April 2024
Wednesday, April 3: Presanctified Liturgy, followed by an agape meal, 7:00 PM
Thursday, April 4: Panikhida (Memorial Service) for +Bob Skirkanich, 6:00 PM
Weekend of April 6 – 7 (Sunday of the Cross)
Saturday: “The Life of the World to Come”
retreat by Fr. Alex Garklavs at St. Nicholas in Whitestone, 10:00 AM
Great Vespers & confessions; 7:00 PM
Sunday: Divine Liturgy, 9:30 AM
Wednesday, April 10: Presanctified Liturgy, 7:00 PM
Weekend of April 13 – 14 (Sunday of St. John of the Ladder)
Saturday: Sisterhood’s Egg-Decorating
(Pysanky) Workshop, 11:00 AM in the parish hall.
Great Vespers & confessions; 7:00 PM
Sunday: Divine Liturgy, 9:30 AM;
Wednesday, April 17: Presanctified Liturgy, 7:00 PM
Weekend of April 20 – 21 (Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt)
Saturday: Great Vespers & confessions; 7:00 PM
Sunday: Divine Liturgy, 9:30 AM; Parish Council meeting
Wednesday, April 24: Presanctified Liturgy
(final one of 2024) followed by an agape meal, 7:00 PM
Weekend of April 27 – 28 (Entrance into Jerusalem)
Lazarus Saturday:
Festal Divine Liturgy, 9:30 AM,
followed by an agape, palm-assembly, cleaning, confessions.
Festal Vigil & blessing of palms; 7:00 PM
Palm Sunday:
Festal Divine Liturgy, 9:30 AM & procession with palms; followed by Coffee HourBridegroom Matins of Holy Monday, 12:15 PM
Great & Holy Monday – Apr. 29
Bridegroom Matins of Holy Tuesday, 7:00 PM
Great & Holy Tuesday – April 30
Bridegroom Matins of Holy Wednesday, 7:00 PM
May 2024
Great & Holy Wednesday – May 1
Sacrament of Holy Unction, 7:00 PM
Great & Holy Thursday – May 2
Vesperal Liturgy of the Mystical Supper, 9:30 AM
Bridegroom Matins of Holy Friday (the Passion Gospels) 7:00 PM
Great & Holy Friday – May 3
Royal Hours, 9:30 AM
Great Vespers & veneration of the winding-sheet, 2:00 PM
Bridegroom Matins of Holy Saturday,
with a procession and veneration of the winding-sheet, 7:00 PM
Great & Holy Saturday – May 4
Vesperal Liturgy of Holy Saturday, 9:30 AM,
with a solemn agape of bread and wine
Nocturnes, 11:30 PM
THE FEASTS OF FEASTS, HOLY PASCHA – May 5
Paschal Vigil – Midnight, followed by the blessing of baskets & festive agape
Paschal Vespers – Noon
Bright Monday – May 6
Paschal Liturgy, 9:30 AM, followed by a festive agape
Weekend of May 11 – 12 (Sunday of St. Thomas)
Saturday: Great Vespers; 7:00 PM
Sunday: Divine Liturgy, 9:30 AM, followed by Coffee Hour
Weekend of May 18 – 19 (Sunday of the Myrrhbearers)
Saturday: Great Vespers; 7:00 PM
Sunday: Divine Liturgy, 9:30 AM, followed by Coffee Hour
Weekend of May 25 – 26 (Sunday of the Paralytic)
Saturday: Great Vespers; 7:00 PM
Sunday: Divine Liturgy, 9:30 AM, followed by Coffee Hour
a Great Feast of Christ or the Theotokos
(one of the Twelve Great Feasts, and other feasts of Christ)
a “Vigil-rank” feast for a saint
(a major celebration for which Vespers & Matins are combined)
a “Polyelei-rank” feast for a saint
(a celebration at which the ‘Many Mercies’ is sung during Matins)
The symbols above denote the ‘rank’ of the feast being celebrated, as used in the Typikons (the books containing liturgical instructions for the year) of the Orthodox Churches.