Palm Sunday Divine Liturgy
2024-04-28 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Detroit) | Saint Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, 2250 E Paris Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49546, United States

Palm Sunday Divine Liturgy
2024-04-28 10:00 - 11:30 | Saint Willibrord Antiochian Orthodox Church, 512 S Waverly Rd, Ste 260, Holland, MI, 49423, United States

Palm Sunday Divine Liturgy
2024-04-28 10:00 - 12:00 | Saint John Chrysostom Russian Orthodox Church, 40 National Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI, 49504, United States

Holy Monday Matins
2024-04-28 14:00 - 15:00 | Saint Herman of Alaska Orthodox Church, 126 Reese St, Lake Odessa, MI, 48849, United States
This is the first of the “Bridegroom Services.” Having given up the Feast of Palms, we begin Holy Week with the first of three Bridegroom Matins services, in which we remember Christ as the Groom of His Bride, the Church, as He goes to His saving Passion. On Holy Monday, Christ is compared to the Old Testament patriarch Joseph, who was made to suffer at the hands of his brothers, but was ultimately glorified. The day is also dedicated to Christ’s cursing of the fig tree, which symbolized the fruitless council of the Jews.

Holy Monday Matins
2024-04-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 330 Lakeside Dr NE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, United States

Holy Monday Matins
2024-04-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Saint George Antiochian Orthodox Church, 334 LaGrave Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, United States

Holy Monday Matins
2024-04-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Saint Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, 2250 E Paris Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49546, United States

Holy Monday Matins
2024-04-28 18:30 - 19:30 | Holy Cross Antiochian Orthodox Church, 2828 Richmond St NW, Grand Rapids, MI, 49504, United States

Holy Monday Matins
2024-04-28 19:00 - 20:00 | Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church (Muskegon), 183 E Pontaluna Rd, Muskegon, MI, 49444, United States

Holy Monday Presanctified
2024-04-29 09:00 - 10:30 | Saint George Antiochian Orthodox Church, 334 LaGrave Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, United States
The Presanctified Gifts are served on the first three days of Holy Week, so that through the Eucharist we may have strength to complete the time of Holy Week and see the day of the Resurrection. The Old Testament readings from Exodus and Job show us that righteousness is often rewarded with suffering, and that Christ is going to Jerusalem to demonstrate this in its fulness. The Gospel reading from St. Matthew has Christ explaining the signs of the future tribulation and the lesson of the fig tree, which is commemorated in the services of Holy Monday.

Holy Tuesday Matins
2024-04-29 17:30 - 18:30 | Saint John Chrysostom Russian Orthodox Church, 40 National Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI, 49504, United States
This is the second of the “Bridegroom Services.” Holy Tuesday is dedicated to the parable of the ten virgins. Through this parable, we are reminded to imitate the wise virgins, who trimmed their lamps and were prepared for the coming of the Bridegroom, while the foolish virgins wasted their time and the door was shut in their faces. There is still time to repent and change our way of life.

Holy Tuesday Matins
2024-04-29 18:00 - 19:00 | Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 330 Lakeside Dr NE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, United States

Holy Tuesday Matins
2024-04-29 18:00 - 19:00 | Saint George Antiochian Orthodox Church, 334 LaGrave Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, United States

Holy Tuesday Matins
2024-04-29 18:00 - 19:00 | Saint Herman of Alaska Orthodox Church, 126 Reese St, Lake Odessa, MI, 48849, United States

Holy Tuesday Matins
2024-04-29 18:30 - 19:30 | Holy Cross Antiochian Orthodox Church, 2828 Richmond St NW, Grand Rapids, MI, 49504, United States

Holy Tuesday Matins
2024-04-29 19:00 - 20:00 | Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church (Muskegon), 183 E Pontaluna Rd, Muskegon, MI, 49444, United States

Holy Tuesday Presanctified
2024-04-30 09:00 - 10:30 | Saint Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, 2250 E Paris Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49546, United States
The vesperal hymns of this service speak of judgment. We are reminded to be prepared, as death could take us at any time, and we pray that we will never hear the Lord say to us the fearful words, “I do not know you.” Instead, we are encouraged to become rich in good deeds and to be “faithful agents of grace.”

Holy Wednesday Matins
2024-04-30 17:30 - 18:30 | Saint John Chrysostom Russian Orthodox Church, 40 National Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI, 49504, United States
In this, the third “Bridegroom Service,” we make remembrance of the harlot who anointed Jesus’ feet with expensive ointment, and His rebuke of the greedy Judas, who was obsessed with money. Let us imitate the woman, who poured out fountains of tears and confessed her sins to the Master; let us run from the ways of Judas, who betrayed Christ for the sake of wealth.

Holy Wednesday Matins
2024-04-30 18:00 - 19:00 | Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 330 Lakeside Dr NE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, United States

Holy Wednesday Matins
2024-04-30 18:00 - 19:00 | Saint Herman of Alaska Orthodox Church, 126 Reese St, Lake Odessa, MI, 48849, United States

Holy Wednesday Matins
2024-04-30 18:00 - 19:00 | Saint Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, 2250 E Paris Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49546, United States

Holy Wednesday Matins
2024-04-30 18:00 - 19:30 | MI

Holy Wednesday Matins
2024-04-30 18:30 - 19:30 | Holy Cross Antiochian Orthodox Church, 2828 Richmond St NW, Grand Rapids, MI, 49504, United States

Holy Wednesday Matins
2024-04-30 19:00 - 20:00 | Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church (Muskegon), 183 E Pontaluna Rd, Muskegon, MI, 49444, United States

Holy Wednesday Presanctified
2024-05-01 09:00 - 10:30 | Saint George Antiochian Orthodox Church, 334 LaGrave Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, United States
On Holy Wednesday, the Hymn of Kassiani the Nun—a liturgical high point in the middle of Holy Week—is sung at Matins and Vespers. This hymn, written from the perspective of the sinful woman, expresses the repentance that we all must find in our hearts, and the Lord will hear us and raise us up from sin and death.

Holy Thursday Matins
2024-05-01 17:30 - 19:30 | Saint John Chrysostom Russian Orthodox Church, 40 National Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI, 49504, United States
On Holy Thursday, we remember the institution of the Eucharist. Judas is also exposed as a “son of vipers” as he betrays the Lord. The lengthy Gospel reading at the Divine Liturgy brings us through the Mystical Supper, the arrest of Jesus, and the denial of Peter. During this service we repeatedly pray that we will not betray Christ with a kiss like Judas, but rather imitate the Good Thief.

Holy Unction
2024-05-01 18:00 - 19:30 | Saint Willibrord Antiochian Orthodox Church, 512 S Waverly Rd, Ste 260, Holland, MI, 49423, United States
This sacrament, instituted in the Epistle of St. James, is celebrated during Holy Week in some Orthodox traditions to strengthen the faithful as we enter into the day of Christ’s death. The oil of mercy, which is traditionally blessed by seven priests, is given to effect healing and forgiveness of sins.
Holy Unction is a sacrament of the Orthodox Church, and the same rules apply as with the Eucharist. Only members of the Orthodox Church may receive the anointing.

Holy Unction
2024-05-01 18:00 - 20:00 | Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church (Muskegon), 183 E Pontaluna Rd, Muskegon, MI, 49444, United States

Holy Unction
2024-05-01 18:00 - 20:00 | Holy Cross Antiochian Orthodox Church, 2828 Richmond St NW, Grand Rapids, MI, 49504, United States

Holy Unction
2024-05-01 18:00 - 20:00 | Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 330 Lakeside Dr NE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, United States
