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Holy Week and Pascha 2024
This year Orthodox Christians celebrate Pascha on May 5. Pascha is literally “Passover” from the Aramaic and it is the celebration of passing from death to life through the passion and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the God-man. In the West, this feast is popularly called “Easter,” the commemoration of the Lord’s resurrection. Orthodox celebrate this feast on a different day because the Orthodox Church holds to another means of calculating the feast that was prescribed by the Council of Nicea in 325 AD, while that calculation has changed in the West. Please come celebrate with us! Below are the services of Pascha and the days leading up to the holiest…
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Services of Holy Week and Pascha
The Orthodox Christian Church holds a more ancient calculation of the Pascha (Easter) date laid out in 325 AD by the Holy Fathers of Nicaea (the same Fathers that gave us the canon of the Holy Bible, and the Nicene Creed). Sometimes our Pascha is the same as everyone else’s, but many time is lands on a different date. This year, the date is a week off of from the West, falling on April 16th. Below is our Holy Week schedule and we encourage you to please come and see how ancient Christians celebrated Christ’s resurrection, an event that changed the course of the world! This Friday 4/7Pre-Sanctified Divine Liturgy:…
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Services for Christmas and Theophany
Schedule for Christmas 2022 Come visit us for the holy feast of the nativity of Christ! Below are the dates and times leading up to the feast as well as the time for our midnight vigil. At the beginning of the new year we celebrate the baptism of our Lord (Theophany or Epiphany), which is a great feast as well. Our services for these feasts are very ancient and you will witness how Christians of the past used to sing and hymn our Lord on these great memorials of His saving grace. December 23rdThe Royal Hours of Nativity and Typika: 9:00amHoly Unction: 6:00pm December 24th (Pre-feast)Pre-Communion Prayers: 8:45amDivine Liturgy of…
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“Who Do You Say I Am?” Lecture Series
A free lecture series discovering what ancient Christians thought and taught about Jesus Christ. What did the Apostles preach about Jesus Christ? How did the early Church survive and did it preserve the true faith given by Christ? What did they have to overcome? A free lecture series discovering what ancient Christians thought and taught about Jesus Christ. Come join us and find out! The lecture will take place on Wednesday evenings at 7pm (and one Friday), following Daily Vespers which is at 6pm. All lectures given at St Timothy Orthodox Christian Church, 403 N. J. St, Lompoc CA 93436. May 15: Before Nicea From apostolic times until the 3rd…
