The Lenten Prayer of The 2014 Lenten St. Ephraim the Syrian Journey Bright Week

Each weekday of the Fast, this prayer Lazarus Saturday should be part of our daily rule of 4/11: , 6:30pm Holy prayer and done with prostrations: 4/12: , 9:30am Activities for School children and Orthodox O Lord and Master of my life, do not preparation of palms and willows. Church permit me the spirit of laziness, Palm Sunday despair, lust of power, and idle talk. 4/13: Great , 5pm (make a prostration.) 4/13: Matins and blessing of Palms & Willows, 9:15am Divine Liturgy with children-led , 10am But give, rather, the spirit of chastity, humility, patience and love to Your Holy Week servant. 4/13: Bridegroom Matins, 7pm followed by Holy Week (make a prostration.) Walk-through 4/14: Presanctified Liturgy, 9:30am O Lord and King, grant me to see my Bridegroom Matins, 7pm own transgressions and not to judge 4/15: Presanctified Liturgy, 9:30am my brother, for blessed are You unto Bridegroom Matins, 7pm ages of ages. Amen. 4/16: Presanctified Liturgy, 9:30am (make a prostration) Holy Unction, 5pm (Then read the prayer in its entirety Matins, 7:30pm and finish with a prostration) 4/17: Vesperal Liturgy and footwashing, 4pm Matins with 12 Passion Gospels, 7:30pm 4/18: Royal Hours, 9:30am Decorate tomb, 11am Vespers, 4pm The Prayer Matins with Procession, 7:30pm Reading of the at the tomb 10pm-10am 4/19: Vesperal Liturgy with 15 Say this prayer throughout the Readings, 10am  Pray more day:  Eat less Holy Pascha/Bright Week  Be quiet O Lord, Jesus , Son of God, 4/19: Reading of the Acts of the Apostles, 9pm have mercy on me a sinner. Nocturns, Paschal Matins, Liturgy, 11:30pm  Listen Blessing of baskets & Festal meal  Give more 4/20: Agape Vespers, 1:30pm  Confess Picnic  Read Scripture 4/21: Paschal Liturgy, 9:30am Festal Breakfast  Worship 4/23: Paschal Liturgy (St. George) Akathist to the Resurrection, 6:30pm 4/25: Paschal Liturgy www.holy-trinity-church.org

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church Overland Park, KS 913.681.6948 The 2014 Lenten Journey March 3-April 20

Worship Missions (International, Domestic, Local, Read 1st Week of Great Parish) As we have done in the past, it is encouraged to 3/2: Pizza & Ice Cream, 4pm read from the every day of the Fast.  Our Lenten Theme this year will be “Missions.”

Forgiveness Vespers, 5pm  Each Sunday of the Fast we will focus on a par- Confess 3/3: Retreat @ Holy Trinity, 10am ticular Mission that will also include the Social Canon of St. Andrew, 6:30pm Hour Confessions will be heard on Tuesday evenings from 6pm to 8pm by Fr. Tim on these dates: 3/4: Canon of St. Andrew, 6:30pm  March 2: OCMC 3/11, 3/18, 3/25, 4/1, 4/8 3/5: Presanctified/Pot-luck, 6:30pm  March 9: Project Mexico Canon of St. Andrew, 9pm  March 16: Mission to Indonesia Confessions will be heard on Saturday after- 3/6: Canon of St. Andrew, 6:30pm  March 23: Reconciliation Services noons from 3:30pm to 5pm by Fr. Chris on these 3/7: Presanctified, 9:30am  March 30: Kansas City Deanery Missions (St. dates: 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 4/5 James—Northland, Lawrence, Joplin, Rolla) Akathist to the , 6:30pm  April 6: IOCC Homebuild to Oklahoma City Confessions are heard one hour before 3/8: Confessions, 3:30pm  April 13: The Ministries of Holy Trinity Church Presanctified Liturgies: Wednesdays at 5:30pm, Vespers, 5pm Fridays at 8:30am

Pan Orthodox Vespers Confessions are heard every Saturday after 3/9: St. Basil’s (Sunday of Orthodoxy) Vespers. 3/16: St. George Serbian Church 3/23: Annunciation Greek Church Confessions are heard before and after the Prayer for Missions (from the Orthodox Christian Akathist on Friday evenings. 3/30: St. Dionysios Greek Church Mission Center)

4/6: St. Mary of Egypt Church If none of those times work for you , set up an All Services begin at 5:00pm God of truth and love: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, appointment with Fr. Tim or Fr. Chris. Hear our prayer for those who do not know You. Presanctified Liturgy will be served each That they come to a saving knowledge of the Please come to Confession before Holy Week! Wednesday of the Fast at 6:30pm followed truth, and that Your Name may be praised among all by a Lenten Pot-luck meal. (3/5, 3/12, 3/19, peoples of the world. Sustain, inspire, and enlighten From the Sayings of the Desert Fathers: Your servants who bring them . Bring 3/26, 4/2, 4/9) ‘Better a man who has sinned, if he knows that fresh vigor to wavering faith; sustain our faith when he has sinned and repents, than a man who has it is still fragile. Continually renew missionary zeal not sinned and thinks of himself as righteous.’ Presanctified Liturgy will be served each in ourselves and in the Church, and raise up new Friday morning of the Fast at 9:30am. (3/7, missionaries who will follow You to the ends of the

3/14, 3/21, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11) world. Make us witnesses to Your goodness full of love, full of strength, and full of faith for Your glory “Our starting point is always wrong. Instead of begin- and the salvation of the entire world. Through the ning with ourselves, we always want to change others The Akathist to the Theotokos will be served prayers of all the missionary saints, Have mercy on first and ourselves last. If everyone would begin first each Friday of the Fast at 6:30pm. (3/7, 3/14, us and save us. Amen. with themselves, then there would be peace all 3/21, 3/28, 4/4) around! St. John Chrysostom said that no one can harm the man who does not injure himself --- not even **Add this prayer to your daily prayers from the devil. You see, we are the sole architects of our March 2-April 20** future. “ Elder Thaddeus of Serbia