St. John The Theologian Orthodox Church

04/21/2026

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04/06/2026

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE, April 6 - 12
Great & Holy Monday
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/04/06/21-great-and-holy-monday
7:00 pm Bridegroom Matins

Great & Holy Tuesday
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/04/07/22-great-and-holy-tuesday
7:00 pm Bridegroom Matins

Great & Holy Wednesday
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/04/08/23-great-and-holy-wednesday
You will notice something interesting about this day: It is the last day we pray the Lenten Prayer of St. Ephraim, and it is also the last time we use the Lenten melodies in the services. When the PSL is over, no more Lenten melodies; the tone of the evening Matins service changes to melodies that will be used over the next two days, signifying a change in the character and thrust of the hymns.
10:00 am Presanctified Liturgy (with the final recitation of the Lenten Prayer of St. Ephraim)
6:30 pm (Brief) Anointing with Holy Unction those who were not at the service last week
7:00 pm Bridegroom Matins

Great & Holy Thursday
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/04/09/24-great-and-holy-thursday
10:00 am Liturgy of St. Basil the Great: Institution of the Holy Eucharist
12:00 pm Egg dying (Sisterhood event)
7:00 pm 12 Passion Gospels
You will be holding candles throughout this service, lighting them when the Gospel is read, then extinguishing them when it is finished. This will happen throughout all 12 Gospel readings. After the Fifth Gospel, lights are extinguished all will kneel while the Cross is being brought out from the altar.

Great & Holy Friday
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/04/10/25-great-and-holy-friday
10:00 am Royal Hours (with the prophecies of the Suffering Messiah)
12:00 pm Holy Friday Retreat movie: The Passion of the Christ
4:00 pm Vespers of Burial: The Taking Down of the Christ from the Cross
This is a service at which all parishioners should be in attendance! All children, especially, are off school, so there is no reason why the entire family cannot be present.
Tomb Vigil begins with the reading from the Book of the Psalms
7:00 pm Matins of Lamentations (with procession, weather permitting)
All-night Tomb Vigil continues with the readings from the Book of the Gospels

Great & Holy Saturday
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/04/11/26-great-and-holy-saturday
10:00 am Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil: The “First Resurrection” Service
A rather liturgically dramatic moment happens about half-way through the service when all the purple coverings and vestments are changed to white during the singing of "Arise, O God! Judge the Earth" before the reading of the Gospel, when the first mention of Christ's Resurrection is announced. Hence the name, the "First Resurrection" service.
Tomb Vigil continues with the readings from the Acts of the Holy Apostles

GREAT AND HOLY PASCHA!
Note: The following services are all one continuous service from 11:30 pm Saturday night until early Sunday morning, ending around 3 or 4 am or ?
11:30 pm (Saturday night) Nocturne
12:00 am Midnight – Giving of the Light and Rush Procession around the church
12:15 am Matins, followed by Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom; reading of Gospel in many languages
2:30 am Blessing of Eggs and Paschal Baskets, and Paschal Agape in the Alexandrovich Hall

Bright Monday (April 13):
10:00 am Paschal Liturgy! Agape to follow (bring all your leftover Paschal food!)

Great and Holy Saturday is the day on which Christ reposed in the tomb. The Church calls this day the Blessed Sabbath. “The great Moses mystically foreshadowed this day when he said:God blessed the seventh day.This is the blessed SabbathThis is the day of rest,on which the only-begotten Son…

04/06/2026

Orthodox Christians:
THIS.IS.HOLY.WEEK. The most - THE most - important time of the year, as we prepare for the Holy Resurrection. We need - we MUST - do many things in order to be ready; Here's my RULE OF 8:
1. Stop watching the news. The world will still be turning 7 days from now.
2. Limit your SM. Post photos from church services. Ignore everything else.
3. Read the Scriptures.

02/16/2026

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12/25/2025

With around 90 people at the Nativity today we set a record for attendance at this Great Feast. A joy seeing so many people, parishioners, guests, and friends alike. It was so festive, so joyful, that no one wanted to leave afterwards. Quite the day!

May your Christmas be joyful, joyous, peaceful, happy, filled with laughter, good food, and the love of family and friends.

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11/28/2025

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11/19/2025

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11/13/2025

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11/06/2025

"The main enemy of the morning prayer is haste, and the evening prayer is fatigue."
If it happens that you oversleep and don't have time to read the morning rule, you can do this: start reading it at home, and finish it - on the road.
If you don't know him by heart yet, then make a prayer to Jesus on the way.
Do not postpone the evening prayer to the peak of fatigue, giving God the distractions of your attention.
"If you are very tired and cannot pray, then tell the Lord:
"Lord, I am tired, I go to rest, I have sinned endlessly in front of you, in front of the Mother of God, the holy guardian angel and all the saints. Jesus! Grant forgiveness of all sins, sleep to the body, peace to the soul.
Lay your head down and rest. But you can do this when you are really tired, without ugliness and self-pity."
Schigumen Savva Ostapenko

11/03/2025