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2022 Great Lent, Holy Week, Pascha Schedule

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March 6th (Forgiveness Sunday)

  • 8 AM – Matins
  • 9 AM – Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
  • 5 PM – Forgiveness Sunday Vespers

March 7th

  • 6 PM – Great Compline

March 8th

  • 6 PM – Great Compline

March 9th 

  • 8:30 AM – Matins
  • 6 PM – Presanctified Liturgy

March 10th

  • 6 PM – Great Compline

March 11th

  • No Matins
  • 6 PM – Small Compline with Akathist to the Theotokos

March 12th

  • 5 PM – Great Vespers

March 13th (Sunday Of Orthodoxy)

  • 8 AM – Matins
  • 9 AM – Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
  • 10:30 AM – Lenten Bake Sale
  • 4 PM – Lehigh Valley Pan-Orthodox Lenten Service at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church
    • Sponsored by the Lehigh Valley Orthodox Clergy Brotherhood

March 14th

  • 6 PM – Great Compline

March 16th

  • 8:30 AM – Matins
  • 6 PM – Presanctified Liturgy

March 18th

  • 8:30 AM – Matins
  • 6 PM – Akathist to the Theotokos

March 20th

  • 8 AM – Matins
  • 9 AM – Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
  • 4 PM – Lehigh Valley Pan-Orthodox Lenten Service at St. Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church
    • Sponsored by the Lehigh Valley Orthodox Clergy Brotherhood

March 21st

  • 5 PM – Great Compline
  • 7 PM – Movie Night: Man of God at Movie Tavern Trexlertown

March 23rd

  • 8:30 AM – Matins
  • 6 PM – Presanctified Liturgy

March 24th

  • 6 PM – Great Vespers

March 25th (Annunciation of the Virgin Mary)

  • 8 AM – Matins
  • 9 AM – Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
  • 6 PM – Small Compline with Akathist to the Theotokos

March 26th

  • 5 PM – Great Vespers

March 27th

  • 8 AM – Matins
  • 9 AM – Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
  • 4 PM – Lehigh Valley Pan-Orthodox Lenten Service at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church
    • Sponsored by the Lehigh Valley Orthodox Clergy Brotherhood

March 28th

  • 6 PM – Great Compline

March 30th

  • 8:30 AM – Matins
  • 6 PM – Presanctified Liturgy

April 1st (Mary of Egypt)

  • 8:30 AM – Matins
  • 6 PM – Small Compline with Akathist to the Theotokos

April 2nd

  • 5 PM – Great Vespers

April 3rd

  • 8 AM – Matins
  • 9 AM – Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
  • 4 PM – Lehigh Valley Pan-Orthodox Lenten Service at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral
    • Sponsored by the Lehigh Valley Orthodox Clergy Brotherhood

April 4th

  • 6 PM – Great Compline

April 6th

  • 8:30 AM – Matins
  • 6 PM – Presanctified Liturgy

April 7th

  • 6 PM – Little Compline with Canon of St. Andrew

April 8th

  • 8:30 AM – Matins
  • 6 PM – Small Compline with Akathist to the Theotokos

April 10th

  • 8 AM – Matins
  • 9 AM – Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
  • 10:30 AM – Delizioso Italian Lenten Lunch
  • 4 PM – Lehigh Valley Pan-Orthodox Lenten Service at Assumption of the Virgin Mary Orthodox Church
    • Sponsored by the Lehigh Valley Orthodox Clergy Brotherhood

April 11th

  • 6 PM – Great Compline

April 13th

  • 8:30 AM – Matins
  • 6 PM – Presanctified Liturgy

April 15th

  • 8:30 AM – Matins
  • 6 PM – Small Compline with Canon of Lazarus

April 16th (Lazarus Saturday)

  • 8 AM – Matins
  • 9 AM – Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
  • 5 PM – Great Vespers

April 17th (Palm Sunday)

  • 8 AM – Matins
  • 9 AM – Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
  • 5 PM – Bridegroom Service

April 18th (Holy Monday)

  • TBD – Presanctified Liturgy
  • 6 PM – Bridegroom Service

April 19th (Holy Tuesday)

  • TBD – Presanctified Liturgy
  • 6 PM – Bridegroom Service

April 20th (Holy Wednesday)

  • 9 AM – Presanctified Liturgy
  • 6 PM – Holy Unction Service

April 21st (Holy Thursday)

  • 9 AM – Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
  • 6 PM – Twelve Passion Gospels

April 22nd (Holy Friday)

  • 9 AM – Royal Hours
  • 3 PM – Unnailing Service
    • Lenten Potluck  after church service
  • 6 PM – Lamentations Service
    • Teen Soyo Vigil after church service

April 23rd (Holy Saturday)

  • 9 AM – Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
    • Baptism & Chrismation of Catechumens into the Orthodox Church
  • 10:30 PM – Rush, Matins, & Paschal Liturgy
  • 1:30 AM – Paschal Feast

April 24th (Pascha)

  • 11 AM – Agape Vespers
    • Easter Egg Hunt follows after church service

Christmas 2019 and Theophany 2020 Schedule

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December 25 is the feast of the Nativity According to the Flesh of our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ! We will celebrate the feast at the following services:

Tuesday, Dec. 24 – Christmas Eve
8am Royal Hours of the Nativity
9:30am Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Wednesday, Dec. 25 – Christmas
8am – Festal Matins
9am – Festal Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

Notes on the Feast
Although the Festal Divine Liturgy is what most of us think of as the “primary” service for this feast, it is the other services that really contain the wealth of our Holy Church’s teaching about the Nativity of our Lord and its significance. If you have never attended these other services, please take the opportunity to do so this year. They are among the most beautiful services of the festal cycle.

If you would like to read more about this great feast, click here.

The Outdoor Water Blessing for Theophany at Little Lehigh Creek in Emmaus
The Outdoor Water Blessing for Theophany at Little Lehigh Creek in Emmaus

Theophany is the feast of the Baptism of Jesus Christ, when He began His public ministry by being baptized by St. John the Forerunner (John the Baptist) in the Jordan River. This act not only introduced Him to the world, but also made Christian baptism possible (by His blessing of the waters) and made plain the three Persons of the Holy Trinity—the Father speaking from the heavens, the Son being baptized and the Holy Spirit descending on the Son in the form of a dove. Theophany means “the appearance of God” and refers to this revelation of the Holy Trinity.

As part of the celebrations of this great feast—which is second in rank only to Pascha (Easter) and thus more important than Christmas!—holy water is blessed for use throughout the year, especially for the blessing of all parishioners’ homes.

Following is the schedule of services for Theophany 2020:

Friday, Jan. 3
8:30am – Royal Hours of Theophany

Sunday, Jan. 5 – Paramon (Eve) of Theophany
8am – Matins of the Eve of Theophany
9am – Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom with the Great Blessing of Water (bring your holy water bottles!)
12pm- Outdoor Blessing of Water at the Emmaus Wildlands Conservancy (3701 Orchid Pl., Emmaus, PA 18049)
5pm – Great Vespers for Theophany (with Litia and Artoklasia)

Please note that the eve of Holy Theophany (January 5) is appointed to be kept as a strict fast day—no meat, poultry, fish with backbones, dairy, wine or oil are to be consumed.

Monday, Jan. 6 – The Feast of Theophany
8am – Festal Matins for Theophany
9am – Festal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great for Theophany with the Great Blessing of Water (bring your holy water bottles!)

To read more about Holy Theophany, click here.

June 10-11: Pilgrimage Feast of the Axion Estin Icon of Emmaus

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St. Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church and the Lehigh Valley Orthodox Clergy Brotherhood invite you to join them in pilgrimage on June 10-11, 2019!

The Axion Estin Icon of the Mother of God is an ancient, wonder-working icon on the Holy Mountain of Athos. A copy of this icon was painted in 2018 and enshrined in St. Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church of Emmaus, PA, to serve as a place of veneration for all faithful Christians. The feast day of the icon as celebrated in the Orthodox Church is on June 11.

This pilgrimage celebration is sponsored by the Lehigh Valley Orthodox Clergy Brotherhood.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

MONDAY, JUNE 10: 6pm Great Vespers & Litia, with Anointing of Pilgrims

The service will be followed by a potluck meal (bring a dish to share!) and a presentation on Pilgrimage by Fr. Theodore Petrides.

TUESDAY, JUNE 11: 8am Matins, 9am Divine Liturgy

Copies of the Axion Estin Icon of Emmaus will be for sale in the parish bookstore.

MORE ABOUT THE AXION ESTIN OF EMMAUS:

This icon, enshrined at St. Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, is modeled on the original Axion Estin (“It Is Truly Meet”) icon of Mount Athos (feast day, June 11).

It was in AD 982 before the Athonite icon that the expanded version of the hymn “More honorable than the cherubim…” was first sung by the Archangel Gabriel, who added the prelude “It is truly meet to call thee blessed, O Theotokos, ever-blessed and all-blameless and the Mother of our God,” and inscribed the hymn miraculously with his finger on a slate tile. The hymn has been sung ever since in the Divine Liturgy of the Orthodox Church.

The original Axion Estin icon is kept in the apse of the Protaton Church in Karyes on Mount Athos. The Axion Estin of Emmaus was painted by iconographer Protodeacon Paul Drozdowski (Paul Drozdowski Icons) in 2018. It features the main inscription in four languages: Greek (next to the head of the Virgin), Church Slavonic and Arabic (at top), and English (at bottom).

The six saints who surround the Theotokos and the Lord Jesus are the Holy Hierarchs of America: (top) Tikhon of Moscow and Raphael of Brooklyn, (middle) Innocent of Moscow and Mardarije of Libertyville, (bottom) John of San Francisco and Nikolaj of Žiča. All served in America, and several of them spent time in Pennsylvania.

Holy Week & Pascha 2019 Schedule

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Friday, Apr. 19:
8:30am Lenten Matins
6:30pm Small Compline with the Canon of Lazarus

Lazarus Saturday, Apr. 20:
8:15am Lazarus Saturday Matins
9am Divine Liturgy
5pm Palm Sunday Great Vespers (with Litia & Artoklasia)

Palm Sunday, Apr. 21:
8am Palm Sunday Matins
9am Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom for Palm Sunday (with outdoor procession)
6:30pm Bridegroom Matins

Holy Monday, Apr. 22:
8:30am Presanctified Liturgy
6:30pm Bridegroom Matins

Holy Tuesday, Apr. 23:
8:30am Presanctified Liturgy
6:30pm Bridegroom Matins (with the Hymn of Kassiani)

Holy Wednesday, Apr. 24:
8:30am Presanctified Liturgy
3:30pm Holy Thursday Matins
6:30pm Holy Unction

Holy Thursday, Apr. 25:
8:30am Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil (commemorating the Mystical Supper (“Last Supper”))
6:30pm 12 Gospels Matins

Holy Friday, Apr. 26:
8:30am Royal Hours
4pm Vespers of Unnailing (Lenten potluck follows)
6:30pm Lamentations Matins (with outdoor procession; Vigil follows)

Holy Saturday, Apr. 27:
10am Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil (The Harrowing of Hell)
10:30pm Rush Service, Matins and Divine Liturgy of Holy Pascha (Easter) (with outdoor procession)
(Following the Divine Liturgy will be the Paschal Feast)

Pascha Sunday, Apr. 28:
11am Agape Vespers (Easter Egg Hunt follows)

Bright Wednesday, May 1:
8:30am Bright Week Matins
9:30am Bright Week Liturgy
6:30pm Bright Week Vespers

Bright Friday, May 3:
8:30am Bright Week Matins

Christmas 2018 & Theophany 2019 Schedule

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December 25 is the feast of the Nativity According to the Flesh of our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ! We will celebrate the feast at the following services:

Monday, Dec. 24 – Christmas Eve
8am Royal Hours of the Nativity
9:30am Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Tuesday, Dec. 25 – Christmas
8am – Festal Matins
9am – Festal Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

Notes on the Feast
Although the Festal Divine Liturgy is what most of us think of as the “primary” service for this feast, it is the other services that really contain the wealth of our Holy Church’s teaching about the Nativity of our Lord and its significance. If you have never attended these other services, please take the opportunity to do so this year. They are among the most beautiful services of the festal cycle.

If you would like to read more about this great feast, click here.

The Outdoor Water Blessing for Theophany at Little Lehigh Creek in Emmaus
The Outdoor Water Blessing for Theophany at Little Lehigh Creek in Emmaus

Theophany is the feast of the Baptism of Jesus Christ, when He began His public ministry by being baptized by St. John the Forerunner (John the Baptist) in the Jordan River. This act not only introduced Him to the world, but also made Christian baptism possible (by His blessing of the waters) and made plain the three Persons of the Holy Trinity—the Father speaking from the heavens, the Son being baptized and the Holy Spirit descending on the Son in the form of a dove. Theophany means “the appearance of God” and refers to this revelation of the Holy Trinity.

As part of the celebrations of this great feast—which is second in rank only to Pascha (Easter) and thus more important than Christmas!—holy water is blessed for use throughout the year, especially for the blessing of all parishioners’ homes.

Following is the schedule of services for Theophany 2019:

Friday, Jan. 4
8:30am – Royal Hours of Theophany

Saturday, Jan. 5 – Paramon (Eve) of Theophany
8am – Matins of the Eve of Theophany
9am – Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom with the Great Blessing of Water (bring your holy water bottles!)
5pm – Great Vespers for Theophany (with Litia and Artoklasia)

Please note that the eve of Holy Theophany (January 5) is appointed to be kept as a strict fast day—no meat, poultry, fish with backbones, dairy, wine or oil are to be consumed.

Sunday, Jan. 6 – The Feast of Theophany
8am – Festal Matins for Theophany
9am – Festal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great for Theophany
12pm – Outdoor Blessing of Water at the Emmaus Wildlands Conservancy (3701 Orchid Pl., Emmaus, PA 18049)

To read more about Holy Theophany, click here.

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Planting the Seeds of Orthodoxy,
Cultivating Christian Community

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Emmaus, PA 18049

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