Holy Week Schedule

March 27, 2015

by Br. Jonah

Holy Week Schedule 2015
"Behold the Bridegroom comes in the middle of the night."

Great and Holy Week is the week from the conclusion of Great Lent on the Saturday of Lazarus to the celebration of Pascha.

Great & Holy Week is the period in which the Church services commemorates Christ's last week before His Crucifixion and Resurrection, His Passion. This week the Matins services for the upcoming day are celebrated the evening before and Vespers earlier in the day. This anticipation of the Church's services gives the faithful a sense that the world is in travail, upside-down, because of the passion our Lord endured for our salvation.

Lazarus Saturday
(April 4^th)

7:00 AM Jesus Prayer, Matins & First Hour
10:10 AM Third & Sixth Hours
10:30 AM The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
4:50 PM Ninth Hour & Vespers

Palm Sunday
(April 5^th)

7:00 AM Jesus Prayer, Matins & First Hour
10:10 AM Third & Sixth Hours
10:30 AM The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
4:50 PM Ninth Hour & Vespers
8:00 PM Bridegroom Matins & First Hour

Great and Holy Monday and Tuesday
(April 6^th & 7^th)

7:00 AM Third Hour with Gospel
11:00 AM Sixth Hour with Gospel
3:00 PM Ninth Hour with Gospel & Typika
4:30 PM The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
8:00 PM Bridegroom Matins & First Hour

Great and Holy Wednesday
(April 8^th)

7:00 AM Third Hour with Gospel
11:00 PM Sixth Hour with Gospel
3:00 PM Ninth Hour with Gospel & Typika
4:30 PM The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
7:00 PM The Office of Holy Anointing

Great and Holy Thursday
(April 9th)

7:00 AM Bridegroom Matins & First Hour
11:30 AM Hours and Typika
12:00 PM Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
7:00 PM Matins for Great and Holy Friday & The Twelve Passion Gospels

Great and Holy Friday
(April 10^th)

8:00 AM Royal Hours
3:00 PM Vespers of Great and Holy Friday
7:00 PM Matins of Great and Holy Saturday with the Lamentations

Great and Holy Saturday
(April 11^th)

9:00 AM Hours and Typika
11:00 AM Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
8:00 PM Reading of the Acts of the Apostles

Holy Pascha, the Feast of Feasts (April 12^th)

On Saturday Night
11:00 PM: Nocturns
11:15 PM: Matins of Holy Pascha and Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

Breakfast after the Divine Liturgy!

On Sunday Morning
6:00 PM: Vespers of Pascha (“Agape” Vespers)

There will be no Divine Liturgy on Sunday Morning.