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Holy Week Schedule 2010
We welcome all to join us throughout the year at our Liturgical Services and especially during Holy Week leading up to the Glorious Feast of Great and Holy Pascha.
Learn more about Lent, Holy Week, and Pascha.
Lazarus Saturday, March 27
Palm Sunday, March 28
Holy Monday, March 29
Holy Tuesday, March 30
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Holy Wednesday, March 31
Holy Thursday, April 1
Holy Friday, April 2
Holy Saturday, April 3/4
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Great and Holy Pascha April 4
Divine Liturgy 12 midnight
Paschal Festivities in the Church Hall following.
Joint Agape Vespers (Baouth) 11 am at St. John Church, Dedham, MA
Reception following.
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It is preferred that you make your confession before Holy Week. However, if you are unable to do so, Fr. Antony is available for Confession before and after services from Monday to Wednesday evenings only of Holy Week or by appointment.
Please note that no confessions will be heard on Great and Holy Saturday before the Rush procession.
LAZARUS SATURDAY, March 27
Please come and bring your friends and family to celebrate the Divine Liturgy on Lazarus Saturday and enjoy a Communion Breakfast offered by Selma Winstanley in memory of brother, Mitchell Mabardi.
Don't forget: following the Communion Breakfast, there will be a Church Clean-Up and Choir Rehearsal for Pascha. Anyone interested in singing should fell free to attend.
At noon, after the breakfast, there will be a Church Clean-Up in preparation for Pascha, coordinated by the Fellowship of St. John the Divine. Everyone is encouraged to bring some rags, cleaning supplies, small buckets, brown paper bags and irons for wax removal, etc. Please come and lend a hand in preparing God’s House for the Feast of Feasts. Remember, “Many hands make light work!”
Also at noon there will be a Choir Rehearsal for Pascha. Anyone interested in singing should feel free to attend.
PALM SUNDAY, March 28
Remember to return your Food For The Hungry boxes and canisters, filled with money, and pass them in at the Bengarri this Sunday, April 20.
There will be no Church School classes this Sunday. Following the Liturgy there will be the Procession with Palms (no lighted candles, please). All who wish to do so are invited to join the procession; children are especially encouraged to participate.
This Sunday also we will be taking an Archdiocese collection in support of the continued work of His Beatitude Patriarch IGNATIUS IV and our Mother Church .
Palm Sunday Fish Dinner – The Fellowship of St. John the Divine is hosting its third annual fish dinner this Sunday, April 20, after Liturgy. Instead of cooking, spend your Palm Sunday with your family and friends in Church. Reservations are not required; thanks to the generosity of a parishioner, there will be plenty of food. A freewill donation will be happily accepted, but there is no set price for this dinner.
HOLY WEEK
SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY
On Sunday, Monday and Tuesday evenings, March 27, 28, 29, there will be a Bridegroom Matins service at 7:00 p.m. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, March 30, 31, April 1, Presanctified Liturgy will be celebrated at 7:00 a.m.
Confessions - During Holy Week Fr. Antony is available for Confession before and after services from Monday to Wednesday evenings only, or by appointment. Please note that no confessions will be heard on Great and Holy Saturday before the Rush Procession.
HOLY WEDNESDAY
The evening service on Wednesday, March 31, is Holy Unction. The service includes seven Epistles, seven Gospels, and seven prayers, all about oil and healing and forgiveness and the Holy Spirit. Seven wicks are lit in the bowl of oil, and at the end each of us is anointed and given Holy Oil to take home.
HOLY THURSDAY
On Thursday, April 1, Vesperal Liturgy is at 7:00 a.m. The evening service begins at 6:45 p.m. with Washing of the Feet, followed at 7:00 p.m. by Twelve Gospels, in which we hear by candlelight the entire story of Christ’s final teaching, passion, trial, walk to Golgotha , crucifixion and burial, from all four of the Gospel writers.
HOLY FRIDAY
The Children's Retreat, beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, April 2, will include lessons, activities, crafts, "ask Father," and confessions (children only). For children under age 7, accompanied by a parent, activities will be provided from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30. Older children will stay on for the Royal Hours at 1:00 p.m. A goodwill offering of $5 per child will help defray activity expenses. If you can help with the retreat, or provide food, please call Trish at 781-641-0182 before Palm Sunday, or email her at t_orlovsky@hotmail.com
Royal Hours begins at 1:00 p.m., followed by Unnailing Vespers at 3:00 p.m., when the figure of Christ is removed from the Cross, where is was nailed Thursday during the Twelve Gospels service, and is laid in the tomb, or bier.
Lamentations begins at 7:15 p.m. this year. During this service we will process with the Bier out of the church and down Massachusetts Avenue to Central Square , where we will meet worshippers from Ss. Constantine & Helen Greek Church carrying their bier, and join them for prayers and blessings before processing back to St. Mary.
Help Decorate The Church - Your help is needed on Great and Holy Friday at 9:00 a.m. and on Great and Holy Saturday after the Liturgy and Coffee Hour at 1:00 p.m. We will be preparing and decorating the Bier and Church for Pascha. Please come, stay and help.
Be sure to sign up and participate in the Vigil Friday night and into Saturday morning. Volunteers, keeping vigil over the tomb of Christ, will take turns reading from the Bible throughout the night.
HOLY SATURDAY
Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil begins at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 3. We commemorate Christ’s triumph over evil and death, with the scattering of bay leaves and flowers. This service includes fifteen lessons from the Old Testament, all prophesying the ultimate victory of God, and also includes Baptism and Chrismation of our eight catechumen. The Liturgy will be followed by a Coffee Hour/Reception offered by Nadia & Bahig Kaldas.