LITURGICAL SCHEDULE FOR LAZARUS through , PASCHA & 2020

Lazarus Saturday (4/11) –

Thomas Sunday (4/26) (New Sunday)

St. John the Evangelist Orthodox 916 S. 52nd St, Tempe, AZ 85281 www.stjohnaz.org

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All the divine services are closed to the public but will be livestreamed via: https://go.stjohnaz.org/facebooklive https://go.stjohnaz.org/youtubelive

• , April 11 -­‐‑ Saturday of the Holy and Righteous Lazarus o 10:00 am: Liturgy of St.

o 5:00 pm: Festal Vigil

Blessing of palms takes place after at . After veneration of the Gospel and anointing with holy oil, faithful hold palms and candles for the rest of Vigil.

• , April 12th – The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem o 10:00 am: of St. John Chrysostom o 5:00 pm: Bridegroom Matins (Matins of , sung in anticipation)

• Great and Holy Monday, April 13th o 6:00 pm: Bridegroom Matins (Matins of , sung in anticipation)

• Great and Holy Tuesday, April 14th o 6:00 pm: Bridegroom Matins (Matins of , sung in anticipation)

• Great and Holy Wednesday, April 15th o 6:00 pm: Bridegroom Matins (Matins of Holy Thursday, sung in anticipation)

• Great and Holy Thursday, April 16th o 10:00 am: Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil the Great o 6:00 pm: The Office of the Holy Passion (Matins of Holy Friday, sung in anticipation) This is the service in which the 12 Gospels of the Passion are read.

• Great and Holy Friday, April 17th st rd th th o 10:00 am: Royal Hours (1 , 3 , 6 , and 9 Hour) o 4:00 pm: with the Rite of Entombment (Deposition) with the shroud (plashchanitsa in Slavonic; epitaphion in Greek) from the to the tomb takes place at the end of Vespers. o 6:00 pm: Matins (Matins of , sung in anticipation)

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• Great and Holy Saturday, April 18th o 10:00 am: Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

During the Vesperal Liturgy, 15 readings are read. Clergy and sacred covers are changed from black/purple to white/gold after the epistle reading.

o 11:00 pm: Reading of the Act of the Apostles o 11:30 pm: Nocturnes The Shroud is removed from tomb and placed on the altar during the Nocturnes. 12AM: Procession (Inside Church)

Procession inside the Church takes place after the of Nocturnes.

• Great and Holy Sunday of Pascha, April 19th o Immediately after Procession, Paschal Matins and Paschal Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

o 12:00 pm: Paschal Vespers

• Bright Monday, April 20th

• Bright Tuesday, April 21st

• Bright Wednesday, April 22nd o 6pm: Pascha Daily Vespers

• Bright Thursday, April 23rd

• Bright Friday, April 24th

• Bright Saturday, April 25th o 5pm: Great Vespers

• Sunday of Anti-Pascha; Thomas Sunday, New Sunday, April 26th o 10:00 am: Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

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