Service Schedule For Great Lent Through Bright Week 2025

Friday – Eve of Lazarus Saturday

3:30 AM — Midnight Office, Matins, 1^st & 3^rd Hours

12:30 PM — Presanctified liturgy followed by  memorial service

7:30 PM — PM Vigil for Lazarus Saturday: Small Compline, Canon for Lazarus Saturday, Matins and 1^st Hour

Lazarus Saturday

7:30 — 3^rd, 6^th Hours and Divine Liturgy followed by formal meal, and Arabic Hymn of Lazarus Saturday, then back to church.

6:15 — Vigil for Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday

8:30 — 3^rd and 6^th Hours and Divine Liturgy

Holy Monday:

8:00 AM – 3^rd & 6^th Hours

12:30 PM – 9^th Hour, Typica, Presanctified Liturgy followed by Trapeza

7:30 PM – Compline (Jesus Prayer), Bridegroom Matins for Holy Monday & 1^st Hour

Holy Tuesday:

8:00 AM – 3^rd & 6^th Hours

12:30 PM – 9^th Hour, Typica, Presanctified Liturgy followed by Trapeza

7:30 PM – Compline (Jesus Prayer), Bridegroom Matins for Holy Monday & 1^st Hour

Holy Wednesday:

8:00 AM – 3^rd & 6^th Hours

12:30 PM – 9^th Hour, Typica, Presanctified Liturgy followed by Trapeza

6:30 PM – Vigil: Holy Unction, Matins and 1^st Hour

Holy Thursday:

8:30 AM – 3^rd and 6^th

11:30 AM – 9^th Hour, Typica and Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil

7:00 PM – Vigil: Compline, Jesus Prayer, Matins with 12 Gospels & Royal Hours, Akathist of the Cross

Holy Friday:   

1:30 PM – Vespers  with Taking Down from the Cross  

7:00 PM – Matins with Lamentations, Procession and 1^st Hour

 Holy Saturday:

9:00 AM – 3^rd and 6^th Hours and the Homily by St. Epiphanius

11:00 AM – 9^th Hour and Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil, followed by Trapeza

8 – 11:00 PM      Reading of the Acts

11:00 PM              Pre-communion prayers and Canon of Holy Saturday

12:00 Midnight    Paschal Matins, Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

                              (followed by Trapeza at approximately 4:00 AM)

PASCHA:

7:30 PM – Agape Vespers and Compline

Bright Week Schedule for 2025

Bright Monday

8:00 AM – Matins, Hours and Liturgy, followed by Trapeza

6:00 PM – Vespers and Compline, Matins, 1^st Hour

Bright Tuesday-New Martyrs of Lesbos

7:30 AM – Paschal Hours and Liturgy, followed by Trapeza

6:00 PM – Vespers and Compline, Matins, 1^st Hour

Bright Wednesday

7:30 AM – Paschal Hours and Liturgy, followed by Trapeza

6:00 PM – Vespers, Compline and Matins and First Hour

Bright Thursday

7:30 AM – Paschal Matins, Hours and Liturgy, followed by Trapeza

6:00 PM – Vespers, Compline and Matins (with Holy Water)

Bright Friday- Life-giving Spring

7:30 AM – Paschal Hours and Liturgy (then a procession to the pond); followed by Trapeza.

6:00 PM – Vespers and Compline and Paschal Matins

Bright Saturday

7:30 AM – Paschal Matins, Hours and Liturgy, followed by Trapeza

6:15 PM – Vigil for Thomas Sunday

Thomas Sunday

8:30 AM — Hours and Liturgy, followed by Trapeza

Monday: return to regular weekday schedule