Great Week and Pascha 2023

Here are a few pictures of Great Week 2023 at Saint Innocent.
As usual, to see each picture bigger, click on the first in each gallery
and then use the arrow on the right side of a picture to access the next one.

Great Tuesday – Bridegroom service

Great Thursday
which happened to be also the Feast of Saint Innocent this year

Great Friday services:

And you can listen to Father Jeremiah’s homily here.

Great Saturday
Elizabeth and her son Michael
were received in the Orthodox Church during the service.
See more pictures here, especially of their chrismations.

Pascha night:

And our social celebration afterward:

A very joyful gathering, but exhausting for some:

You can see more pictures and videos here.

Baptism and Chrismations

During the Paschal Vesperal Service, on the morning of Great Saturday, April 23, 2022, our parish was blessed with the Baptism and Chrismation of three young men: Timothy, Herman, and Silouan.

Reading of the prophecies
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then use the arrow to see next pictures

Exorcism prayers and baptism

A montage with a few pictures
and four videos of the baptism and chrismations is also available here

Chrismation rites

Communion

A montage with a few pictures
and four videos of the baptism and chrismations is also available here