Holy Week & Bright Week Schedule

The Higher Fast of Holy Week leading us to the Feast of Feasts!

BEHOLD THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH!  
During the first service on Palm Sunday evening, the priest carries the icon of Christ the Bridegroom into the church. The icon is brought to the front of the church and remains there until Holy Thursday. The icon depicts Christ as the Bridegroom of the Church, bearing the marks of his suffering, yet preparing the way for a marriage feast in his Kingdom. He is dressed in the icon according to the mockery of the Roman guards just prior to his crucifixion.

 

      Father is available for Holy Confession after services
                  or by appointment through Wednesday

Friday - April  3
     6:00 pm Vespers
                        followed by Orthodoxy 101: movie night 

Lazarus Saturday - April  4
     9:30 am Divine Liturgy Worship Service
     11 am ~ 2 pm - Parish Maintenance Morning

Flowery Palm Sunday, The Feast of the Entrance of Our Lord into Jerusalem - April 5
     9:30 am Divine Liturgy Worship Service with Blessing of Branches (Palms and Willows)
     12-Noon Bridegroom Matins 

Holy Monday - April 6
     6:00 pm Divine Liturgy Worship Service of the Presanctified Gifts
                        followed by Lenten Meal

Holy Tuesday - April 7 - Feast of the Annunication 
     6:00 pm Vesperal Liturgy Worship Service of St. John 
                        followed by Lenten Meal

Holy Wednesday - April 8
     6:00 pm Mystery of Holy Anointing of the Sick (Sacrament of Holy Unction) 
                        followed by Lenten Meal

     *** Last opportunity for Holy Confession until after Pascha ***

Holy Thursday - April 9
     9:30 am St. Basil's Vesperal Liturgy of the Mystical Supper, the Institution of the Eucharist
     6:00 pm Matins with the 12 Passion Gospels
                        followed by setting of the Lord's Tomb

Holy and Good Friday - A Day of Strict Fasting - April 10
     9:30 am Royal Hours
                        followed by decorating the Tomb
     6:00 pm Vespers and outdoor Burial Procession with the Holy Shroud (Plaščanitsa)
                        followed by Reading of the Psalter (Book of Psalms) until 10:00 pm

Holy Saturday - A Day of Strict Fasting - April 11
     8:00 am Reading of the Psalter
     9:30 am Vesperal Liturgy Worship Service of the Resurrection, the Harrowing of Hades
                        followed by changing from dark to light

PASCHA, the Feast of Feasts, The Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ - April 12
     9:00 am Resurrection Matins and Paschal Divine Liturgy Worship Service
                        Blessing of Paschal Baskets
                        Paschal Pot-luck Meal and Children's Candy Hunt

Bright Monday - April 13
     9:30 am Paschal Divine Liturgy Worship Service with Gospel Procession

Bright Wednesday - April 15
     6:00 pm Akathist to the Holy Resurrection of Christ
                        followed by Parish Council Meeting

Bright Friday - April 17
     9:30 am Paschal Divine Liturgy Worship Service
                        followed by Bright Week Bacon Breakfast

Thomas Sunday - April 19
     9:30 am Divine Liturgy Worship Service
                        Breaking of the Artos
                        Monthly Memorial Service (Panachida)