Schedule of Services and Events

March 2026

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1st Sunday of Great Lent. Triumph of Orthodoxy. Hours and Liturgy (Because of the Annual Meeting of the Parish, only one Liturgy). Scripture: Hebrews 11: 24-26, 32– 12: 2; John 1: 43-51. After the Liturgy, a Moleben for the return of those who have departed into error and gone astray from Holy Orthodoxy.
8:40 AM
 
Annual Meeting of the Parish.
11:00 AM
 
Online catechism with Pdn Patrick Mitchell at this URL: https://meet.jit.si./PdnPatrickCatechismClass
7:00 PM
 
Slavonic Choir rehearsal
7:00 PM
 
Deacon John Daily will present an online talk on “The Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete”. Registration here: https://forms.gle/ZPt6AqkdLF1Yfjqf7
7:00 PM
 
Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts
7:00 PM
 
English Choir rehearsal
7:00 PM
 
Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts
7:00 PM
 
2nd Saturday of Great Lent – Ancestral Saturday. Requiem Matins, Hours, and Liturgy. Scripture: Hebrews 3: 12-16; Mark 1: 35-44; for the Repose: I Thessalonians 4: 13-17; John 5: 24-30.
7:40 AM
 
Vigil. 6th Resurrection Gospel: Luke 24: 36-53.
5:00 PM
 
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2nd Sunday of Great Lent. Commemoration of Holy Hierarch St. Gregory Palamas. English Liturgy. Scripture: Hebrews 1: 10 – 2: 3; Mark 2: 1-12; for St. Gregory: Hebrews 7: 26 – 8: 2; John 10: 9-16
7:40 AM
 
2nd Sunday of Great Lent. Commemoration of Holy Hierarch St. Gregory Palamas. Slavonic Liturgy. Scripture: Hebrews 1: 10 – 2: 3; Mark 2: 1-12; for St. Gregory: Hebrews 7: 26 – 8: 2; John 10: 9-16
10:10 AM
 
Sunday School classes
Following each Liturgy
 
Online catechism with Pdn Patrick Mitchell at this URL: https://meet.jit.si./PdnPatrickCatechismClass
7:00 PM
 
Reader Konstantine Ogora will give an online talk: “Presanctified Liturgy: How is it different from other liturgies? Why is it served during Lent? And what is its significance?” Registration here: https://forms.gle/ZPt6AqkdLF1Yfjqf7
7:00 PM
 
Slavonic Choir rehearsal
7:00 PM
 
Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts
7:00 PM
 
English Choir rehearsal
7:00 PM
 
Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts
7:00 PM
 
3rd Saturday of Great Lent – Ancestral Saturday. Requiem Matins, Hours, and Liturgy. Scripture: Hebrews 10: 32-38; Mark 2: 14-17; for the Repose: I Thessalonians 4: 13-17; John 5: 24-30.
7:40 AM
 
Vigil (with the bringing out of the Holy Life-giving Cross). 7th Resurrection Gospel: John 20:1-10.
5:00 PM
 
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3rd Sunday of Great Lent, Sunday of the Holy Cross. English Liturgy. Scripture: Hebrews 4: 14 - 5: 6; Mark 8: 34 - 9: 1.
7:40 AM
 
3rd Sunday of Great Lent, Sunday of the Holy Cross. Slavonic Liturgy. Scripture: Hebrews 4: 14 - 5: 6; Mark 8: 34 - 9: 1.
10:10 AM
 
 
Slavonic Choir rehearsal
7:00 PM
 
Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts
7:00 PM
 
Meeting of the Parish Council
7:00 PM
 
English Choir rehearsal
7:00 PM
 
Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts
7:00 PM
 
4th Saturday of Great Lent – Ancestral Saturday. Requiem Matins, Hours, and Liturgy. Scripture: Hebrews 6: 9-12; Mark 7: 31-37; for the Repose: I Corinthians 15: 47-57; John 5: 24-30.
7:40 AM
 
Vigil. 7th Resurrection Gospel: John 20: 1-10.
5:00 PM
 
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4th Sunday of Great Lent. Commemoration of St. John Climacus, and of the 40 Martyrs of Sebaste. English Liturgy. Scripture: Hebrews 6: 13-20; Mark 9: 17-31; for the 40 Martyrs: Hebrews 12: 1-10; Matthew 20: 1-16.
7:40 AM
 
4th Sunday of Great Lent. Commemoration of St. John Climacus, and of the 40 Martyrs of Sebaste. Slavonic Liturgy. Scripture: Hebrews 6: 13-20; Mark 9: 17-31; for the 40 Martyrs: Hebrews 12: 1-10; Matthew 20: 1-16.
10:10 AM
 
Sunday School classes
Following each Liturgy
 
Online catechism with Pdn Patrick Mitchell at this URL: https://meet.jit.si./PdnPatrickCatechismClass
7:00 PM
 
Online lecture “Days of Holy Week”. Registration here: https://forms.gle/ZPt6AqkdLF1Yfjqf7
7:00 PM
 
Slavonic Choir rehearsal
7:00 PM
 
Eve of the St. Andrew Standing (Reading of the entire Great Penitential Canon of St. Andrew of Crete).
6:00 PM
 
 
Matins with the Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos
6:30 PM
 
5th Saturday of Great Lent – Saturday of the Akathist. Laudation of the Most Holy Theotokos. Hours and Liturgy. Scripture: Hebrews 9:24-28; Mark 8:27-31; for the Theotokos: Hebrews 9:1-7; Luke 10:38-42, 11:27-28
8:40 AM
 
Vigil. 9th Resurection Gospel: John 20: 19-31
5:00 PM
 
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5th Sunday of Great Lent – Commemoration of Venerable St Mary of Egypt. Meeting of Metropolitan Nicholas; Hours & Liturgy. (One Liturgy because of the First Hierarch’s visit to our parish). Scripture: Hebrews 9: 11-14; Mark 10: 32-45; for St Mary: Galatians 3: 23-29; Luke 7: 36-50.
9:30 AM
 
Sunday School classes
Following each Liturgy
 
General Unction of the Parish in Church Slavonic.
6:30 PM
 
General Unction of the Parish in English
6:30 PM
 
 
 
 
 

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