Easter 2023 – Saint Lazarus Week – Divine Liturgies and Holy feasts
Saint Lazarus Week. – Divine Liturgies and Holy feasts
Monday, 3rd of April
6.00 p.m. The Great Compline and Prayer to Saint Lazarus
Tuesday, 4th of April
6.30 a.m. Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
6.00 p.m. The Church Service of The Lamentations of St. Lazarus
The service will be held by His Eminence Archimandrite of Pafos Dimitris Kyriakides.
The succession will be chanted by the choir of Proodeftiki Kinisis of Larnaca under the conduction of Ms. Kyriaki Chrysanthou.
Wednesday, 5th of April
6.30 a.m. The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts.
6.00 p.m. The Great Compline and Prayer to Saint Lazarus.
Thursday, 6th of April
6.30 a.m. The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts.
6.00 p.m. Church service of the Salutations to St. Lazarus.
The service will be held by His Eminence Metropolitan of Ktion Archimandrte Stilianos Stilanou.
Friday, 7th of April
6.00 p.m. Great Solemn Vesper led by His Eminence Metropolitan of Kition Nectarious
Saturday, 8th of April
Saturday of Saint Lazarus
7.15 a.m. Pontifical service by His Eminence Metropolitan of Paphos Georgiou and His Eminence Metropolitan of Kition Nektarios.
After the Divine Liturgy, the students of the St. Lazarus’ Sunday School will perform church hymns in the inner courtyard of the church.
6.30p.m. The Grand Solemn Episcopal Vesper by His Eminence Metropolitan of Kition Nectarios.
7.30 p.m. Procession of the Holy Relics and the Wonder-maker Icon of Saint Lazarus (see separate note).
Sunday, 9st of April. The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday)
7.00 a.m. Pontifical service of the feast of Palm Sunday by His Eminence Metropolitan of Kition Nectarios.
Procession of the Holy Relics
and the Wonder-maker Icon of Saint Lazarus
We inform the faithful Christian that on Saturday, 8th of April 2023 at 6.30 p.m. the Feast Vesper and after it the Procession of the Holy Relics and the Wonder-maker Icon of Saint Lazarus will take place.
The Procession will be led by His Eminence Metropolitan of Kition Nectarios, supported by the priesthood of the city.
Representatives of the municipal, political and military authorities of the town will take part in the Solemn Procession. It will be accompanied by the Municipal Philharmonic Orchestra under the conduction of Mr. Andreas Andreou.
The Solemn Procession will pass by the following streets: Agios Lazoros, Pavlos Valsamakis, Athens, Filiou Zannetou, Zenonos Kities, Zenonos Pieridis, Galileo, Ermou, Nicolaou Rossou and Agios Lazaros.
We kindly ask the residents of the houses of the streets listed above to illuminate their houses.
The Holy Week
Sunday, 9th of April
The Entry of the Lord
into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday)
Vesper 6.00 p.m.
Service of The Bridegroom 7.00 p.m.
Great Monday
Liturgy of The Presanctified Gifts 6.30 a.m.
Great Compline 6.00 p.m.
Service of The Bridegroom 7.00 p.m.
Great Tuesday
Liturgy of The Presanctified Gifts 6.30 a.m.
Great Compline 6.00 p.m.
Service of The Bridegroom 7.00 p.m.
Great Wednesday
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts 6.30 a.m.
Sacrament of Holy Unction 5.30 p.m.
Service of The Washing of Feet 7.00p.m.
Great Thursday
Great Vesper of
St. Basil the Great 7.00 a.m.
Service of the 12 Gospels
(Crucifixion of Jesus Christ) 6.30 p.m.
Great Friday
The Royal Hours and Vespers 7.00 a.m.
The Lamentations at the Tomb. 7.00 p.m.
Procession of the Epitaph 9.00 p.m.
Great Saturday
Great Vesper of
St. Basil the Great 7.30 p.m.
Night service 11.00 p.m.
The Good News of Resurrection 12.00 p.m.
Holy Easter
Vesper of Love (Easter Vesper)
The church ceremony will take place
at the Saint George’s Grand Church 11.00 a.m.
The procession of The Epitaph
We would like to inform all Christian faithful that the procession of the Epitaph will take place on Great Friday, 14th of April 2023 at about 9.00 p.m. and led by His Eminence Metropolitan of Kition Nectarios. The procession will pass by the following streets – Agios Lazaros, Nicholas Rossou, the Square of Achilleas Theodoulou, Ermou, the Square of Kennedy (Acropolis) where will meet the processions of other parishes. It will return through the same streets.
Representatives of the municipal, political and military authorities of the town will take part in the Procession. The church ceremony and procession will be chanted by the choir of Proodeftiki Kinisis of Larnaca under the conduction of Ms. Kyriaki Chrysanthou, the Municipal Philharmonic Orchestra under the conduction of Mr. Andreas Andreou and Children’s Philharmonic of the Municipality of Larnaca under the direction of Elena Papodopoulo.
We kindly ask the residents of the houses in the streets listed above to illuminate their houses. Using fireworks is not consider suitable for the sacredness of the ceremony.
