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Weekly Update for the Sixth Week of Great and Holy Lent

Week of April 22 - April 28, 2024

Palm Sunday - Christ's Entry Into Jerusalem
 
The Sixth Week of Great and Holy Lent
Monday, April 22, Great Compline 6 PM
Wednesday, April 24, Akathist to the Theotokos:  The Nurturer of Children 10 AM, The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts 6 PM
Thursday, April 25, The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts for the Feast of St. Mark the Evangelist 6 PM
Friday, April 26, The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts 10 AM, Little Compline with the Canon of the Raising of Lazarus the Righteous 7 PM
 
HOLY WEEK
 Lazarus Saturday - Saturday, April 27, Orthros 9 AM, Divine Liturgy for the Raising of Lazarus the Righteous 10 AM, followed by brunch, palm cross and candle making in the church hall, Great Vespers with Litya/Artoklasia for the Feast of Palm Sunday 5 PM
 

Palm Sunday - Sunday, April 28, - The Entrance of our Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, Orthros 8:40 AM, Divine Liturgy 10 AM followed by the Procession with the Palms, Bridegroom Orthros 5 PM

Holy Monday, April 29, The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts 10 AM, Bridegroom Orthros 6 PM
Holy Tuesday, April 30, The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts 10 AM, Bridegroom Orthros 6 PM
Holy Wednesday, May 1, The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts 10 AM, Holy Unction 6 PM
Holy Thursday, May 2, The Vesperal Liturgy of the Last Supper 10 AM, Rite of the Washing of the Feet 6 PM, Orthros of Passion Gospels 6:30 PM
Holy Friday, May 3, Royal Hours 9 AM, followed by decorating the Tomb of Christ, Great Vespers of the Unnailing of Christ from the Cross 3 PM, Orthros of the Lamentations at Christ's Tomb 7 PM, followed by the procession with the Tomb
Holy Saturday, May 4, Vesperal Liturgy - First Liturgy of the Resurrection 9 AM
 
Pascha Sunday, May 5
THE VIGIL OF GREAT AND HOLY PASCHA BEGINS AT 10 PM on Saturday night, May 4, followed by a Paschal Pot-Luck in the church hall
The Agape Vespers and the Reading of the Holy Gospel in Many Languages 12 PM
 
Bright Week
Bright Monday, May 6, Paschal Matins 8:30 AM, Paschal Divine Liturgy for the Feast of St. George 10 AM
 
Bright Tuesday, May 7, Paschal Divine Liturgy for St. John the Theologian 6 PM

 

Fasting This Week

This week we continue the Great Lenten Fast.  Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday we keep a strict fast, abstaining from meat (beef, chicken, pork, etc), dairy (cheese, milk, butter), eggs, fish (fish with backbones; shellfish is always permitted), olive oil and wine (some say all alcoholic beverages).  Thursday (the feast day of St. Mark) and Saturday there is an allowance for olive oil and wine.  On Palm Sunday there is an allowance for fish, wine and olive oil.  Have a blessed and spiritually joyous and fruitful fast!

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Maggie Shawah was one of the founders of our church, as a teacher herself, she valued education for all. The mission of this scholarship fund is to assist with the higher educational costs of our youth.

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