GREAT LENT – PASSION WEEK – HOLY PASCHA OF CHRIST. Schedule for April – May 2013.

APRIL 2013
5	Friday		Matins	6:00 pm.
6	Saturday	Forefeast of Annunciation	Liturgy	10:00 am
			Vigil	6:00 pm.
7	Sunday	Sunday of the Adoration of the Holy Cross
		ANNUNCIATION OF THE MOST HOLY MOTHER OF GOD	Liturgy	10:00 am
12	Friday		Requiem Matins	6:00 pm
13	Saturday	Ancestral Saturday: Commemoration of the Reposed	Liturgy and General Pannykhida	10:00 am
			Vigil	6:00 pm
14	Sunday	Commemoration of St. John of  The Ladder	Liturgy	10:00 am
17	Wednesday	Matins with reading of the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete	Matins	6:00 pm
18	Thursday	St. Andrew’s Standing – Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts	Liturgy	6:00 pm
19	Friday	Matins with reading of the Akathist to the Most Holy Mother of God	Matins	6:00 pm
20	Saturday	LAUDATION OF THE MOST HOLY MOTHER OF GOD	Liturgy	10:00 am
			Vigil	6:00 pm
21	Sunday	Commemoration of St. Mary of Egypt	Liturgy	10:00 am
26	Friday		Matins	6:00 pm
27	Saturday	Lazarus Saturday	Liturgy	10:00 am
			Vigil	6:00 pm
28	Sunday	ENTRANCE OF OUR LORD INTO JERUSALEM: PALM SUNDAY	Liturgy	10:00 am
MAY, 2013
1	Wednesday		Matins	6:00 pm
2	Thursday	GREAT THURSDAY
		Hours and Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil the Great		10:00 am
		Matins with reading of 12 Gospels	Matins	6:00 pm
3	Friday	HOLY AND GREAT FRIDAY
		Royal Hours		8:30 am
		Vespers with bringing out of the Holy Shroud		2:00 pm
		Matins of Great Saturday		6:00 pm
4	Saturday	GREAT SATURDAY
		Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil the Great		10:00 am
		Midnight Office		11:20 pm
5	Sunday	THE BRIGHT RESURRECTION OF CHRIST: THE HOLY PASCHA OF THE LORD
		Procession of the Cross, Paschal Matins and Divine Liturgy		12:00 am midnight
		Blessing of Paschal Kulich baskets after Liturgy.
		Paschal Vespers and Matins		5:00 pm
6	Monday	BRIGHT MONDAY: SECOND DAY OF HOLY PASCHA
		ST. GEORGE THE GREAT-MARTYR AND VICTORY-BEARER	Liturgy	10:00 am