ST. XENIA ORTHODOX CHURCH
P.O. Box 147 - Methuen, MA 01844
(phone) (978) 204-0428

APRIL 2018
SundaySun MondayMon TuesdayTue WednesdayWed ThursdayThu FridayFri SaturdaySat
1 (Mar 19)
PALM SUNDAY
9:30 Hours and Divine Liturgy
Fast: fish, wine, & oil
2 (Mar 20)
Great & Holy Monday
6:30 Bridegroom Matins
Fast
3 (Mar 21)
Great & Holy Tuesday
6:30 Bridegroom Matins
Fast
4 (Mar 22)
Great & Holy Wednesday
5:00 PM Matins
6:30 Holy Unction
Fast
5 (Mar 23)
Great & Holy Thursday
9:30 Hours & Divine Liturgy
6:30 Matins w/12 Gospels
Fast
6 (Mar 24)
Great & Holy Friday
10:00 Royal Hours of Pascha
4:00 Vespers w/Taking Down from the Cross
6:30 Matins w/The Lamentations
Fast
7 (Mar 25)
ANNUNCIATION
Great & Holy Saturday
9:00 Vesperal Divine Liturgy of Feasts
10:00 Reading of Acts of the Apostles
11:30 Midnight Office
Fast: fish, wine, & oil
8 (Mar 26)
PASCHA
12 Midnight Procession, Matins and Divine Liturgy of Pascha
12 Noon Agape Vespers
Fast free
9 (Mar 27)
Bright Monday
Second Day of Pascha
9:00 Matin & Divine Litury w/Procession
Fast free
10 (Mar 28)
Bright Tuesday
Fast free
11 (Mar 29)
Bright Wednesday
Fast free
12 (Mar 30)
Bright Thursday
Fast free
13 (Mar 31)
Bright Friday
Fast free
14 (Apr 1)
Bright Saturday
5:30 All-Night Vigil
Fast free
15 (Apr 2)
2nd Sunday of Pascha: Antipascha, St. Thomas Sunday
9:30 Hours and Divine Liturgy
1:00 Blessing of Graves in Cemetery
16 (Apr 3)
17 (Apr 4)
Radonitsa
10:00 General Panihida in Cemetery
18 (Apr 5)
Fast
19 (Apr 6)
20 (Apr 7)
Fast
21 (Apr 8)
5:30 All-Night Vigil
22 (Apr 9)
3rd Sunday of Pascha: The Myrrh-bearing Women. Tone 2
9:30 Hours and Divine Liturgy
23 (Apr 10)
24 (Apr 11)
25 (Apr 12)
Fast
26 (Apr 13)
27 (Apr 14)
Fast
28 (Apr 15)
5:30 All-Night Vigil
29 (Apr 16)
4th Sunday of Pascha: The Paralyzed Man. Tone 3
9:30 Hours and Divine Liturgy
30 (Apr 17)
May 1 (Apr 18)
6:30 Vespers of Mid-Pentecost and Akathist to St. Xenia
May 2 (Apr 19)
Mid-Pentecost
Fast: Fish, wine & oil
May 3 (Apr 20)
May 4 (Apr 21)
Fast: wine & oil
May 5 (Apr 22)
5:30 All-Night Vigil
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