Schedule of Services for Great and Holy Week and Pascha 2024
23 March 2024
Lazarus
Saturday
Matins, 9:00 AM,
in-person and via Zoom, followed by parish clean-up and
preparation for Great and Holy Week.
Vespers for Willow Sunday, 6:30 p.m., in-person and via Zoom. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
24
March 2024
Feast of the
Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem - Willow (Palm) Sunday Festal Divine Liturgy, Blessing of Willows and outdoor procession, 10:00 a.m., in-person
and via livestream
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25 March 2024
Great and Holy Monday - Feast of the Annunciation
Festal Matins, 8:00 a.m., in-person and via Zoom Festal Divine Liturgy, 7:30 p.m. in-person and via livestream ___________________________________________________________
26 March 2024
Great and Holy Tuesday
Bridegroom Matins, 7:30 p.m., in-person
and via livestream followed by an opportunity for Confession
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27 March 2024
Great and Holy Wednesday
Vespers and Divine
Liturgy commemorating the Institution of the Eucharist, Blessing of Oil, & Mystery of Holy Anointing, 7:30 p.m. in-person
and via livestream
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28 March 2024 Great and Holy Thursday Office of the Redeeming Passion of Christ and chanting of the Passion Gospels,
7:30 p.m., in-person and via livestream
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29 March 2024 Great and Holy Friday (a Strict Fast Day) Royal Hours of the
Crucifixion, 12:00 Noon, in-person and via livestream
Vespers, outdoor Procession & Veneration of the Plashchanitsa (Burial Shroud), 7:30 p.m., in-person and via livestream
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30 March 2024
Great and Holy
Saturday
Matins with Lamentations at the Tomb, 9:00 a.m. in-person and via livestream
Pascha - the Feast of Feasts - The Resurrection
of the Lord
Readings from the Acts of the Apostles, 8:00 p.m. Nocturnes, outdoor Procession, Paschal
Matins, Festal Divine Liturgy, Blessing of the Artos and Pascha Baskets, 9:00 p.m.in-person and via livestream. followed by breaking of the Fast on the patio.
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31 March 2024
Holy Pascha
Please Note: There will be no additional "Russian" service today. However, Saint Paul
Melkite Greek Catholic Community will celebrate the Resurrection with the Hajne, outdoor Procession, Paschal Matins, and Festal
Divine Liturgy at 10:00 a.m. today.
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1 April 2024
Bright Monday
Paschal
Matins, 8:00 a.m., in-person and via Zoom.
Paschal Divine Liturgy,
outdoor Procession, and Chanting of the Four Gospels of the Resurrection at the four corners of the Church, 7:30 p.m., in-person and via livestream
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