Forgiveness Vespers - Feburary 18th
Forgiveness Vespers - Feburary 18th - 02/11/18
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Last updated: 2022-11-06 20:12:11

Our Lenten journey will begin with Forgiveness Vespers Sunday, February18th following coffee hour. All should make a sincere effort to begin the Lenten season with this service and the “Mutual rite of forgiveness”. “On Forgiveness Sunday, we sing of Adam’s exile from paradise. We identify ourselves with Adam, lamenting our loss of the beauty, dignity and delight of our original creation, mourning our corruption in sin. We also hear on this day the Lord’s teaching about fasting and forgiveness, and we enter the season of the fast forgiving one another so that God will forgive us. If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your heavenly Father forgive you your trespasses" (Mt 6.14–18).

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Tuesday, April 23rd

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at 6:00 p.m.

 

Wednesday, April 24th

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at 5:45 p.m.

Presanctified Liturgy

at 6:00 p.m.

 

Friday, April 26th

9th Hour & Typica

at 8:45 a.m.

Presanctified Liturgy

at 9:00 a.m.

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Small Compline & Lazarus Canon

at 6:00 p.m.

 

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at 9:00 a.m.

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at 5:00 p.m.

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at 8:00 a.m.

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