Category: Holy Week
Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday 2022
Saturday, 4/16, Holy and Great Saturday
9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy
4:00 p.m. Blessing of Easter Foods
6:00 p.m. Blessing of Easter Foods
7:00 p.m. Prayers at the Tomb
Sunday, 4/17, Holy and Great Resurrection of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
9:00 a.m. Procession and Paschal (Easter) Matins —Blessing of Arts (bread)
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish —Anointing
Blessing of Easter Foods following the Divine Liturgy in the church hall.
Holy Week Schedule 2022
Glory to Jesus Christ!
Wednesday, 4/13, Holy Priest Martyr Artemon
9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Thursday, 4/14, Holy and Great Thursday
7:00 p.m. Matins with the Passion Gospels
Friday, 4/15, Holy and Great Friday
4:00 p.m. Vespers and Veneration of the Holy Shroud
Saturday, 4/16, Holy and Great Saturday
9:00 Divine Liturgy
4:00 p.m. Blessing of Easter Foods
6:00 p.m. Blessing of Easter Foods
7:00 p.m. Prayers at the Tomb
Sunday, 4/17, Holy and Great Resurrection of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
9:00 a.m. Procession and Paschal (Easter) Matins —Blessing of Arts (bread)
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish —Anointing
Blessing of Easter Foods following the Divine Liturgy in the church hall.
Epistle: Acts 1:1-8
Gospel: John 1:1-17, Tone 1
Divine Liturgy for the coming week
Glory to Jesus Christ!
Sunday, 4/10, Pussywillow (Flowering) Sunday — Blessing of Pussywillows and anointing
8:45 a.m. Lytija and blessing of Bread
9:00 a.m. +Menya Stacken requested by Judy Ellis —Parish mission preached
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish
Epistle: Philippians 4:4-9
Gospel: John 12:1-18, Tone 5
Monday, 4/11, Holy Priest Martyr Antipas
9:00 a.m. God’s blessing and health for Maria Wysowskyj requested by the Sestretsi
Tuesday, 4/12, Our Venerable Father Basil
9:00 a.m. +Candace Brezicki
Wednesday, 4/13, Holy Priest Martyr Artemon
9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Thursday, 4/14, Holy and Great Thursday
7:00 p.m. Matins with the Passion Gospels
Friday, 4/15, Holy and Great Friday
4:00 p.m. Vespers and Veneration of the Holy Shroud
Saturday, 4/16, Holy and Great Saturday
9:00 Divine Liturgy
4:00 p.m. Blessing of Easter Foods
6:00 p.m. Blessing of Easter Foods
7:00 p.m. Prayers at the Tomb
Sunday, 4/17, Holy and Great Resurrection of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
9:00 a.m. Procession and Paschal (Easter) Matins —Blessing of Arts (bread)
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish —Anointing
Blessing of Easter Foods following the Divine Liturgy in the church hall
Epistle: Acts 1:1-8
Gospel: John 1:1-17, Tone 1
From Desolation to Rebirth: Holy and Great Week 2021
Join us for prayer, personal and communal
Thursday, 4/01, Holy and Great Thursday
9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great
6:00 p.m. Matins with the Passion Gospels
Friday, 4/2, Holy and Great Friday —Strict Fast and Abstinence—NO meat or dairy
2:00 p.m. Vespers and Veneration of the Holy Shroud
Saturday, 4/03, Holy and Great Saturday
9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy of St Basil the Great
4:00 p.m. Blessing of Easter Foods
5:00 p.m. Blessing of Easter Foods
6:00 p.m. Prayers at the Tomb
Sunday, 4/04, Resurrection of Our Lord
9:00 a.m. Procession and Paschal Matins
10:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy —Blessing of Artos and Anointing, followed by the Blessing of Easter Foods
GREAT AND HOLY FRIDAY
St. Gregory Palamas on the Atonement…
“Man was led into his captivity when he experienced God’s wrath, this wrath being the good God’s just abandonment of man. God had to be reconciled with the human race, for otherwise mankind could not be set free from the servitude. A sacrifice was needed to reconcile the Father on high with us and to sanctify us, since we had been soiled by fellowship with the evil one. There had to be a sacrifice which both cleansed and was clean, and a purified and sinless priest” (Christopher Veniamin, trans. Saint Gregory Palamas: The Homilies (Waymart, PA: Mount Thabor Publishing, 2009) p. 124).
“Christ overturned the devil through suffering and His flesh which He offered as a sacrifice to God the Father, as a pure and altogether holy victim — how great is His gift! — and reconciled God to our human race” (p.125).
“For this reason the lord patiently endured for our sake a death He was not obliged to undergo, to redeem us, who were obliged to suffer death, from servitude to the devil and death, by which I mean death both of the soul and of the body, temporary and eternal. Since He gave His blood, which was sinless and therefore guiltless, as a ransom for us who were liable to punishment because of our sins, He redeemed us from our guilt. He forgave us our sins, tore up the record of them on the Cross and delivered us from the Devil’s tyranny (cf. Col 2:14-15)”( p. 128f).”
Live stream Paschal liturgies
In addition to liveliturgy.com, which will give you abundance of options for the Divine Liturgy around the world, in various Eastern Churches and languages. This option was previously sent to you.
You can also attend the Paschal liturgies at St Michael’s in Terryville, CT … https://stmichaelsterryville.org/holy-week
Holy Wednesday – Anointing of the Sick
Most of us will not be able to participate in this rite personally this year but we can still pray. In a special way let us pray for all afflicted with the corona virus.
“… Yes, O Lord, send down your healing power from heaven, touch the body, quench the fever, ease the suffering, and drive out every lurking ailment. Be a physician to your servant/s. Raise him (her) (them) from the sick-bed, the bed of affliction, give him (her) (them) to your church whole and fully cured, well-pleasing to you and doing your will. For yours are mercy and salvation, O our God, and we give glory to you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever. Amen.
At home with Holy Week and Pascha
Here is a wonderful resource for celebrating the Holy Week and Pascha at home. The resource is curated by the nuns of Christ the Bridegroom Monastery (Ohio). It is the best thing found so far and perhaps it can aid you in this time!
Blessing of Easter Baskets 2020
Easter Baskets will be blessed on Saturday, April 11.
This blessing will be live streamed via Facebook at 4:00 PM and will also be posted on the parish website.
Parishioners will be able to sprinkle their baskets with holy water while Fr. Iura does this virtual blessing.
Those parishioners who do not have access to the internet and wish to have their baskets blessed may come to the church parking lot at 4:15 PM or 6:00 PM and Fr. Iura will bless your Easter Baskets while you remain in your vehicles.
Please do not bring your baskets into the church or the church hall.
Thank you for your understanding.