Holy Week Schedule - 2009

The Shrine of Holy Wisdom

Come and observe the Paschal Mysteries!

April 3^rd - Sorrowful Friday – 7:30 pm. A special altar to our Sorrowful Mother will be created for devotees to offer their petitions and flower offerings. The rosary of the seven sorrows of Mary will be recited after which the litany to Our Holy Mother will be sung. Each participant will have the opportunity to taste of the tears of the Virgin.

April 5^th – Palm Sunday –10:00 am. Today we celebrate Mar Yeshua’s royal entry into Jerusalem with the blessing of the palm fronds, the jubilant outdoor procession & a bilingual liturgy with music provided by the Schola Cantorum.

April 8^th – Deeksha Service – 7:30 pm.

April 9^th – Holy Thursday – 7:30 pm. This evening we commemorate Mar Yeshua’s institution of the heavenly banquet known as the Holy Eucharist. The Liturgy of the Holy Grail includes the washing of the feet ceremony and the solemn procession with the Blessed Sacrament to the altar of repose.

April 10^th – Good Friday – 7:30 pm. The sung Gospel of the passion and death of Yeshua is interspersed with evocative sacred music and meditations on the mystery of the crucifixion. The veneration of the Holy Cross and the candlelight procession with the sacred burial cloth are the highlights of tonight’s liturgy which concludes with the ceremony of darkness.

April 12^th – RESURRECTION SUNDAY – 10:00 am.

Today’s celebration of the Resurrection of the Christos includes: the lighting of the Paschal Candle, the Easter proclamation, a jubilant outdoor Easter Procession, followed by a bilingual liturgy with music sung by the Schola Cantorum. Lilies will be distributed and Easter baskets will be blessed after the services. Each family will receive a traditional Ukrainian Easter egg.