HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE OF SERVICES
(5 - 11 April 2015)
6th Sunday of Great Lent PALM SUNDAY (Entrance of Our Lord into Jerusalem) Sunday 10:00am - Festal Divine Liturgy (Blessing of Palms) 5th 5:00pm - Bridegroom Matins
BEGINNING OF HOLY WEEK Monday GREAT AND HOLY MONDAY
9:00am - Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
6th 7:00pm - Bridegroom Matins
GREAT AND HOLY TUESDAY Tuesday 9:00am - Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
7th 7:00pm - Bridegroom Matins
GREAT AND HOLY WEDNESDAY Wednesday 9:00am - Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
8th 7:00pm - Holy Unction
GREAT AND HOLY THURSDAY Thursday 9:00am - Vesper Liturgy of St. Basil the Great (Commemoration of the Institution of the Eucharist)
9th 7:00pm - Matins with the Twelve Passion Gospels
GREAT, HOLY AND GOOD FRIDAY (Strict Fast Day)
9:00am - Royal Hours Friday 3:00pm - Vespers: Christ’s Descent from the Cross (Placing of the Winding-Sheet in the Tomb) 10th 7:00pm - Matins / Lamentations: Burial of Our Lord (Procession with the Winding-Sheet)
GREAT AND HOLY SATURDAY
Saturday 10:00am - Vesper Liturgy of St. Basil the Great (Commemoration of Christ’s Descent Into Hell)
11th 11:30pm - Nocturns
Created 13 March 15 PASCHA (Easter) SCHEDULE OF SERVICES
(12 - 18 April 2015)
CHRIST IS RISEN! INDEED HE IS RISEN! HOLY PASCHA: RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD (Beginning of the Pentecostarion)
Sunday 12:00am - Resurrection Matins
10:00am - Paschal Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 12th (Blessing of Easter Food (Baskets) following the Paschal Liturgy)
5:00pm - Paschal Vespers
BRIGHT MONDAY (Fast Free Week)
Monday 9:00am - Paschal Divine Liturgy (With Procession) 13th
BRIGHT TUESDAY (Services at Holy Transfiguration Monastery — Ellwood City, PA)
8:30am - Paschal Matins Tuesday 9:45am - Paschal Divine Liturgy 14th
BRIGHT WEDNESDAY Wednesday
15th
BRIGHT THURSDAY Thursday
16th
BRIGHT FRIDAY Friday
17th
BRIGHT SATURDAY
Saturday 6:00pm - Great Vespers
18th
Created 13 March 15