• Bridegroom Matins - served Sunday through Tuesday evening as a reminder to be prepared; to be watchful for the Bridegroom’s (Our Lord’s) coming, for none of us know our day and hour of repose.
• Pre-Sanctified Liturgy of Holy Tuesday - A reminder of the Final Judgment and the return of our Lord at the end of time.
• Holy Unction - The sacramental prayer of healing as well as the uniting of the sufferings of our body and soul with that of Christ.
• Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil - celebrated on Holy Thursday morning - the Last Supper and institution of the Eucharist as well as our Lord’s betrayal and arrest.
• Passion Gospel Matins - celebrated on Thursday evening - the crucifixion of our Lord as accounted for in all four Gospel accounts. After the 5th Gospel reading, the cross is processed out and placed in the middle of the Church and then the body of our Lord is placed upon it.
• Royal Hours - Recounting the Passion of our Lord through Old Testament prophetic readings, the Epistles, and the Gospel.
• Holy Friday Vespers - The burial of our Lord: the removal of the body of Christ from the cross and wrapped in a winding sheet by our children. The
placing of the burial shroud in the tomb.
• Holy Friday Matins - the Lamentations - A service of lament over our Lord’s death but also of wonder as “a tomb holds Him who holds creation in the hollow of His hand.” During this service the Myrrh Bearing Women (any of our nicely dressed women and girls) sprinkle rose water upon the tomb and toss rose petals around it. Towards the end of the service we will process with the shroud around the exterior of the Church. After the conclusion of the service, the “Tomb Watch” begins - the Psalter being read before our Lord’s tomb throughout the night.
• Holy Saturday Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil - The vesper’s portion emphasizes the “harrowing of Hades” - our Lord’s defeat of sin and death, and includes 15 Old-Testament readings prophesying our Lord’s resurrection. This service transitions us into the celebration of our Lord’s resurrection. After the Epistle Reading, while “Arise, O God, and judge the earth” is sung, the clergy and servers switch to white vestments and all the cloths in the Church are changed over to white.
• Great and Holy Pascha - the evening begins with readings from the Acts of the Apostles and formally begins at 11:30 p.m. with Nocturns.
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This Week's Schedule
Monday, March 3rd
Great Compline with the
Canon of St. Andrew of Crete
at 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 4th
Great Compline with the
Canon of St. Andrew of Crete
at 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 5th
Ninth Hour
at 8:45 a.m.
Presanctified Liturgy
at 9:00 a.m.
†††
Great Compline with the
Canon of St. Andrew of Crete
at 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 6th
Great Compline with the
Canon of St. Andrew of Crete
at 6:00 p.m.
Friday, March 7th
Ninth Hour
at 5:45 p.m.
Presanctified Liturgy & Lenten Potluck
at 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 8th
St. Theodore
Hours
at 8:40 a.m.
Divine Liturgy
at 9:00 a.m.
†††
Great Vespers
at 5:00 p.m.
followed by
Confessions
Sunday, March 9th
Sunday of Orthodoxy
Matins
at 8:00 a.m.
Divine Liturgy with Icon Procession
at 9:00 a.m.
followed by
Fellowship
†††
Mission Talk
at 3:00 p.m.
Important Dates
Tuesday, March 25th
Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos
