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