Saturday Vespers
5:00 PM
Sunday Liturgies
9:00AM Orthros
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
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The Reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 9:11-14
BRETHREN, when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the Holy Place, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
The Reading is from Mark 10:32-45
At that time, Jesus taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him, saying, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles; and they will mock him, and spit upon him, and scourge him, and kill him; and after three days he will rise." And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him, and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." And he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory." But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" And they said to him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared." And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant of James and John. And Jesus called them to him and said to them, "You know that those who are supposed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
The memory of this Saint is celebrated on April 1, where her life is recorded. Since the end of the holy Forty Days is drawing nigh, it has been appointed for this day also, so that if we think it hard to practice a little abstinence forty days, we might be roused by the heroism of her who fasted in the wilderness forty-seven years; and also that the great loving-kindness of God, and His readiness to receive the repentant, might be demonstrated in very deed.
Little is known of this Saint except that he took up the monastic life from his youth, became the abbot of a monastery, and reposed in peace.
Saint Joseph was from Sicily, the son of Plotinus and Agatha. Because Sicily had been subjugated by the Moslems, he departed thence and, passing from place to place, came with Saint Gregory of Decapolis (see NOV. 20) to Constantinople, where he endured bitter afflictions because of his pious zeal. Travelling to Rome, he was captured by Arab pirates and taken to Crete, whence he later returned to Constantinople. He became an excellent hymnographer and reposed in holiness shortly after 886 (according to some, it was in 883). The melismatic canons of the Menaion are primarily the work of this Joseph; they bear his name in the acrostic of the Ninth Ode. He also composed most of the sacred book known as the Paracletike, which complements the Octoechos For this reason, Joseph is called par excellence the Hymnographer.
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Mary of Egypt
9:00AM Morning Prayers (Orthros)
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
6:00PM Penitential Vespers
6:30PM Evening Compline
Office Closed
3:00PM St. Gregory's Particular Night God's Extended Hand Ministry
5:45PM 9th Hour
6:30PM Presantified Liturgy with Lenten Potluck
9:00AM Presanctified Liturgy
6:30PM Compline for St. Lazarus
Lazarus Saturday
9:00AM Matins and Divine Liturgy
11:00AM Pancake Breakfast, Palm Crosses and Kids Confessions
5:00PM Great Vespers
Palm Sunday
9:00AM Morning Prayers (Orthros)
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
11:30AM Palm Sunday Fish Luncheon
4:00PM 9th Hour and Vespers
6:00PM Bridegroom Matins
Holy Monday
9:00AM Presanctified Liturgy
6:30PM Bridegroom Matins
Holy Tuesday
9:00AM Presanctified Liturgy
6:30PM Bridegroom Matins
Holy Wednesday
9:00AM Presanctified Liturgy
3:00PM FINAL Bridegroom Matins
6:30PM Holy Unction
Holy Thursday
9:00AM Vesperal Liturgy of the Mystical Supper
6:30PM 12 Passion Gospels Matins
Holy Friday
9:00AM Royal Hours
10:00AM Decorating our Lord's Tomb
3:00PM Removal from the Cross Vespers
6:30PM Lamentations
9:00PM All-Night Vigil at the Tomb (Psalm Readers!)
Holy Saturday
9:00AM Vesperal Liturgy of the Myrrh Bearing Women
11:00PM Vigil of Pascha
12:00AM THE Resurrection Liturgy
PASCHA!!!
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
12:00PM Agape Service
4:00PM Paschal Compline at the end of the Festal Meal
Renewal Monday
Renewal Tuesday
Office Closed
Renewal Wednesday
9:00AM Bright Matins and Liturgy
3:00PM FOCUS God's Extended Hand Ministry
Renewal Thursday
6:30PM Orthodoxy 101 - Prayer and Bible Study = Vespers for the Life-giving Font
Renewal Friday
9:00AM Bright Matins and Liturgy for the Life-giving Font
5:00PM Great Vespers
6:00PM Paschal Celebration Dance at St. Anthony's
St. Thomas Sunday
9:00AM Morning Prayers (Orthros)
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
6:00PM Vespers for St. Mark the Apostle
6:30PM Parish Council Meeting
Office Closed
9:00AM Matins and Liturgy for St. Mark
3:00PM Clergy-Laity Retreat
3:00PM FOCUS God's Extended Hand Ministry
3:00PM Clergy Retreat
5:00PM Great Vespers
Myrrh-Bearers
9:00AM Morning Prayers (Orthros)
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
12:00PM Philoptochos Meeting