox unity, peace in Ukraine, and peace in the Holy Land, and many people received Holy Communion.  In his sermon the parish rector spoke about the life of Saint Jonah of Hankou and how the difficulty of Saint Jonah's life as a child did not turn him to bitterness and resentment, but rather to love and kindness towards others.