LENTEN AND HOLY WEEK
RENEWAL (Bright Week) - May 6-11, 2024Below are resources and ways to experience church during Holy Week.
Watch the Church Livestream
For a larger view of the video and the current schedule, click here.Renewal (Bright) Week Schedule of Services
All holy week services will be livestreamed on our church website.
Click the link to open a PDF with the bilingual text of the service to follow along from home):
- Tuesday, May 7, 9:00 am – Renewal (“Bright”) Tuesday & Feast of Sts. Raphael, Nicholas & Irene of Lesbos – AT DORMITION CHURCH, OAKMONT: Paschal Orthros and Divine Liturgy
- Friday, May 10 – Life Giving Spring – 8:15 am – Orthros / 9:30 am – Divine Liturgy
Holy Week 2024 – Schedule of Services
Lazarus Saturday – April 27
8:30 am – Orthros and Divine Liturgy
5:00 pm – Vespers of Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday – April 28
8:15 am – Orthros and Divine Liturgy
5:00 pm – Orthros of Great Monday (First Bridegroom Service)
Great and Holy Monday – April 29
9:00 am – Presanctified Liturgy
6:30 pm – Orthros of Great Tuesday (Second Bridegroom Service)
Great and Holy Tuesday – April 30
9:00 am – Presanctified Liturgy
6:30 pm – Orthros of Great Wednesday (Third Bridegroom Service)
Great and Holy Wednesday – May 1
9:00 am – Presanctified Liturgy
3:00 pm – Sacrament of Holy Unction (Ἱερὸν Εὐχέλαιον)
6:30 pm – Orthros of Great Thursday (with second anointing)
Great and Holy Thursday – May 2
9:00 am – Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil (The Institution of the Eucharist)
6:30 pm – Orthros of Great Friday (Service of the Passion and Twelve Gospels)
10:00 pm – Vigil by the Cross, and GOYA making sandwiches for the homeless
Great and Holy Friday – May 3
9:00 am – Royal Hours
3:00 pm – Vespers (Taking down from the Cross/Ἀποκαθήλωσις)
6:15pm Trisagion by Tomb
6:30 pm – Orthros of Great Saturday
(With Praises at the Tomb of Christ (Ἐγκώμια) and Procession of the Epitaphios)
Great and Holy Saturday – May 4
9:00 am – Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil (“First Resurrection”)
10:00 pm – Nocturnes 10:30 pm – Receive the Light
11:00 pm Paschal Orthros and Divine Liturgy of the Resurrection
Agape meal follows in the Community Center
Great and Holy Pascha – Sunday, May 5
12:00 Noon – Agape Vespers (Reading of the Gospel in various languages)
Renewal (“Bright”) Tuesday & Feast of Sts. Raphael, Nicholas & Irene of Lesbos – May 7
9:00 am – AT DORMITION CHURCH, OAKMONT: Paschal Orthros and Divine Liturgy
Life Giving Spring – Friday, May 10
8:15 am – Orthros / 9:30 am - Divine Liturgy