Services & Events for March through Holy Unction, Great Lent 2024
03/02 – Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil
03/03 – Sunday 9:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy – the Sunday of the Prodigal Son
03/07 - Thursday 7-9 PM Choir Rehearsal
03/08 - Friday 7:00 PM Memorial Service for All the Faithful Departed
03/09 – Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil
03/10– Sunday 9:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy – Meatfare Sunday - Sunday of the Dread Judgment -
the last day before the Great Fast on which we may eat meat
03/11 - 7:00 PM Parish Council Meeting via Zoom
03/14- Thursday 7-9 PM Choir Rehearsal
03/16 – Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil
03/17 - Sunday 9:40 AM Hours and Divine Liturgy - Forgiveness Sunday
03/17 – Sunday 6:30 PM Forgiveness Vespers - The faithful gather to bow to one another asking forgiveness and to consecrate the Great Fast which begins Monday 3/18 and continues until Holy Week
03/18-3/21 – Monday-Thursday 6:30 PM Great Compline with the Reading of a portion of the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete - a brief choir rehearsal after the service
03/22 – Friday 6:30 PM Matins & 1st Hour
03/23 – Saturday 8:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy - Holy Great Martyr Theodore the Recruit
03/23 – Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil
03/24 – Sunday 9:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy of St. Basil – The First Sunday of Great Lent – the Sunday of Orthodoxy – Immediately following Liturgy will be the Moleben for the Conversion of Those in Error
03/27 - Wednesday 9:40 AM Hours, Vespers & Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts
03/28 - Thursday 7-9 PM Choir Rehearsal
03/30 - Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil
03/31 - Sunday 9:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy of St. Basil – the 2nd Sunday of Great Lent - St. Gregory Palamas
04/03 - Wednesday 9:40 AM Hours, Vespers & Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts
04/04 - Thursday 7-9 PM Choir Rehearsal
04/06 – Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil
04/07 – Sunday 9:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy of St. Basil - the 3rd Sunday of Great Lent - the Veneration of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross - the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos - 1 of the 12 great feasts of the Church
04/10 – Wednesday 9:40 AM Hours, Vespers & Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts
04/11 - Thursday 7-9 PM Choir Rehearsal
04/13 – Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil
04/14 – Sunday 9:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy of St. Basil – the 4th Sunday of Great Lent - St. John of the Ladder
04/17 - Wednesday 6:00 PM Matins with the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete and the Reading of the Life of St. Mary of Egypt
04/18 - Thursday 7-9 PM Choir Rehearsal
04/19 - Friday 6:30 PM Matins with the Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos
04/2o – Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil
04/21 – Sunday 9:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy of St. Basil – the 5th Sunday of Lent - St. Mary of Egypt
04/24 - Wednesday 6:30 PM Holy Unction for the Parish– The great mystery (sacrament) of Holy Unction is the Orthodox healing service – It is for baptized Orthodox Christians for general healing and to cleanse forgotten sins. The service of Holy Unction is not a substitute for confession
04/25 - Thursday 7-9 PM Choir Rehearsal
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