Holy Week Schedule

Speaking of Holy Week, here is the schedule we'll follow at Peace this year:

Palm/Passion Sunday
9:30 am - Divine Service
w/Palm Sunday Procession with Palms and St. Matthew's Passion read responsively
 
Holy Monday

7:30 am - Matins

12:00 pm - Divine Service

4:30 pm - Vespers

7:00 pm - Divine Service (same as Noon)

Holy Tuesday

7:30 am - Matins

12:00 pm - Divine Service

4:30 pm - Vespers

7:00 pm - Divine Service (same as Noon)

Holy Wednesday

7:30 am - Matins

12:00 pm - Divine Service

4:30 pm - Vespers

7:00 pm - Divine Service (same as Noon)

Holy/Maundy Thursday

7:30 am - Matins

12:00 pm - Divine Service

4:30 - Vespers

7:00 pm - Divine Service (different than Noon; w/Stripping of the Altar)

Good Friday

7:30 am - Matins

12:00 pm - Divine Service (Chief Service)

3:00 pm - Devotion at the Sacred Hour

7:30 pm - Tenebrae

Holy Saturday

7:30 am - Matins

10:00 am - Divine Service (Holy Saturday)

Decorating of Church for Easter following Divine Service

7:00 pm - Easter Vigil

Champagne Reception following Vigil

Easter Sunday

7:30 am - Matins

8:00 am - Easter Breakfast

9:30 am - Divine Service (Feast of the Resurrection of Our Lord)

NOTES ON THE SCHEDULE: Matins from Holy Monday through Holy Saturday, Vespers from Holy Monday through Holy Thursday, and Divine Service from Holy Monday through Holy Thursday at Noon, and on Holy Saturday morning, will all be spoken. The Divine Service from Holy Monday through Holy Wednesday will be the exact same Service at both Noon and 7 pm. The Divine Service on Holy Thursday evening will be sung, and will conclude with the Stripping of the Altar. The Chief Service on Good Friday at Noon will include the celebration of the Most Holy Sacrament; Tenebrae in the evening will not. Matins on Easter Sunday will be sung.