April 11th Bulletin for Palm Sunday
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES AND CHURCH EVENTS
Sunday PALM SUNDAY (Festal Tone - Page 235) Apr 13th 8:00 am (Phil 4:4-9; Jn 12:1-18) +Charles KEER by the Pak family
Wednesday HOLY WEDNESDAY LITURGY OF THE PRE-SANCTIFIED GIFTS Apr 16th 6:00 pm Ex 2:11-2; Job 2:1-10; Matt 26:6-16
Friday GOOD FRIDAY – ENTOMBMENT VESPERS Apr 18th 5:00 pm Is 52:13-54:1; 1 Cor 1:18-22; Mt 27:1-61; Jn 19:31-37
Saturday HOLY SATURDAY (No services) Apr 19th 10:00 am Church open for private prayer at the tomb (10am - 3pm)
Sunday RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD - PASCHA Apr 20th 6:00 am Resurrection Matins
7:00 am Divine Liturgy (Festal tone page 164) (Acts 1:1-8; Jn 1:1-17) HGB our OLPH Family
Blessing of Baskets Following Divine Liturgy **************************************************************************** When receiving Holy Communion, approach Fr. Alex telling him your name, tilt back your head, and widely open your mouth (no need to extend your tongue). Father will distribute the Eucharist with a one-use wooden spoon.
VIRTUAL BROADCAST OF DIVINE LITURGY WILL CONTINUE: https://www.facebook.com/OLPHVB (for OLPH) https://www.facebook.com/groups/143124142437035/ (for Ascension)
ALSO - On Sunday mornings at 7:40 am (20 minutes before Divine Liturgy) we are praying the third hour found at https://mci.archpitt.org/sheetmusic/general/Third_Hour.pdf
QUICK TIDY- UP DAY: We’d greatly appreciate any volunteers who could remain after Liturgy today to tidy up and prepare the church for holy week. There will not be a grounds maintenance day this month.
SUNDAY SCHOOL TODAY: OLPH will have Sunday school after Divine Liturgy this morning. Please see William Bridges for more information on our program.
LENTEN PRESANCTIFIED LITURGY: Presanctified Liturgy with Holy Anointing will be celebrated on Holy Wednesday, April 16th at 6:00 pm. Afterwards we will have a light Lenten dinner in the parish hall. All are welcome! Big thank you to all who made dinners throughout the Lenten season!
HOLY THURSDAY DIVINE LITURGY: On Holy Thursday, April 17th, you are invited to attend Divine Liturgy and Vespers at our sister parish, Ascension of Our Lord, in Williamsburg. Services start at 7 pm. There will not be liturgy at OLPH that day. Please see Reader Joe if you are interested in going.
APRIL BIRTHDAYS: Amelia CASON (3rd), Michael ABRAHAM (5th), Svitlana SEMENIV (6th), Nadia BELEY (12th), Roman BELEY (19th), Colleen PAK (26th), Annalicia DILOLLO (29th)
PRAYER REMEMBRANCE FOR THE SICK, INJURED, AND IN NEED: June KELLY, Roman DRYMALOVSKY, Kathy RAUSCH, Jim FITZGIBBONS, Ron WIENCKOSKI, Kathy REITER, Tommy & Pat HINES, Linda GETZ, Robin & Susan MITCHELL, Pat ABRAHAM, Marty CARLON, Maggie HORD, Luke COOKE, Jon GLOVER, Julianna DILOLLO, Stephen HENDRICKS, Gabriella HINES-MORRIS, Martin FELIX, Brittany BRIDGES, Chrissy HOLSINGER, Greg IRVIN, Rustam TAMAIEV (Valentyna’s brother who is a tanker in the Ukrainian Army Armed Forces), and all our service men and women throughout the world.