Holy Week Service Schedule
April 4th - Saturday of Lazarus
Orthros: 9:00am
Divine Liturgy 9:45am with Palm Cross making & pancake breakfast to follow
Vespers: 5:00pm at St. Peter Serbian Orthodox Church
April 5th - Palm Sunday & Blessing of the Palms
Orthros: 8:15am
Divine Liturgy: 9:30am
Bridegroom Service: 6:00pm
April 6th - Holy Monday
Presanctified Liturgy: 9:00am
Bridegroom Service: 6:00pm
April 7th - Holy Tuesday
Presanctified Liturgy: 9:00am
Bridegroom Service: 6:00pm
April 8th - Holy Wednesday
Presanctified Liturgy: 9:00am
* Holy Unction: 3:00pm
Bridegroom Service with Holy Unction: 6:00pm
April 9th - Holy Thursday
St. Basil’s Liturgy: 9:00am
Crucifixion Service: 6:00pm
April 10th - Holy Friday
Decorating Christ’s Tomb: 8:00am-2:00pm
Royal Hours: 9:00am
Children’s Retreat: 10:00am-3:00pm
* Burial Service: 3:00pm
Lamentations: 7:00pm
April 11th - Holy Saturday
St. Basil’s Liturgy 9:00am
Great Canon: 11:00pm
Resurrection Service: 12:00am
Magiritsa to follow Resurrection service
April 12th - Resurrection Sunday
Agape Service: 1:00pm
Picnic at 2:00pm**
**Pascha Picnic Table Reservations
Join us for the Pascha Picnic on Sunday, April 12th after the 1:00 Agape Service for fellowship, fun, music and youth activities. Table reservations are highly recommended for groups of 5 or more and can be made March 15th - April 5th. Contact the church office at 559-233-0397 for more information.
Please bring your own food, dessert, beverages, paper goods, utensils, tablecloths, etc. When done, we kindly ask everyone to clean up their area before leaving. To help support the event and offset the costs of chair rentals, security, set-up/tear down and cleaning, a free-will donation will be gratefully accepted during the picnic. A suggested donation of $5 per person may be made during the picnic by Venmo, cash, or check. Envelopes with more information will be available on each table.
Bright Week
The week following Pascha is called Bright Week.
It is a fast-free week.
April 13th- Monday of Bright Week
Services at St. Peter Serbian Orthodox Church
Liturgy: 10:00am
Feastday of our Church Patron Saint- St. George
April 22nd - Great Vespers for the Feastday of St. George
Vespers: 5:00pm
April 23rd - Feastday of St. George
Orthros: 9:00am
Divine Liturgy 9:45am