Tag Archives: Holy week
Photos from Holy Week and Pascha 2023
Brothers and Sisters, Christ is Risen! We thank our Lord Jesus Christ for allowing us to celebrate together the spiritually intensive Holy Week and meet the joyful Feast of Pascha this year. We have been publishing photos on our Facebook
Holy Week 2023 Timetable
Brothers and sisters, we approach Palm Sunday and prepare for the Holy Week journey, when we will follow our Lord Jesus Christ to the Cross and then to His Glorious Resurrection. Each day of the Holy Week Orthodox Church offers
Holy Saturday: Liturgy, Baptisms and Chrismation
On Holy Saturday, 22 April 2022, we celebrated the Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil, commemorating our Lord’s Victory over death and the harrowing of hell. It also was a very special day for three people: Ken Nakamura, Mercy Taylor
Holy Friday: Lamentations Service
“Behold the Sabbath transcendent in blessings on which Christ hath slept, and shall rise on the Third Day.” On Holy Friday evening, 21 April 2022, we celebrated the Orthros of Great and Holy Saturday with the singing of Lamentations in
Services of Holy Thursday
On Great and Holy Thursday the day at our cathedral began with the celebration of the Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil in commemoration of the Last Supper of our Lord. On the evening of the same day, the faithful
The Sacrament of Holy Unction
On Holy Wednesday evening, the faithful at our cathedral took part in the Sacrament of Holy Unction. The service was celebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan, Father Michael and Father deacon Boniface, with many faithful attending. Below are a few
Holy Week 2022 – Photo Gallery
We continue our Holy Week journey. Bridegroom Orthros services were celebrated on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday evenings. We created a designated gallery for all photos from Holy Week 2022, which you can check following this link Next is the service
Beginning of the Holy Week
On Sunday evening we were back to the Annex of our Cathedral for the first service of the Holy Week – the Bridegroom Orthros of Holy Monday. Traditionally, these services (on Holy Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) are sung by anticipation