Fall/Winter schedule: Begins September 9, 2012
9:00  a.m. Orthros
9:30  a.m. Adult Education: Topic: Christian Life & Salvation.
10:00 a.m. Divine & Holy Liturgy, Church School follows Holy Eucharist (Church School begins Sept 23rd)

 Summer Schedule: Begins on Sunday May 26th, 2013.

9:30 a.m. Divine & Holy Liturgy. No Coffee Hour during the Month of June.

GREAT HOLY WEEK 2013

April 27,   Lazarus Saturday 9:30 Confession, 10:00a.m. Liturgy, Breakfast Follows

April 28,   Sunday of the Palms  9am Orthros, 9:50 Blessing of  Palms, 10am Liturgy, Philoptochos Fish Dinner follows. 6pm Orthros of the Bridegroom.

April 29,   Holy Monday, 6pm Orthros of the Bridegroom

April 30, Holy Tuesday, 6pm Orthros of the Bridegroom

May    1, Holy Wednesday, 6pm Mystery of the Holy Anointing

May    2, Holy Thursday, 9:30am Liturgy of St. Basil, 6pm The Holy Passion & procession with the Great Cross

May    3, Holy Friday, 9am Decorate the Tomb, 3pm Vespers of the Removal of Christ from the Cross, 6pm The Great Lamentations at the Tomb of Christ

May 4/5 , Holy Saturday 9:30am The Mystical Liturgy of St. Basil with the sprinkling of the petals, 10:30pm The Holy Office, The Holy Light & Procession, the Orthros Canon and the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom,  Parish Lamb Dinner  Follows(Bring your own wine etc..)

May  5, Holy Pascha (Easter)

LENTEN LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

GREAT LENT BEGINS Monday March 18

Saturday of the Souls: The deceased are remembered at a special Liturgical Service called "Saturday of the Souls", "Psychosavato".  As Orthodox Christians it is our sacred duty to remember and pray for the souls, both known and unknown to us.  Parishioners are reminded to offer small dishes of "Kollyva" to the Church and to submit a list of names as well as an offering for the repose of the souls to the Priest.

Saturday, March 9th,  10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy & Memorial Prayers.

Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts:  The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts offer Communion of the Holy Gifts (Eucharist) consecrated at the Holy Liturgy the previous Sunday.  It is an opportunity for each of us to receive the life sustaining Christ during the difficult days of the Great and Holy Fast.

Wednesdays,  March 20,  27,  April 3, 10, 17 & 24 , 6:00 p.m. Presanctified Liturgy (Light soup/salad dinner follows)

Akathist Hymn in Honor of the Virgin Mary.  On the first five fridays of Great Lent the small compline service and the Akathist Hymn honor the Theotokos (Birthgiver of God).  The compline is a worship service with prayers and psalms.  The Akathist Hymn, one of the most beautiful and beloved hymns of the Orthodox people, is an ecclesiastical poem about the Annunciation of the Holy Virgin and the Nativity of Jesus Christ.  The Orthodox faithful stand during the hymns (unless sick or aged), the word Akathist means not seated.  Each stanza begins with a letter of the Greek alphabet.  Each Akathist concludes with the singing of the "Ti Ipermacho" (The invisible Commander) by all the people present.  The hymn  about the Theotokos, the protector of Constantinople, was composed in the seventh century A.D.  After she appeared in Constantinople during the siege by the Persians.  The enemies of Orthodox Christianity fled after their fleet was sunk, and the grateful Orthodox stayed up all night in Church composing this hymn in Her honor.

6:00 p.m. on the following  days. Friday  March 29, April 5, 12 & 19. 

If you would like to decorate the Icon of the Holy Mother for the health of, or in memory of a loved one, please see Father Joseph.

Friday, March 29,  Pope Eaton

Friday, April 5, M/M Soc Pappajohn

Friday, April 12, Jane Reynolds & Kelli Sheehy

Friday, April 19, Gary & Bonnie Kavars