The first week of Great Lent – the beginning of our Lenten journey to heaven – begins with us asking for forgiveness from everyone and forgiving everyone.
The Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete is read on the first four evenings of Great Lent. St. Andrew wrote the canon as a personal meditation, and it has been described as a dialogue between St. Andrew and his soul, urging humility and repentance. With St. Andrew’s words at these services, the Church helps us start our own journeys through Great Lent.
On the first Friday of Great Lent, an exceptional ancient service with a penitential character is celebrated: the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. At the end of this service, koliva (a dish of boiled wheat with honey and nuts) is blessed in remembrance of the miracle performed by the martyr Theodore the Recruit and to strengthen us on our Lenten journey.
We look forward to seeing you at these services during the first week of Lent:
Sunday, February 22 Forgiveness Sunday
- 10:00 am Divine Liturgy
Monday, February 23
- 6:00 pm Great Canon
Tuesday, February 24
- 6:00 pm Great Canon
Wednesday, February 25
- 6:00 pm Great Canon
Thursday, February 26
- 6:00 pm Great Canon
Friday, February 27
- 10:00 am Presanctified Liturgy
- 11:00 am Blessing of Koliva
Saturday, February 28
- 4:00 pm Vigil
Sunday, March 1 1st Sunday of Great Lent, Feast of Orthodoxy
- 10:00 Divine Liturgy
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