Join Us for the Joy of Pascha!
We warmly invite you to celebrate the Resurrection of Christ with us! Here is the schedule for our Paschal services:
7:30 PM: We begin our evening with Vespers.
around 8:30 PM: Come receive the light! We will bring the Holy Paschal Light out from the altar, which will be immediately followed by Matins and the traditional candlelit procession around the church.
Afterwards: We will celebrate the joyous Paschal Divine Liturgy.
Holy Communion: All baptised and chrismated Orthodox Christians who have prepared themselves are lovingly invited to receive Holy Communion on this holy night. If you plan to receive, please aim to begin your Eucharistic fast from 2:00 PM onwards. Please note non-Orthodox Christian are not permitted to receive Holy Communion but are welcome to receive Antidoron at the end of the service.
We look forward to sharing the radiant joy of Pascha with you!
Gospel reading (Archdiocesan Sunday bulletins over the years - please click on year links below)
Holy and Great Sunday of Pascha:The Prologue (John 1:1-17).
Theme: "In the beginning was the Word..."—Proclaiming the eternal divinity of the Risen Christ.
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Christ is risen from the dead,
trampling down death by death,
and upon those in the tombs bestowing life!
Before the dawn,
Mary and the women came and found the stone
rolled away from the tomb.
They heard the angelic voice:
"Why do you seek among the dead as a man the One who is everlasting light?
Behold the clothes in the grave!
Go and proclaim to the world: The Lord is risen!
He has slain death, as He is the Son of God,
saving the race of men."
Kontakion (Tone 8)
Thou didst decend into the tomb, O Immortal,
Thou didst destory the power of death!
In victory didst Thou arise, O Christ God,
proclaiming "Rejoice" to the myrrhbearing women,
granting peace to Thy apostles,
and bestowing resurrection to the fallen.
Paschal hymn to the Mother of God:
The angel cried to the Lady Full of Grace: Rejoice, O Pure Virgin!
Again I say: Rejoice! Your Son is risen from His three days in the tomb!
With Himself He has raised all the dead! Rejoice, all you people!
Shine! Shine! O New Jerusalem!
The Glory of the Lord has shone on you!
Exalt now and be glad, O Zion!
Be radiant, O Pure Mother of God, in the Resurrection of your Son!