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SCHEDULE OF DIVINE SERVICES AT STV

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ONE: GREAT LENT IS OVER – HOLY WEEK IS IN FULL SWING
Congratulations to all on the completion of the Holy Forty Days of Great Lent! Please find the full Holy Week and Bright Week schedule below. These are the MOST important days of our Christian Year. Please join us for all of the services that fit your schedule. And then: add one more. Challenge yourself. For when we are at the Divine Services we are mystically present at the events that are commemorated there. We all want to be with the Lord as He raises Lazarus and enters Jerusalem at the outward height of His earthly ministry. We like to be on the winning team! But let us also strive to be with Him when those same people who welcomed Him as King and God to Jerusalem turn on Him and call for His crucifixion. Join us at STV this week and stand by the Lord as He accomplishes all for our salvation!
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TWO: TOMORROW IS THE FEAST OF THE ANNUNCIATION
The feast of the Annunciation is always March 25/April 7. But Pascha moves around from year to year and thus Annunciation also seems to “move”. It is in Bright Week one year, then Holy Week, then Palm Sunday, etc. But it never moves. Pascha moves around it, if you will, and thus we are often surprised that “Annunciation is tomorrow”. But it is. :) Tonight: Vigil 6 p.m. Tomorow: Vesperal Divine Liturgy 8:00 a.m. JOIN US!
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THREE: BLESSING PASCHA BASKETS AT STV
Paschal baskets will be blessed at St. Vladimir's following the Divine Liturgy on Holy Saturday (April 11) as well as every subsequent Divine Service of Bright Week. It is most traditional for baskets to be blessed after the Divine Liturgy on Pascha itself, but we realize that this does not work for everyone's schedule, and thus we offer an early opportunity (after the Holy Saturday Divine Liturgy) and later opportunities (after every Divine Service of Bright Week). If you basket is blessed on Holy Saturday after Liturgy you agree that you will not partake of the non-Lenten foods until after the Divine Liturgy on Pascha night, for the fast does not end at midnight, but after the Divine Liturgy on the feast!

FOUR: PASCHAL VESPERS – WEIRDLY ORPHANED AT STV
In most parishes the Paschal Vespers service – held at STV at 2:00 p.m. on the Sunday of Pascha, is a big deal. LOTS of people come and hear the Paschal hymns again – or maybe for the first time if they had to miss the midnight service. Some stay and enjoy Paschal foods with friends. But we mostly ignore this service. That is weird. :) We should try to align our parish practices to the rest of the Orthodox world. JOIN US! Don’t miss this important piece of our Paschal celebrations at STV!

FIVE: PASCHAL OPEN HOUSE AT FR. GREGORY’S IS MAY 3
Fr. Gregory, Matushka Elizabeth, Maria, Michael, and Natalia invite all St. Vladimir’s family and friends to their Paschal Open House on Sunday, May 3 beginning at 6:00 p.m. at their home in Saline. Please join them as we celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord!