programme for holy week

@ st gerasimos

GREAT AND HOLY WEEK SERVICES
(click on titles for more information on the service)

SUNDAY 28TH MARCH

 
8.00AM – ENTRY OF OUR LORD INTO JERUSALEM (PALM SUNDAY)

MATINS - DIVINE LITURGY  (Php 4:4-9, Jn 12:1-18)
EVENING 7.00PM – SERVICE OF THE BRIDEGROOM

HOLY MONDAY 29TH MARCH
 
8.00AM – SERVICE OF PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS
EVENING 7.00PM – SERVICE OF THE BRIDEGROOM

HOLY TUESDAY 30TH MARCH
 
8.00AM – SERVICE OF PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS
EVENING 7.00PM – SERVICE OF THE BRIDEGROOM

HOLY WEDNESDAY 31ST MARCH
 
8.00AM – SERVICE OF PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS
4.00PM – SERVICE OF HOLY UNCTION
EVENING 7.00PM – MATINS OF HOLY THURSDAY

HOLY THURSDAY 1ST APRIL
 
6.00AM – VESPERS AND DIVINE LITURGY OF ST BASIL
Holy Communion will be given at the end of the divine liturgy

EVENING 6.30PM – SERVICE OF THE HOLY PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (THE 12 GOSPELS)

HOLY FRIDAY 2ND APRIL
 
8.00AM – SERVICE OF THE GREAT HOURS AND DECORATION OF THE EPITAPHIOS
The decorating od the epitaphios is open to all ages and families. Please come along and help out!
3.00PM – GREAT VESPERS OF THE APOKATHELOSIS

EVENING
7.00PM –SERVICE OF THE EPITAPHIOS
9.00PM – PROCESSION OF THE EPITAPHIOS

HOLY SATURDAY 3RD APRIL
 
6.00AM – VESPERS AND DIVINE LITURGY OF ST BASIL
Holy Communion will be given at the end of the divine liturgy

EVENING 11.00PM – THE RESURRECTION SERVICE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST

EASTER SUNDAY 4TH APRIL

11.00AM – VESPERS OF LOVE HELD AT THE ARCHDIOCESE, REDFERN

koulouria

for the inmates








Every year Rev Fr Leslie and St Gerasimos Parish collects and distributes koulouria and tsourekia, sharing in the celebration of our Lord's resurrection with the 350 Orthodox inmates in NSW. As Fr. Leslie explained today,  if anyone is wishing to contribute with any that can be spared, or on the other hand made specifically for this, they can be brought to the church on Saturday morning April 3rd. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

 

holy week service books

on sale

...from Palm Sunday after Liturgy, near were the candles are sold.

If you don't have one, it is thoroughly recommended. This book has every service of Holy Week including the Vespers of Love on Sunday afternoon. It is in English and Greek and is easy to follow.

bring picnic blanket

if you have one...

We have heard that the Central Youth Committee NSW has organised a picnic for Bright Monday 5th April. Lucky we are all on a public holiday that day... 

You can rock up at anytime from 10am and bring your favourite pass time/ park activity and of course any left over food from the day before (perfect picnic food!). There might also be an Easter egg cracking competition. The competition may be fierce in that one.

Have a look at the ad here.

hand out

download

We thought we would post up the handout that was provided during last year's 'Step by step through Great Lent and Holy Week' course. Please just visit our scribd page and download from there.