The Themes of Holy Week
- 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 - A sacramental anointing for the healing of the soul and body. (Being a sacrament, it is only for Orthodox Christians.)
- 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. Our Lord is then placed 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 women and girls) sprinkle rose water upon the tomb. 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 assault upon Hades - death itself. There are 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 late evening begins with readings from the Acts of the Apostles and leads into Nocturnes - the midnight service where all the lights are put out. Guided by candle light, we then process around the Church three times, pausing at the front closed front doors which represent the gates of Hades. We “break” them down and joyfully proclaim, Christ is Risen! Matins & Divine Liturgy begin.
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Holy Week begins! See the full schedule on the bulletin or on this web page. Separate printouts are also available in the Narthex. Don’t forget about Agape Vespers and the festal potluck on Pascha Sunday afternoon at 3:00 p.m.
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Adult Bible Study classes are now in recess. Please join us when classes resume on Thursday, May 16th at 7:00 p.m. in our Fellowship Hall. We will begin at Luke 16:1.
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| Date | Matins | Epistle | |
| May 5 | ††† PASCHA ††† | Bergwall | |
| May 12 | Altschul | Wales | |
| May 19 | Burns | Lewis | |
| Date | Coffee Hour | Service Duty | Church Cleaners |
| Apr 28 |
Riley / Hojnicki / Roberts / Flynn / Reed |
Telep / Baldychev | S. Peck |
| May 5 |
PASCHA - Potluck |
Bunitsky / Morjana | D. Peck / Long Sisters / Crozier |
| May 12 |
Men Host: Mother's Day Potluck |
Riley / Riley | Baldychev / Shatley‑Sylvest |
| May 19 |
Long Sisters / Hill / Stoyanova / Kiflemariam |
Najemy / Stultz | Bunitsky / Davis / Koehler |
| Date | Servers |
| May 5 | ††† PASCHA ††† |
| May 12 | DiDonato / Crozier/ Dorsey |
| May 19 | DiDonato / Burns / Dautev |
| May 26 | DiDonato / Davis / Jones |
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This Week's Schedule
Sunday, April 28th
Palm Sunday
Bridegroom Matins
at 6:00 p.m.
Monday, April 29th
Holy Monday
9th Hour & Typika
at 8:45 a.m.
Presanctified Liturgy
at 9:00 a.m.
†††
Bridegroom Matins
with Archbishop MARK
at 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 30th
Holy Tuesday
9th Hour & Typika
at 8:45 a.m.
Presanctified Liturgy
with Archbishop MARK
at 9:00 a.m.
†††
Bridegroom Matins
at 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 1st
Holy Wednesday
9th Hour & Typika
at 8:45 a.m.
Presanctified Liturgy
at 9:00 a.m.
†††
Holy Unction
at 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 2nd
Holy Thursday
9th Hour & Typika
at 8:45 a.m.
Vesperal Divine Liturgy
of St. Basil
at 9:00 a.m.
†††
Matins with Reading of
the 12 Passion Gospels
at 6:00 p.m.
Friday, May 3rd
Holy Friday
Royal Hours
at 9:30 a.m.
†††
Burial Vespers
at 3:00 p.m.
†††
Lamentations and Procession
at 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 4th
Holy Saturday
9th Hour & Typika
8:45 a.m.
Vesperal Divine Liturgy
The Harrowing of Hades
at 9:00 a.m.
†††
Reading from the
Acts of the Apostles
at 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 4th
into Sunday, May 5th
Nocturnes, Procession, Matins,
Paschal Divine Liturgy
at 11:00 p.m.
followed by
Fellowship
Sunday, May 5th
† PASCHA †
Agape Vespers & Potluck
at 3:00 p.m.
