St. Innocent Orthodox Mission

850 Vaughn Rd, Pottstown, PA 19465-8022
(610) 323-9349
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Icon of Saint Innocent

The St. Innocent Orthododox Mission is a parish of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, under the omophorion of Bishop Joseph of Washington, DC.

Administration
Parish Priest Rev. Father Daniel Meschter
(302) 235-2082

Schedule of Services
Saturday  2/25/2012


Sunday    2/26/2012
6:00 PM -- All-night Vigil

Cheesefare Sunday / Expulsion of Adam & Eve from Paradise
10:00 AM -- Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom -- Blini luncheon -- Forgiveness Vespers
Monday       2/27/2012

Wednesday   2/29/2012
6:30 PM -- Great Compline with Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

6:30 PM -- Great Compline with Canon of St. Andrew of Crete
Saturday  3/11/2012


Sunday    3/12/2012
5:15 PM -- Pannikhida
6:00 PM -- All-night Vigil

Second Sunday of Lent: St. Gregory Palamas
10:00 AM -- Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
Saturday   3/18/2012
Sunday     3/19/2012
Third Sunday of Lent: Sunday of the Cross
NO services here
Saturday    3/24/2012


Sunday      3/25/2012
5:15 PM -- Pannikhida
6:00 PM -- All-night Vigil

Fourth Sunday of Lent: St. John Climacus (of the Ladder)
10:00 AM -- Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
Friday       3/30/2012

6:30 PM -- Matins with the Akathist Hymn to the Most Holy Theotokos
Friday       4/6/2012

Saturday    4/7/2012
6:00 PM -- Great Compline & Matins of the Annunciation and the Raising of Lazarus Saturday

Resurrection of Lazarus / Feast of the Annunciation 
10:00 AM -- Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
Saturday   4/7/2012

Sunday     4/8/2012
6:00 PM -- All-night Vigil, Blessing of Palms and Willows

The Entrance of Our Lord into Jerusalem / Palm Sunday
10:00 AM -- Divine Liturgy

HOLY WEEK and PASCHA 2012
Thursday 4/12/2012
Great and Holy Thursday
9:30am -- Hours with Typica; Vespers with Liturgy of St. Basil
7:00pm -- Matins of Great and Holy Friday / Reading of the 12 Passion Gospels
Friday     4/13/2012
Great and Holy Friday
10:00 AM -- Royal Hours with Typica
3:00 PM -- Vespers followed by Compline with Canon of the Crucifixion and Lamentations of the Theotokos
7:00 PM -- Matins of Great and Holy Saturday with the "Praises" sung before the Plaschenitsa and Procession
Saturday  4/14/2012
Great and Holy Saturday
9:30 AM -- Hours with Typica; Vespers with Liturgy of St Basil
11:30 PM -- Nocturns with the Canon of Great and Holy Saturday
Sunday    4/15/2012
The Glorious PASCHA
12:00 MIDNIGHT -- Paschal Matins, Hours and Divine Liturgy
1:00 PM -- Paschal Vespers
Monday  4/16/2012
Bright Monday
10:00 AM -- Matins, Hours, Divine Liturgy followed by Procession

Readings
What is Orthodoxy? -- by Archbishop Averky of Syracuse and Holy Trinity Monastery
The Church as the Body of Christ -- by St. John (Maximovitch) of Shanghai and San Francisco
The Orthodox Church -- A brief overview of the Eastern Orthodox Church's history and teaching. Some contemporary moral questions.
Saint Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow -- by Fr. James Thornton

 

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