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(Email Sent 03/20/2023 @ 12:30 pm)

Parish Faithful,

Below please find a summary of upcoming services and events. 

Wednesday, March 22   

          6:00 pm - Presanctified Liturgy

Friday, March 24 - Eve of Annunciation

          9:00 am – Presanctified Liturgy

          7:00 pm – Vigil for Annunciation

Saturday, March 25 - Annunciation

          8:50 am – Reading of the Hours

          9:00 am – Festal Divine Liturgy

          5:00 pm – Great Vespers

Sunday, March 26 - St. John Climacus

          9:10 am – Reading of the Hours

          9:30 am – Divine Liturgy

Wednesday, March 29     

          6:00 pm - Presanctified Liturgy

Thursday, March 30          

          7:00 pm – Compline with Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete and the Life of St. Mary of Egypt

Friday, March 31                

          9:00 am – Presanctified Liturgy

          7:00 pm – Akathist - Theotokos

Saturday, April 1 - Akathist Saturday

          8:50 am – Reading of the Hours

          9:00 am – Divine Liturgy

          4:30 pm – General Panikhida

          5:00 pm – Great Vespers

Sunday, April 2 - St. Mary of Egypt

          9:10 am – Reading of the Hours

          9:30 am – Divine Liturgy

Wednesday, April 5          

          6:00 pm - Presanctified Liturgy

Friday, April 7                     

          9:00 am – Presanctified Liturgy

          7:00 pm – Compline (Lazarus)

Saturday, April 8 - Lazarus Saturday

          8:00 am – Baptism of Andrew Goth

          9:00 am – Divine Liturgy

          5:00 pm – Great Vespers

Sunday, April 9 - Palm Sunday

          9:10 am – Reading of the Hours

          9:30 am – Divine Liturgy

          4:00 pm – Bridegroom Matins

Monday, April 10 - Holy Monday

          9:00 am – Presanctified Liturgy

          7:00 pm – Bridegroom Matins

Tuesday, April 11 - Holy Tuesday

          9:00 am – Presanctified Liturgy

          7:00 pm – Bridegroom Matins

Wednesday, April 12 - Holy Wednesday

          9:00 am – Presanctified Liturgy

          7:00 pm – Holy Unction

Thursday, April 13 - Holy Thursday

          8:50 am – Reading of the Hours

          9:00 am – Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

          7:00 pm – Matins of Holy Friday with the 12 Passion Gospels

Friday, April 14 - Holy Friday

          9:00 am – Royal Hours

          4:00 pm – Burial Vespers

          7:00 pm – Matins Lamentations

          All Night Watch

Saturday, April 15 - Holy Saturday

          9:00 am – Vesperal Divine Liturgy of Holy Saturday

GREAT AND HOLY PASCHA

          11:30 pm – Paschal Vigil and Paschal Divine Liturgy

          Followed by the blessing of baskets & Agape meal

Sunday, April 16                

          11:00 am - Agape Vespers

Monday, April 17 - Bright Monday

          8:50 am – Reading of the Hours

          9:00 am – Divine Liturgy

Saturday, April 22             

          5:00 pm - Great Vespers

Sunday, April 23 - St. Thomas Sunday

          9:10 am – Reading of the Hours

          9:30 am – Divine Liturgy

          2:00 pm - Blessing of the Graves – Union Cemetery

Saturday, April 29             

          5:00 pm - Great Vespers

Sunday, April 30 - Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women

          9:10 am – Reading of the Hours

          9:30 am – Divine Liturgy

          2:00 pm - Blessing of the Graves – Catasauqua

***Live Stream will also be available for all services.***

In Christ,

Jennifer N. Bzik

Administrative Assistant

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Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory forever! 

Welcome to St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church.

St. Nicholas Church is a parish of the Diocese of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). It is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the beautiful and growing Lehigh Valley. 

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