Third Sunday of Pascha
Third Sunday of Pascha: The Myrrh-bearing Women. Tone two. Mark 16:9-20 (3rd Matins Gospel). Acts 6:1-7. Mark 15:43-16:8. St. Hieromartyr Simeon, bishop in Persia. In the Gospels, women play a central role as eyewitness...
Monthly Archive: April 2017
St. Thomas Sunday: Church Slava
Second Sunday of Pascha: Antipascha, St. Thomas Sunday: Church Slava. Matthew 28:16-20 (1st Matins Gospel). Acts 5:12-20. John 20:19-31 Martyrs Terence, Pompeius, Africanus, Maximus, Zeno, Alexander, Theodore, and 33 others, beheaded at Carthage (250)....
The Bright Resurrection of Christ
The Bright Resurrection of Christ, The Pascha of the Lord. Acts 1:1-8. John 1:1-17. On the Great and Holy Feast of Pascha, Orthodox Christians celebrate the life-giving Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus...
Schedule of Services for the Holy and Bright Week 2017
Schedule of Services for the Holy and Bright Week 2017 Friday, Apr. 7, 2017- Annunciation- Divine Liturgy at 10 AM Saturday, Apr. 8, 2017- Lazarus Saturday (Vrbica) – Divine Liturgy at 10 AM Sunday,...
The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem
Sixth Sunday of the Great Lent. Matthew 21:1-11, 15-17 (Matins Gospel). Philippians 4:4-9. John 12:1-18. The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem. The Orthodox celebrate Palm Sunday with joy, but with the realization that...
Fifth Sunday of the Great Lent
Fifth Sunday of the Great Lent. Tone eight. John 20:11-18 (8th Matins Gospel). Hebrews 9:11-14 & Galatians 3:23-29. Mark 10:32-45 & Luke 7:36-50. Venerable Mary of Egypt. The Holy Fathers who were slain at...
