Service and Events Schedule
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Services and Events

Services & Events for Great Lent
through the Beginning of April 2023

02/26 – Sunday 6:30 PM Forgiveness Vespers - The faithful gather to bow to one another asking forgiveness and to consecrate the Great Fast which begins Monday 2/27 and continues until Holy Week

02/27 – Monday 6:30 PM Great Compline with the Reading of a portion of the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

02/28 – Tuesday 6:30 PM Great Compline with the Reading of a portion of the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

03/01 – Wednesday 6:30 PM Great Compline with the Reading of a portion of the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

03/02 – Thursday 6:30 PM Great Compline with the Reading of a portion of the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete – a brief choir rehearsal follows the service

03/03 – Friday 6:30 PM Matins & 1st Hour
03/04 – Saturday 8:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy - Holy Great Martyr Theodore the Recruit

03/04 – Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil
03/05 – Sunday 9:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy of St. Basil – The First Sunday of Great Lent – the Sunday of Orthodoxy – Immediately following Liturgy will be the Moleben for the Conversion of Those in Error

03/08 - Wednesday 6:30 PM 9th Hour, Vespers & Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts - the 1st & 2nd Findings of the Head of John the Baptist - transferred from 3/9

03/09  - Thursday 7-9 PM Choir Rehearsal

03/11 - Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil
03/12 - Sunday 9:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy of St. Basil – the 2nd Sunday of Great Lent - St. Gregory Palamas

03/13 - Monday 7:00 PM Parish Council Meeting via zoom

03/15 - Wednesday 6:30 PM 9th Hour, Vespers & Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts

03/16 - Thursday 7-9 PM Choir Rehearsal

03/18 – Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil
03/19 – Sunday 9:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy of St. Basil - the 3rd Sunday of Great Lent - the Veneration of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross

Monday the 20th through Wednesday the 22nd,  Father Christopher Johnson and Father Deacon Christopher Capp will represent Holy Apostles at the Diocesan Lenten Retreat at Holy Trinity Monastery

Cancelled - 03/21 – Tuesday 9:40 AM 9th Hour, Vespers & Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts - The Holy 40 Martyrs of Sebaste 

03/23 - Thursday 7-9 PM Choir Rehearsal

03/24 - Friday 6:30 PM Holy Unction for the Parish– The great mystery (sacrament) of Holy Unction is the Orthodox healing service – It is for baptized Orthodox Christians for general healing and to cleanse forgotten sins.  The service of Holy Unction is not a substitute for confession

03/25 – Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil
03/26 – Sunday 9:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy of St. Basil – the 4th Sunday of Great Lent - St. John of the Ladder

03/29 - Wednesday 6:00 PM Matins with the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete with the Life of St. Mary of Egypt

03/30 - Thursday 7-9 PM Choir Rehearsal

04/01 – Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil
04/02 – Sunday 9:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy of St. Basil – the 5th Sunday of Lent - St. Mary of Egypt

04/06 – Thursday 6:30 PM Vigil with Compline, Matins & 1st Hour
04/07 – Friday 9:40 AM 3rd through 9th Hours, Vespers & Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom – The Annunciation  to the Most Holy Theotokos by the Archangel Gabriel - One of the 12 Great Feasts of the Church

Parish Hall Building Fund

 

Help us build our new Parish Hall, and move to our historic Chapel Campus!

 

2023 Matching Grant ends Palm Sunday, April 9!

 

Every dollar up to $15,000 will be matched. Help us raise $30,000!

 

Learn more here...

2023 Matching Grant Fundraiser
We've raised
$6,070.00
Our Goal
$15,000.00
2023 Palm Sunday Matching Grant Fundraiser - $15,000.00
finishes 04/09/23

Watch our Video!

General Fund Contributions

Become a Church Builder!

 

From 'St John of Shanghai and San Francisco, Zealous Builder of Churches'

Everywhere he went he either oversaw the building of churches or supported the same with his attention and prayers... He wrote about the godly work of building churches: 

"In building churches here on earth, we create for ourselves eternal habitations in heaven."

 

Read the full article here...

Become a Church Builder!
Become a Church Builder!
Become a Church Builder!
We've raised
$6,070.00
Our Goal
$15,000.00
2023 Palm Sunday Matching Grant Fundraiser - $15,000.00
finishes 04/09/23

 

 

EPISTLE BOOK, published by Holy Apostles Orthodox Church

NEW for 2020! 

The only Orthodox Epistle Book using the KJV text. Includes the Acts and the Epistles, arranged for liturgical use according to Russian Orthodox practice. An appendix features all relevant prokeimena and readings for the whole year. Rubrics, introductory notes and monthly calendar for the Church Year are also included. Hardbound with full color dust cover, 632 pages. Published by Holy Apostles Orthodox Church and St Polycarp Press.

Full info and links to order on this special page.


St Romanos the Melodist Society

 

The St. Romanos the Melodist Society produces and publishes English language music of the Russian Orthodox Church.

 

The St. Romanos website is the online extension of A Church Singer's Companion, a project started in 1998 with the blessing of Metropolitan (then Archbishop) Laurus. Inspired by the Russian Sputnik Psalomshchika, the Companion is envisioned to contain the music necessary for every service a parish choir might need to sing, while staying simple enough so that any parish choir can sing it.

The St. Romanos Society produces music in both printed and recorded formats, and conducts seminars and workshops on the proper performance of that music. The Society is a sodality of Holy Apostles Orthodox Church, Beltsville, Maryland.

To get started looking at music, proceed to the Church Singer's Companion and begin familiarizing yourself with the content. You'll find there are a few more challenging settings mixed in, marked “difficult” or “very difficult”. Audio or video examples accompany some of the music. In addition, the Introduction provides valuable advice about proper church singing and related topics.

Detailed Reviews and Endorsements by clergy and choral professionals are provided for your consideration.