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Great Lent, Holy Week & Pascha Schedule

February 20, 2018 By St. Paul Emmaus

During the Holy season of Great Lent, Holy Week and Pascha (February 18 – April 8), St. Paul’s will be celebrating services according to the following schedule (access our full Google calendar here):

First week of Lent: FEBRUARY 18 – 25

Sunday: 5pm Forgiveness Vespers

Monday: 6:30pm Great Compline with Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

Tuesday: 6:30pm Great Compline with Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

Wednesday: 8:30am Lenten Matins, 6:30pm Presanctified Liturgy (followed by Lenten potluck)

Thursday: 6:30pm Great Compline with Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

Friday: 8:30am Lenten Matins, 6:30pm Small Compline with the Akathist to the Theotokos

Saturday: 8am Matins, 9am Divine Liturgy (commemorating St. Theodore and the Miracle of the Koliva), 5pm Great Vespers

Sunday: 8am Matins, 9am Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great (with procession of icons), 4pm Vespers for Sunday of Orthodoxy (at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church (OCA), Bethlehem)

Second – Fourth weeks of Lent: FEBRUARY 26 – MARCH 18

Monday: 6:30pm Great Compline

Wednesday: 8:30am Lenten Matins, 6:30pm Presanctified Liturgy (followed by Lenten potluck)

Friday: 8:30am Lenten Matins, 6:30pm Small Compline with the Akathist to the Theotokos

Saturday: 5pm Great Vespers

Sunday: 8am Matins, 9am Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great, (MAR. 18 ONLY: 4pm Pan-Orthodox Vespers)

Fifth week of Lent: MARCH 19 – 25

Monday: 6:30pm Great Compline

Wednesday: 8:30am Presanctified Liturgy; 6pm Small Compline with full Great Canon & Life of St. Mary of Egypt

Thursday: 6:30pm Presanctified Liturgy

Friday: 8:30am Lenten Matins, 6:30pm Small Compline with the Full Akathist to the Theotokos

Saturday: 5pm Great Vespers

Sunday: 8am Matins, 9am Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Sixth week of Lent: MARCH 26 – 30

Monday: 6:30pm Great Compline

Wednesday: 8:30am Lenten Matins, 6:30pm Presanctified Liturgy (followed by Lenten potluck)

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

Lazarus Saturday (MAR. 31), Palm Sunday (APR. 1) and Holy Week (APR. 1 – 8)

Saturday: 8:15am Lazarus Saturday Matins, 9am Divine Liturgy, 5pm Great Vespers

Sunday: 8am Matins, 9am Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom for Palm Sunday, 6:30pm Bridegroom Matins

Monday: 8:30am Presanctified Liturgy, 6:30pm Bridegroom Matins

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

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

Thursday: 8:30am Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil, 6:30pm 12 Gospels Matins

Friday: 8:30am Royal Hours, 4pm Vespers of Unnailing (followed by Lenten potluck), 6:30pm Lamentations Matins

Saturday: 10am Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil, 10:30pm Rush Service, Matins and Divine Liturgy of Holy Pascha (followed by Paschal potluck feast)

Sunday: 11am Agape Vespers (followed by Easter Egg Hunt)

Great Lent, Holy Week & Pascha Schedule 2016

March 11, 2016 By St. Paul Emmaus

During the Holy season of Great Lent, Holy Week and Pascha (March 14 – May 1), St. Paul’s will be celebrating services according to the following schedule (access our full Google calendar here):

First week of Lent: MARCH 14 – MARCH 20

Sunday: 5pm Forgiveness Vespers

Monday: 6:30pm Great Compline with Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

Tuesday: 6:30pm Great Compline with Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

Wednesday: 8:30am Lenten Matins, 6:30pm Presanctified Liturgy (followed by Lenten potluck)

Thursday: 6:30pm Great Compline with Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

Friday: 8:30am Lenten Matins, 6:30pm Small Compline with the Akathist to the Theotokos

Saturday: 8am Matins, 9am Divine Liturgy (commemorating St. Theodore and the Miracle of the Koliva), 5pm Great Vespers

Sunday: 8am Matins, 9am Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great (with procession of icons), 4pm Vespers for Sunday of Orthodoxy (at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Bethlehem)

Second – Fourth weeks of Lent: MARCH 21 – APRIL 10

Monday: 6:30pm Great Compline

Wednesday: 8:30am Lenten Matins, 6:30pm Presanctified Liturgy (followed by Lenten potluck)

Thursday (Mar. 24 ONLY): 6:30pm Great Vespers for the Annunciation

Friday: 8:30am Lenten Matins (On Mar. 25 ONLY: 8am Matins, 9am Divine Liturgy for the Annunciation), 6:30pm Small Compline with the Akathist to the Theotokos

Saturday: 9am Soul Saturday Liturgy (on April 9 ONLY), 5pm Great Vespers

Sunday: 8am Matins, 9am Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Fifth week of Lent: APRIL 11 – 17

Monday: 6:30pm Great Compline

Wednesday: 8:30am Presanctified Liturgy; 6pm Small Compline with full Great Canon & Life of St. Mary of Egypt

Thursday: 6:30pm Presanctified Liturgy

Friday: 8:30am Lenten Matins, 6:30pm Small Compline with the Full Akathist to the Theotokos

Saturday: 5pm Great Vespers

Sunday: 8am Matins, 9am Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Sixth week of Lent: APRIL 18 – 22

Monday: 6:30pm Great Compline

Wednesday: 8:30am Lenten Matins, 6:30pm Presanctified Liturgy (followed by Lenten potluck)

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

Lazarus Saturday (APR. 23), Palm Sunday (APR. 24) and Holy Week (APR. 25 – MAY 1)

Saturday: 8:15am Lazarus Saturday Matins, 9am Divine Liturgy, 5pm Great Vespers

Sunday: 8am Matins, 9am Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom for Palm Sunday, 6:30pm Bridegroom Matins

Monday: 8:30am Presanctified Liturgy, 6:30pm Bridegroom Matins

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

Wednesday: 8:30am Presanctified Liturgy, 6:30pm Holy Unction

Thursday: 8:30am Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil, 6:30pm 12 Gospels Matins

Friday: 8:30am Royal Hours, 4pm Vespers of Unnailing (followed by Lenten potluck), 6:30pm Lamentations Matins

Saturday: 10am Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil, 10:30pm Rush Service, Matins and Divine Liturgy of Holy Pascha (followed by Paschal potluck feast)

Sunday: 11am Agape Vespers (followed by Easter Egg Hunt)

St. Paul’s Pastor Preaches Lenten Evangelism Series in 2015 (UPDATED with links)

February 25, 2015 By St. Paul Emmaus

From the Antiochian Archdiocese:

Starting with the first Sunday of the Triodion, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick has been releasing weekly installments of a 10-part sermon series on evangelism and the Lenten Triodion. The meditations are available in audio form through his Roads from Emmaus podcast, or as posts on the blog of the same name.

Father Andrew, who serves in the Antiochian Archdiocese, says in his introduction, “For the next ten weeks, from today through Palm Sunday, we will be discussing evangelism. Each Sunday of the Triodion has a different theme to it, usually based in the Gospel reading, and all of them have something to say about sharing the good news of Jesus Christ to the world. The Gospel is like a great jewel with many facets, each sparkling with its own light, and each drawing us into the depths of the beauty of this most precious gift. So from now until Palm Sunday, we will be looking at different facets of this gem of evangelism.”

The pastor of St. Paul Orthodox Church of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, Fr. Andrew is the author of Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy and An Introduction to God (available at Ancient Faith Publishing). He is also the host of the Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy and Roads from Emmaus podcasts, both hosted on Ancient Faith Radio.

Read the text and listen to the recordings of the Lenten evangelism sermons here:

Great Lent, Holy Week and Pascha 2015 Schedule

February 25, 2015 By St. Paul Emmaus

During the Holy season of Great Lent, Holy Week and Pascha (Feb. 23 – Apr. 12), St. Paul’s will be celebrating services according to the following schedule (access our full Google calendar here):

First week of Lent: FEBRUARY 22 – MARCH 1

Sunday: 5pm Forgiveness Vespers

Monday: 6:30pm Great Compline with Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

Tuesday: 6:30pm Great Compline with Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

Wednesday: 8:30am Lenten Matins, 6:30pm Presanctified Liturgy (followed by Lenten potluck)

Thursday: 6:30pm Great Compline with Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

Friday: 8:30am Lenten Matins, 6:30pm Small Compline with the Akathist to the Theotokos

Saturday: 9:15am Matins, 10am Divine Liturgy (commemorating St. Theodore and the Miracle of the Koliva), 5pm Great Vespers

Sunday: 8am Matins, 9am Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great (with procession of icons), 6pm Vespers for Sunday of Orthodoxy (at St. George Church, Allentown)

Second – Fourth weeks of Lent: MARCH 2 – 22

Monday: 6:30pm Great Compline (Presanctified Liturgy instead on March 9 ONLY)

Wednesday: 8:30am Lenten Matins, 6:30pm Presanctified Liturgy (followed by Lenten potluck)

Friday: 8:30am Lenten Matins, 6:30pm Small Compline with the Akathist to the Theotokos

Saturday: 10am Soul Saturday Liturgy (on March 14 ONLY), 5pm Great Vespers

Sunday: 8am Matins, 9am Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Fifth week of Lent: MARCH 23 – 29

Monday: 3pm Vespers with 24 Stichera of Repentance, 6pm Small Compline with full Great Canon & Life of St. Mary of Egypt

Tuesday: 6:30pm Great Vespers for Annunciation

Wednesday: 6:30pm Vesperal Liturgy for Annunciation (Lenten potluck: fish, wine & oil permitted)

Friday: 8:30am Lenten Matins, 6:30pm Small Compline with the Full Akathist to the Theotokos

Saturday: 5pm Great Vespers

Sunday: 8am Matins, 9am Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Sixth week of Lent: MARCH 30 – APRIL 3

Monday: 6:30pm Great Compline

Wednesday: 8:30am Lenten Matins, 6:30pm Presanctified Liturgy (followed by Lenten potluck)

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

Lazarus Saturday (APR. 4), Palm Sunday (APR. 5) and Holy Week (APR. 5 – 12)

Saturday: 9:15am Lazarus Saturday Matins, 10am Divine Liturgy, 5pm Great Vespers

Sunday: 8am Matins, 9am Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom for Palm Sunday, 6:30pm Bridegroom Matins

Monday: 8:30am Presanctified Liturgy, 6:30pm Bridegroom Matins

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

Wednesday: 8:30am Presanctified Liturgy, 6:30pm Holy Unction

Thursday: 8:30am Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil, 6:30pm 12 Gospels Matins

Friday: 8:30am Royal Hours, 4pm Vespers of Unnailing (followed by Lenten potluck), 6:30pm Lamentations Matins

Saturday: 10am Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil, 10:30pm Rush Service, Matins and Divine Liturgy of Holy Pascha

Sunday: 11am Agape Vespers (followed by Easter Egg Hunt)

Great Lent 2014 Schedule

February 18, 2014 By St. Paul Emmaus

During the Holy season of Great Lent (Mar. 3 – Apr. 11), St. Paul’s will be celebrating services according to the following weekly schedule:

Sunday: 8am Matins, 9am Divine Liturgy

Monday: 8:30am Lenten Matins (Mar. 3: 6:30pm Great Compline with the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete; Mar. 24: 6:30pm Vesperal Liturgy for the Annunciation)

Tuesday, Mar. 4: 6:30pm Great Compline with the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

Wednesday: 8:30am Lenten Matins, 6:30pm Presanctified Liturgy (followed by Lenten potluck)

Thursday, Mar. 6: 6:30pm Great Compline with the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

Friday: 8:30am Lenten Matins, 6:30pm Small Compline with the Akathist (Chairetismoi/Madayeh) (On Apr. 11, with the Canon of Lazarus)

Saturday: 6pm Great Vespers

Great Lent, Holy Week & Pascha Schedule

Great Lent, Holy Week & Pascha Schedule 2016

St. Paul’s Pastor Preaches Lenten Evangelism Series in 2015 (UPDATED with links)

Great Lent, Holy Week and Pascha 2015 Schedule

Great Lent 2014 Schedule

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