Services and Events
APRIL 2025
HOLY WEEK BRIDEGROOM SERVICES SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY, 13TH, 14TH AND 15TH OF APRIL will start at 6:30 P.M.
Holy Wednesday 16 The Sacrament of Holy Unction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Note: At this service it is customary to bring flour so that prosfora may be made from it; offerings of olive oil for the lamps of the church; and names of the living to be commemorated as the priest prays for their health & well-being.
Matins of Holy Thursday – the Mystical Supper . . . . . . . . 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Anointing will continue during the service of matins.
Holy Thursday 17 Great Vespers of Holy Friday With Divine Liturgy of St. Basil . . . . . . . 7:00 – 9:00 a.m. Holy Communion will be given until . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 a.m.
Evening: Passion Service of our Lord – Matins service of Holy Friday – aka the service of the 12 Gospel Readings. . . . . 6:30 – 10:00 p.m.
Holy Friday 18 Service of the Royal Hours . . . 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Lenten Lunch (no oil) . 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
The service of the Apokathilosis i.e. the taking down of the Corpus from the Cross. . . . .1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Following this service, it is customary to commemorate all those that have passed in the Hope of the Resurrection with a Trisagion service at the Epitaph. Evening: The service of Lamentations – Matins of Holy Saturday . . . . . . 6.30 p.m.
Procession of the Epitaph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 p.m.
Holy Saturday 19 Vespers and D. Liturgy of St. Basil (1st Resurrection Service) . . . 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. Holy Communion will be given until . . . . . . . 11.00 a.m.
Evening: PASCHAL ODES . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 p.m.
COME RECEIVE THE LIGHT! CHRIST IS RISEN! INDEED HE IS RISEN! PASCHA 20 MATINS & RESSURECTIONAL DIVINE LITURGY. . 12.00 – 2:30 a.m.
Easter Sunday Morning: Vespers “Service of Love.” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 a.m. to noon