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MessengerApril Calendar
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Thoughts on Great Lent Father Pavel Velikanov
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Stewardship 2017 Stewardship Sunday for 2017 on November 13...
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VBS 9:00 AM - Noon
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Liturgy - 10:00 AM
Church School registration!
Church Meeting - Noon
Liturgy / C.S. 10:00 AM
40 Day Memorial for
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Church School Opening Day!
Liturgy / C.S. 10:00 AM
No Vespers
Altar Servers Training
Session at 3:45 PM
Vespers 5:00 PM
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Vespers 7:00 PMLiturgy 9:00 AM
6th Hour Prayers - Noon
6th Hour Prayers - Noon
Vespers 7:00 PM
Liturgy 9:00 AM
Liturgy 9:00 AM
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Elevation of
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Labor Day
Nativity of the
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Beheading of
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Diocese Days Weekend
St. Steven's Cathedral in Alhambra
Preparing for Pascha Father John Breck
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Monthly Newsletter of St. Peter the Apostle Church. Fresno California Issue No. 4 / Vol. 30 / April 2017Parish Activities… Amazon Smile, Pascha Flowers, Spring …
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Preparing for Pascha ARCHPRIESTJOHNBRECK
OrthodoxChristianitycallsustoliveontwodifferentbutintimatelyrelat-edlevels.Oneisthelevelofdailyex-perience:lifeinfamilyandonthejob,payingbillsanddoingtheshopping,cuttingthegrassandgettingthekidstotheirvariousactivities.Itisalsolifemarkedbyanxietyinaworldofwarandpoliticalupheaval,ofpovertyandviolence.Itisalifethatformanypeo-plehasbeenaptlydescribedas“nasty,brutishandshort.”Yetthereisanotherlevel,anotherrealitythatcanradicallytransformourdailyroutineandeventhetenoroftheworldaroundus.Itisthelevelofourfaith,wherecelebrationofthePaschalmysteryturnseverySundayandfeastdayintotheFirstandEighthDayoftheNewCreation,en-ablingustoparticipatealreadyhereandnowinthecominggloryoftheKingdomofGod.Thissecondlevel,thisotherrealmordimensionofourlife,isoneofprayerandsilentmeditation,oflife-givingcommunion,ofjoyouscelebration,andofhealing,recon-cilinglove.
AmajorreasonfortheLentenjourneyistoequipusforthespiritualwarfarenecessarytoholdthesetwolevelstogether.Asproblemsandtensionsmountinourperson-alandcollectivelife,weareconstantlytemptedtofocusononelevelortheother.Eitherwegiveintothesecular-izingpressuresofthesocietyweliveinandpaymerelip-
servicetothefaith,powerandau-thorityofOrthodoxChristianity;orwerejecttherealityofthisworldbyseekingsolaceintheestheticallybeautifulworshipofacomfortablechurchofourownmaking.Eitherofthesechoicesmerelydeepensthecompartmentalizationofourlifeandactivity.Andwewonderwhytheex-perienceofSundaymorningseemstohavesolittletodowiththereali-tiesandurgenciesofMonday.AswemovefurtherthroughtheLentenfast—inaworldofconTlict,brutalityandinjustice—itisimpor-tanttorememberwhatScriptureandtheentireTraditiontellusaboutthisworld.Althoughthefactishard-lyreTlectedinthemorning’shead-lines,theworldwascreated,andisconstantlybeingrecreated,bytheGodofloveandmercy,whosedeep-estdesireistoleadeveryone,includ-ingourselves,totheperfectionand
joyofeternalcommunioninthelifeoftheHolyTrinity.ThisisaworldwherepeopleoffaithcanbeholdthehandofGodineverydaymiraclesofforgivenessandreconcilia-tion;andinmoreastoundingmiraclesofunexpectedhealings,weepingicons,andself-sacriTice.
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ThisisGod’sworld,andwearepartofit.Assuch,ourprimarycallingistoannounceandtoliveoutthePaschalmessageofsalvationandeternallife,offeredthroughthevictoryofChristoverthepowersofsinanddeath.Todoso,however—tofacilitatethetransformationofthefallenworldintoaworldoffaithandlove—requiresthatwedevoteourtimeandourenergytothearduousworkofinnertransformationandspiritualawakening.TheLentenperiodinvitesustodothisbyincreasingourprayer,byfasting,bygivingmoreattentiontothepoorandneedyaroundus,andbynourishingourselveswithfrequentreadingsfromScriptureandtheHolyFathers.I’dliketoconcludewithawordaboutthesereadings.OfthemanyappropriatepassagesfrompatristicsourcesthatcanprovideLentennourishment,oneofthemostpowerfulandbeautifulconcludesthePaschalhomilybyMelitoofSardis,composedtowardtheendofthesecondcentury.QuietandrepeatedmeditationonitsvisionofChristoffersonewayto“unitethetwolevels,”toliftourbrokenandwearyworldtotheveryheightsofheaven.“Iamyourfreedom,”Christdeclares.“IamthePassoverofsalvation,IamtheLambslaughteredforyou,Iamyourransom,Iamyourlife,Iamyourlight,Iamyoursalvation,Iamyourresurrection,
IamyourKing.Ishallraiseyouupbymyrighthand,Iwillleadyoutotheheightsofheaven,ThereshallIshowyoutheeverlastingFather.”Heitiswhomadetheheavenandtheearth,Andformedhumanityinthebeginning,Whowasproclaimedthroughthelawandtheprophets,WhotookTleshfromavirgin,Whowashungonatree,Whowasburiedintheearth,Whowasraisedfromthedead,Andascendedtoheaven,WhositsattherighthandoftheFather,Whohasthepowertosaveallthings,ThroughwhomtheFatheractedfromthebeginningand
forever.Thisisthealphaandomega,Thisisthebeginningandtheend,Theineffablebeginningandtheincomprehensibleend.ThisistheChrist,ThisistheKing,ThisisJesus,Thisisthecommander,ThisistheLord,ThisisHewhorosefromthedead,ThisisHewhositsattherighthandoftheFather,HebearstheFatherandisbornebyhim.ToHimbethegloryandthemightforever!Amen
Thoughts on Great Lent
ARCHPRIEST PAVEL VELIKANOV
IhopeitisnottooboldtosupposethatthemostdangerousmistakethatcanbemadebyapersonwhenpreparingfortheendeavorofGreatLentistolookforguaranteesofspir-itualsuccess.Forusthisisnatural:whowouldwantto“invest”withoutguarantees,without“investmentin-surance”?Andreally–whynotar-riveatEasterwithyoursoulscrubbedwhiteandsimplyanddi-rectlysaytoChrist:“Lord!Lookatme,Iamready,cometome.YousawthatIfasted,prayed,suffered,Ihavedoneeverythingonmypart,IamquitereadyforYourGloriousResur-rection!”Andifyoureallysimplifyit,itmightsoundsomethinglike:“Lord!Whataboutourspiritualdiv-idends?”Andassoonasapersonbeginsfastingwithsuchthoughts,he
thusdestroysthatveryspiritualfruitthatshouldresultfromundergoingthisspiritualexerciseinafullandcorrectmanner.ItiswithgoodreasonthattheHolyChurchhascausedthejourneyofGreatLenttobeprecededbypreparatoryweeks,supposingthatanattentiveChristianwillgivesomethoughtastowhyheshouldnotpraylikethePharisee,andwhyheshouldnotseehimselfintheChurchastheelderbrother,wholookswithcon-temptandsurpriseathowtheyoungerson,anadultererandasquanderer,returnstohisfather,whothengreetshimwithopenarms.TheweekdedicatedtotheLastJudgementcompletelyclariTiesallthepoints.Afterall,thisGospelread-ingdoesnotspeakaboutwhofastedandwhodidnot,whoprayedandwhodidnot,butthestateinwhichapersoncomestotheLastJudgement.Andthisstate,asarule,isstarklydifferenttothewaythatthepersonviewshimself.
Whatshocksmethemostinthisreadingisthesinceritywithwhichthesinnersareperplexedattherea-sonforwhichtheyaresenttohell.Ifonlytheyhadbeentoldinadvance,theywouldhavemadealltheproperarrangements!ButwhatbringsanimmeasurablygreatershockisthesamesincerityinthesurpriseoftherighteousatTindingthemselvesamongthosethataresaved.Afterall,thereasonforwhichtheyarechosentobewithChristintheKingdomofHeavenwasforthemneveranendinitself.Allofit–tofeed,toquenchthirst,tocomfort–wasforthemsomethingthatwasmatter-of-course;theycouldnotthinkinanyotherwaynorunderstandhowonecouldactdifferentlyinsuchsitua-tions.Withtheseharshparables,whichsoundlikenailsscrapingoverglassinthebenignatmosphereofplacesofworship,theChurchknocksfromunderourfeetthefalsesupportsthatweconstantlytrytocreateforourselves,sothatourfastprogresses
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successfullyandbeneTicially–fromourpointofview.Wecanfastallwelike,prayasdili-gentlyaswelike,subjectourselvestoallkindsofstruggles,butintheend,whenwehavefastedourselvestoexhaustion,exacerbationandin-comprehensionastowhothoughtallofthisupandwhy,wesuddenlyTindourselvesintheonlyrightstate,inwhichitisimpossiblenottoliftupyoureyestoGodandsay:“Lord,thisishowIam,don’texpectany-thingelsefromme.EverythingelsedependsonYou.”Andthis,strictlyspeaking,istheac-tualpointoffasting:tocutoffthefalseguaranteesofourclosenesstoGod,our“propriety”andeven“ex-clusiveness”,whichweourselveshavedreamedup,toturnoursoulsinside-out,showingeverythingasitisinreality.And,ofcourse,toshownottoGod,Whoalreadyknowsallaboutus,buttoourselves.Inthisstate,insomewaysclosetodespair,apersonstandsbeforethefaceofGodalreadywithoutanyde-mandsofanykindofhelporexpec-tationofthecomingofsomesortofgrace.Andso,whenthepersonstepsoverthethresholdofGreatLentandentersthePaschalfeast,naturally,hedoesnotask:“Lord,whatisthis?Whereisthepromisedgrace?Ifastedsothoroughly,Iprayedsomuch,Iputmyselfthroughsomanytrials,butIdonotfeelanyofthatPaschaljoy!”Onthecontrary,hewillsay:“It’sgoodthatIamnottryingtofakethePaschaljoy,whichsofaris,unfortunately,ab-sent.HowgooditisthatallmylabourshaveshownthatIshouldbethankfultoGodsimplyforthefactthatIamonthisearth,thatIammoreorlesshealthyandthatIamabletodosomething.”Theoppositestateofthesoulauto-maticallyrulesout,orrather,blockstheveryjoyofChrist’sResurrectionthatcomesfromabove,whichbyourowneffortswecannotartiTiciallyrecreatewithinourselves.Idonotrememberwhoitwasexact-ly,butwhenreadingtheFathersIcameacrossthethoughtthatthe
ResurrectionofChristislikeasacramentthattakesplacewithintheChurch,withinthesoulsofthepeoplethatformpartofthisbody.ThisisatrulywonderfulmomentwherehumanpreparationandGod’smercymeet.Buthowandwhenthismeetingtakesplacenaturallyde-pendsaboveallonGod.WhydoesSt.JohnChrysostom,inhissermonthatisreadateachEasterservice,utterthewordsthatsoundstrangefromthepointofviewofpiety:Come,boththosewhofasted
andthosewhodidnotfast,thosewhohaveshownabstinenceandthosewhowereslothful?Bythisheseemstocompletelyremovethefoundationofthewholechurchcanon,whichdemandsthatapersonshouldkeepGreatLentthoroughlyandwithallattentiveness.Inactualfactthereisnocontradic-tionhere.Yes,thehumanpartisveryimportant.Yes,ifwedonotdoitforsomereason,wethusshowthatwehaveastrangekindofatti-tudetowardsGod.ButitisnotthemeasureofourfastthatdetermineswhetherChristwillcometoaper-son’ssoulornot.
Weknowthattherearecaseswhenapersonwhoneverfastedorwhoneverwenttochurchinhislifesud-denlyTindshimselfinsidetheenvi-ronmentofaPaschalservice,thisdancing,exultantjoy.Andheisstruckbysomething:heunder-standsthatwhatishappeningherethatdoesnothappenintheworldinitsnormalstate.Itcannotberecre-atedjustbyhumaneffort–bysinging,makingmerry,dancingordrinkingsomethingheart-warming.Allofthatwouldhaveacompletelydifferentquality:itwouldnothavetheall-encompassingsolemnitythatpermeatesthePaschalservice,inwhichadifferentkindofjoyshinesthrough.SometimeseveryonestandingthroughtheTirstdayofthePaschalserviceistiredfromthepreparationforthefeast;theyhavesour,‘fasting’facesandbarelymanagetosqueezethegreeting‘ChristisRisen!’outofthemselves,butifyouspendsometimeobservingyou’llseethatthesepeoplevirtuallychangeovernight.Afterall,thehumansoulalsohasakindofinertia.IttoodemandsagradualascenttotheexultantPaschaljoy.Thisisnormal.Thefactthatapersondoesnotim-mediatelyseeinhimselfthisreTlec-tionoftheDivinelightshouldnotatallbedisheartening.Onthecontrary,itshouldinspire:IamintheplacewhereIshouldbe.Thisisagoodsignthatthingsareright,thatIdonotplacemyhopeinthefactthatIcanmakeanysmalldemandsorlookforanysmallguaranteesonthepartofGod,thatifIdothisorthatHewilldeTinitelycome.IdoeverythingIcan,butIsubmittheTinalresultcompletelytoHiswill.IfHedoesnotwanttocometomehereandnow,ifHedoesnotwantmetoexperiencethisfullnessofjoy,whichalltheoth-ersaroundmemightbeexperienc-ing,IhavetostopandthankGodforthatmostvaluableexperiencewithwhichHeteachesus:“Lord,IfeelgoodjustbecauseIknowhowbaditisformewithoutYou!”
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Parish activities... S.H.A.R.E.S. Cards changes:Last year, Save Mart converted to eScrip for their non-profit fundraising program. To enroll, go to Save Mart’s website www.savemart.com/shares/ and select St. Peter Serbian Orthodox Church as your charity. You will have an option of a phone number, credit/debit card or both. If you pay cash or by check for your gro-ceries, you can type in your phone number or give it to the cashier. If you buy your groceries using credit cards you can add your card number as well as a phone number. Your purchase is automatically credit-ed to St. Peter’s. Once you sign up with e-Scrip though Save Mart then you are automatically regis-tered with all of the e-Scrip participating merchants and online stores.Another way to support our Scholarship Fund is through Amazon Smile. Remember, always start at smile.amazon.com and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases. Se-lect “Serbian Orthodox Church of St Peter” as your charity. It is very simple and easy!Also, remember that you can donate directly to the Scholarship Fund at any time. All donations are greatly appreciated!
Pascha Flowers:Soon Holy Week and Pascha will be here. Offering envelopes for your donations to help offset the cost of flowers to decorate Christ's Tomb and the church for Pascha are available at the candle stand in the Narthex of the church. Your generosity will be greatly appreciated! We thank you and pray that you experience a rewarding and fruitful Lenten season and celebration of our Lord's Holy Pascha.
Lenten Confessions: Everyone is expected to receive the sacrament of Holy Confession during the Lenten season. Confessions are heard following vespers on Saturday evenings, before Presanctified Liturgies from 4:30-5:30 p.m. or by ap-pointment with Father George. The last time Confes-sions will be heard is Holy Tuesday after the 7:00 p.m. Bridegroom Matins. Prepare yourselves early! Thank you in advance for your understanding and coopera-tion.
Preparing the church for Pascha:Volunteers are needed to clean the liturgical and altaritems for Holy Week and Pascha. We will meet at 9:30a.m. on Tuesday, April 11. Cleaning supplies are pro-vided. Come and help out for a couple of hours!
Vigil at Christ's Tomb:Once again a sign-up sheet will be located in the narthex of the church for our tradition of keeping vigil at our Lord’s Tomb. Parishioners are encouraged toparticipate in this very spiritually moving practice of reading from the Book of Psalms and the Acts of the Apostles. Reading at the tomb will begin after the3:00 p.m. Vesper Service on Holy Friday and will con-tinue until the start of Nocturns at 11:00 p.m. on Holy Saturday. We need a volunteer to be responsible for coordinating the schedule and unlocking and locking the church. Please see Father George if you can help with this task.
Bright Monday Pan-Orthodox Liturgy:On Bright Monday, April 17 the Paschal Liturgy willbe celebrated at 10:00 a.m. at St. Peter's. We will gatherwith the clergy and parishioners from St. George Greek Orthodox Church and St. Mary Magdalene Or-thodox Church in Merced. Following the Liturgy all are welcome to join in fellowship at the Yosemite Falls Café: 4020 North Cedar Avenue, (at Dakota) Fresno.
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Pascha Baskets: Parishioners are welcome to keep the tradition of bringing Pascha Baskets, which will be blessed after the Paschal Liturgy, and also after Paschal Vespers, lat-er that morning. Please place your baskets on the ta-bles in the hallway between the church and social hall.
These baskets traditionally are prepared with many of the foods from which we've been fasting from during Great Lent. There are several foods tradi-tionally included in the basket. These are: a yeast bread, a bitter herb, wine, cheese, meat, butter, salt, and a red egg or eggs.
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St. Peter's Church School...
Palm Sunday Vespers & Children’s Procession Saturday, April 8 at 5:00 p.m. Children's confessions at the end of the service. All children are encouraged to participate!The Youth Choir will be singing during the Palm Sunday Liturgy on April 9!
Festival Wish List
OurannualparishfestivalisSaturday,June3!Markyourcalendar,inviteyourfriendsandneighborsandplantoattend!Thesuccessofthiseventisonlypossiblewiththeparticipationofeveryoneinourparishcommunity.VolunteersarealwaysneededandappreciatedcallthechurchofTiceifyoucanhelpout.
Wearerequestingmonetarydonationstohelpcoverthecostofingredientsforthefestivalbakeryitems.Ifyouareabletogiveadonation,pleasecontactourbakerychairpersonRadmilaTarailoat322-6498orbyemail:[email protected].
DonateitemstotheSilentAuction!ThemedGiftBaskets,collectibles,giftcertiTicates,etc.ContactAnastaciaCooperforideasorsuggestions240-8254oremailheratanastaciacoop@yahoo.com.
Let’salldoourpartandworktogethertomakeourparishfestivalasuccess!
St. Peter Church Scholarship application:
Attention graduating High School Seniors!
This year we will be awarding scholarships to our graduating High School seniors who plan to continue their education at either a college/university or trade school. Eligibility for scholarships are based on church and church school participation as well
as academics and community service. All appli-cants must have a parent or grandparent/guardian who is currently a pledged steward of St. Peter Church. Please contact Father George or Jim Ward to apply. Applications will be available after April 15. The deadline to submit your application is June 15. Scholarships will be awarded at our Petrovdan Luncheon on July 9, 2017.
Parents, please let Father George know if your son or daughter will be graduating fro High School or College and send in a short bio of their education, future plans along with a photo for the Messenger.. Email: [email protected]. We will be honoring all graduates on May 21.
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Keves, Laszlo/ValentynaKlingel, Friedhelm/TatianaKojovich, HelenKornaros, Steven/TaraKril, MariaLivanis, PeterLobkowski, Vladimir/DarleneMarinovich, John/NancyMatthews, Dn. Brad/PeggyMay, LyudmylaMcAtee, Randy/JaniceMikitish, AnneMilinich, BarbaraMiller, Eric/YolyMilovich, RobertMyovich, Kyle/NikiNaden, VeraOxford, Tom/LynnPavic, DejanPavlovich, GeorgePenny, Tim/NancyPestich Smith, AngelaPestorich, John/CharlenePestorich, John/StaciPestorich, Mark/KristenPestorich, Mike/DonaPestorich, Vera/LarryPetrosian, John/LizaPopov, MarinaPoulsen, Christian/NataliePoznanovich, Momirka
Poznanovich, SelmaRadoicich, FrancesRadojkovich, NadaRadovich, Savo/MilkaRighetti, Marc/JennyRistic, BrankaRomanenko, Andrej/CarolynRowe, RebeccaScamagas, Peter/KatinaShultz, NormanSidel, NatalieSidel, SandraSkochko, Steve/AllisonSmith, CassidySmith, Terrence/StacySpadier, DarinkaSpadier, Dushan/JulianaSpolsdoff, James/AlaSpolsdoff, AllisonSpolsdoff, KatherineStijovic, MimaTarailo, Ron/RadmilaTarailo, ZorkaUrdesich, JeffVucovich, Stephen/KellyVukajlovic, Mark/CristinaVukajlovic, MikeWard, Jim/SvetlanaWisar, David/JennaWoolley, James/MarjorieZenovich, Vera
Stewardship 2017 Our 2017 Stewardship Campaign began on Sun-day, November 13. Become a Steward of St. Pe-ter’s and submit your new Pledge Card!
April Altar Servers, Epistle Reader and Tutors Schedule:
Epistle:April 2 Jonathan HartApril 9 Joseph AlsobrookApril 16 Lazarus McAteeApril 23 Jonathan HartApril 30 Joseph Alsobrook
Team 1April 9 & 30Braeden EppersonMason EppersonJoseph HartMichael WorkJustus AlfaroIsaac Byers
Team 2April 2 & 23Luke AlsobrookCaleb AlsobrookLance VukajovićNickolas VukajlovićLukas JenningsPatrick Jennings
Tutors:April 2 Jim Ward ./ Vera Naden April 9 Jonathan Hart / Natalie SidelApril 16 Andrej Romanenko / Tim PennyApril 23 Jim Ward ./ Vera Naden April 30 Jonathan Hart / Natalie Sidel
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Parish DirectoryContact Information: Phone: (559) 227-5565 Email: [email protected] Website: www.stpeterfresno.com
Parish Clergy: V. Rev. George Gligich (559) 696-7015Protodeacon Brad Matthews (Retired)
Choir Director: Peggy Matthews (559) 960-2151
Parish Council: Anthony Olivo (559) 360-7115
Church School: Lamia Epperson (559) 430-9186
Circle of Sisters: Shirley Bundros (559) 940-9216
Men’s Club: Jonathan Hart (559 447-3079
Worship Services: Saturday Vespers at 5:00 p.m.Confessions on Saturdays after vespers or during the week by appointment.
Sunday Liturgy at 9:30 a.m.Church School on Sundays from Sep-tember through May following Holy Communion.
Weeknight Vespers at 7:00 p.m.
Weekday Liturgy (Holy Days) at 9:00 a.m.
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Presanctified Liturgy 9:00a
Bridegroom Matins 7:00p
Liturgy & CS 9:30 a.m.
Circle of Sisters mtg.
12:00p
Liturgy & CS 9:30 a.m.
Parish Council 12:30 p.m.
Bridegroom Matins 6:00p
Paschal Vespers 11:30aChildren’s Egg Hunt &
Luncheon at Noon.
Liturgy & CS 9:30 a.m.
Royal Hours 9:00a
Vespers w/ Burial 3:00p
Matins & Lamentations
7:00p
Vesperal Liturgy 9:00aNocturns 11:00p
Resurrection Matins &
Liturgy 11:30p
Liturgy 9:00 a.m.
Vespers, procession &
children’s confessions 5:00
p.m.
Vespers & Confessions
5:00 p.m.
Vespers & Confessions
5:00p
Vespers & Confessions
5:00p
6th Hour Prayers at Noon
6th Hour Prayers at Noon
Presanctified Liturgy
6:00p (St. Peter)
Holy Unction 3:00p
Bridegroom Matins 6:00p
(St. George Church)
6th Hour Prayers at Noon Men’s Club 6:00 p.m.
Liturgy & CS 9:30 a.m.
Vesperal Liturgy 9:00a
Matins w/ 12 Passion
Gospels 7:00p
Vesperal Liturgy
9:00a
Pan-Orthodox Paschal
Liturgy 9:30a / No-host
brunch at Yosemite Falls Cafe.
Church cleaning 9:30a
Bridegroom Matins 7:00p
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