
APRIL 2026
| Date | Day of the week | Start time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Sat | 6:30 p.m. | Great Vespers, Blessing of Pussywillows and General Confession Lazarus Saturday |
| 5 | Sun | 11 a.m. | Divine Liturgy and Blessing of Pussywillows ENTRANCE OF THE LORD INTO JERUSALEM – PALM SUNDAY |
| 7 | Tue | 11 a.m. | Divine Liturgy ANNUNCIATION |
| 9 | Thu | 11 a.m. | Divine Liturgy of the Holy Thursday |
| 6:30 p.m. | Matins with the reading of 12 Passion Gospels | ||
| 10 | Fri | 6:30 p.m. | Vespers with bringing out of the Holy Shroud |
| 11 | Sat | 11 a.m. | Divine Liturgy of the Holy Saturday. Blessing of Easter foods |
| From 6 p.m. | Blessing of Easter foods – several times during the evening | ||
| 9 p.m. | Reading of the Acts of the Apostles by the laity (parishioners). Anyone can read, in any language. We provide the book in English, Russian, and Old Church Slavonic, for other languages please bring your own texts | ||
| 11:30 p.m. | PASCHAL VIGIL: Midnight service, Procession, Matins and Divine Liturgy | ||
| 12 | Sun | 11 a.m. | Easter Prayer service (Moleben). Blessing of Easter foods |
| 18 | Sat | 6:30 p.m. | Great Vespers (in English) |
| 19 | Sun | 11 a.m. | Divine Liturgy – St. Thomas Sunday |
| 21 | Tue | 6:30 p.m. | Commemoration of the departed – Radonitsa |
| 26 | Sun | 11 a.m. | Divine Liturgy – Sunday of Holy Myrrhbearers |