Great Lent 2023
First Week (February 27 – March 3)
Monday – Friday
6am – Midnight Office, Matins, Hours
Monday, Tuesday
6pm – Vespers, Great Compline with Great Canon (of St. Andrew of Crete)
Wednesday, Thursday
4pm – Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
6:30pm – Great Compline with Great Canon (of St. Andrew of Crete)
Friday
6pm – Holy Unction at St. Nicholas Romanian Orthodox Church in Queens
Weekends
Saturday
8am – Matins
9am – Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Memorial Service
8pm – Great Vespers
Sunday
8:30am – Matins
10am – Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
Week II (March 6-10)
Monday – Friday
6am – Matins
Monday, Tuesday, Friday
6pm – Vespers
Wednesday, Thursday
4pm – Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Week III (March 13-17)
Monday – Friday
6am – Matins
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
6pm – Vespers
Wednesday
7pm – Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at Holy Spirit Orthodox Church in Wantage, NJ
Friday
6pm – Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Week IV (March 20-24)
Monday – Friday
6am – Matins
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday
6pm – Vespers
Tuesday, Friday
4pm – Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Week V (March 27-31)
Monday – Friday
6am – Matins
Monday, Tuesday
6pm – Vespers
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
4pm – Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Wednesday
6:30pm – Matins with Great Canon (of St. Andrew of Crete)
Friday
6:30pm – Matins with Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos
Week VI (April 3-7)
Monday – Thursday
6am – Matins
Monday, Tuesday
6pm – Vespers
Wednesday, Thursday
4pm – Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Friday
6pm – Holy Unction at St. Nicholas Romanian Orthodox Church in Queens
In general, the church services in our monastery are as follows:
Monday through Friday:
6.00 – Matins
18.00 – Vespers and Akathist
21.00 – Small Compline
Saturdays:
8.00 – Matins
9.00 – Divine Liturgy
20.00 – Great Vespers
Sundays and feasts marked with a red cross:
9.00 – Matins
10.15 – Divine Liturgy
19.00 – Vespers and Paraklesis to the Mother of God