Calendar & Daily Scriptures
Lives of the Saints & Daily Scripture
Lives of the saints and daily scripture readings are provided
by the Orthodox Church in America.
Calendar of Events
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | |||
1Small Paraklesis to the TheotokosSmall Paraklesis to the Theotokos
| 2Choir PracticeChoir PracticeTime: 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Great Vespers & ConfessionGreat Vespers & ConfessionTime: 6:00 pm Great Vespers followed by Confession | ||||||||
| 3Divine LiturgyDivine LiturgyTime: 10:00 am Sunday Morning Liturgy | 4 | 5 | 6Presanctified LiturgyPresanctified LiturgyTime: 6:00 pm | 7Presanctified Liturgy - St Tikhon of MoscowPresanctified Liturgy - St Tikhon of MoscowTime: 6:00 pm Repose of Saint Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow, Enlightener of North America
| 8Presanctified LiturgyPresanctified Liturgy | 9Choir PracticeChoir PracticeTime: 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Great Vespers & ConfessionGreat Vespers & ConfessionTime: 6:00 pm Great Vespers followed by Confession | |||
| 10Divine LiturgyDivine LiturgyTime: 10:00 am Sunday Morning Liturgy | 11 | 12 | 13Presanctified LiturgyPresanctified LiturgyTime: 6:00 pm | 14 | 15Presanctified LiturgyPresanctified Liturgy
Change church colorsChange church colorsTime: 9:00 am Change church colors from purple to Green, prepare black vestments for Holy Week. | 16Lazarus Saturday LiturgyLazarus Saturday LiturgyTime: 9:00 am The Raising of Lazarus (Lazarus Saturday)Divine Liturgy followed by pre-Paschal church cleanup. Church cleanup dayChurch cleanup dayTime: 11:45 am Choir PracticeChoir PracticeTime: 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Great Vespers & ConfessionGreat Vespers & ConfessionTime: 6:00 pm Great Vespers followed by Confession | |||
| 17Divine LiturgyDivine LiturgyTime: 10:00 am Sunday Morning Liturgy Bridegroom MatinsBridegroom MatinsTime: 5:00 pm | 18Bridegroom MatinsBridegroom MatinsTime: 6:30 pm | 19Bridegroom MatinsBridegroom MatinsTime: 6:30 pm | 20ConfessionConfessionTime: 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Bridegroom Matins with Holy UnctionBridegroom Matins with Holy UnctionTime: 6:30 pm | 21Vesperal Liturgy followed by ConfessionsVesperal Liturgy followed by ConfessionsTime: 9:00 am Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil the Great for The Last Supper.
Followed by Confessions
Matins with the 12 Passion GospelsMatins with the 12 Passion GospelsTime: 6:00 pm | 22Decorate Christ’s tomb with flowersDecorate Christ’s tomb with flowersTime: 10:00 am Decorate Christ’s tomb with flowers & prepare Plaschanitsa/Epitaphion flowers. Vespers - Taking down Christ from the CrossVespers - Taking down Christ from the CrossTime: 2:00 pm Vespers, Removal of Christ’s body from the Cross and its burial. Followed by Confession Matins with procession of the PlaschanitsaMatins with procession of the PlaschanitsaTime: 6:00 pm  Matins of Holy Saturday with the Lamentations at the Tomb and the Procession of the Plaschanitsa (Winding Sheet)
| 23Vesperal Liturgy of Holy Saturday & Agape MealVesperal Liturgy of Holy Saturday & Agape MealTime: 9:00 am Vesperal Liturgy of Holy Saturday with they hymn "Arise, O God" and changing of the church vestments to white.
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/04/23/26-great-and-holy-saturday
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24Great & Holy Pascha (Russian Easter)Great & Holy Pascha (Russian Easter)Time: 12:00 am Paschal Matins & Liturgy followed by the blessing of baskets and the Paschal Pot luck.
Paschal Vespers & parish cook-outPaschal Vespers & parish cook-outTime: 1:30 pm Paschal Vespers, blessing of Paschal Baskets. (followed by Pot-luck cookout/Picnic and egg hunt at the parish)
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30Great Vespers & ConfessionGreat Vespers & ConfessionTime: 6:00 pm Great Vespers followed by Confession | |||
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