Great Lent: March 11 – April 27, 2019
Great Lent is the 40-day season of spiritual preparation that comes before the most important Feast of the Christian year, Holy Pascha. The purpose of fasting is to remind us of the Scriptural teaching, “Man does not live by bread alone.” The needs of the body are nothing compared to the needs of the soul. Above all else, we need God, Who provides everything for both the body and the soul. Fasting teaches us to depend on God more fully.
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Pannykhida. Commemoration of the departed
March 23, Saturday at 10:00 A.M. |
St. Gregory Palamas. Second Sunday of Great Lent.
Vigil and Confession: March 23, Saturday at 6:00 p.m.
Liturgy: March 24 Sunday at 10:00 a.m.
St. Gregory Palamas, one of the pillars of Orthodoxy, was born in 1296, probably to a noble Anatolian family in Constantinople. He and his brother went to Mount Athos in around 1318, and lived in Vatopedi and Esphigmenou Monasteries.
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Pannykhida. Commemoration of the departed.
March 30 Saturday at 10:00 A.M. |
Adoration of the Cross. Third Sunday of Great Lent.
Vigil & Confessions: March 30, Saturday at 6:00 P.M.
Liturgy: March 31, Sunday at 10:00 A.M.
On the Third Sunday of Great and Holy Lent, the Orthodox Church commemorates the Precious and Life-Giving Cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Services include a special veneration of the Cross, which prepares the faithful for the commemoration of the Crucifixion during Holy Week.
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| *Dates listed are according to the civil calendar. |
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