Volume 7 Number 17 - Tuesday, April 26th, 2005

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Published by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, April 21, 2005

HOLY WEEK AND PASCHA

ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS WORLDWIDE TO OBSERVE EASTER MAY 1

GOOD FRIDAY, RESURRECTION SERVICES TO BE BROADCAST LIVE CELEBRATED BY ARCHBISHOP DEMETRIOS AT HOLY TRINITY CATHEDRAL

New York, NY - PASCHA (Easter) will be celebrated on May 1 this year by over 250 million Orthodox Christians throughout the world. Archbishop Demetrios, spiritual leader of over 1.5 million Greek Orthodox Christians in America, will officiate at the Good Friday Service, April 29, beginning at 8:00 p.m. and Resurrection Service, April 30, beginning at l1:00 p.m. Both Services will be broadcast Live on Television and Internet from the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (319 E. 74th St., NYC).

LIVE MICROWAVE FEED FOR GOOD FRIDAY AND RESURRECTION SERVICE

FOR INFORMATION ON RECEIVING BROADCAST FEED FROM EMPIRE STATE BUILDING CALL: QUICKLINK AT (212) 564-4831 AND ASK FOR Greek Orthodox Church Live Feed. Please contact Steve Ludwick for coordination and routing of signal from the Empire State Building to a desired post or satellite.

LIVE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FROM HOLY TRINITY CATHEDRAL

GOOD FRIDAY EVENING:
April 29 8:00 p.m.– 10:00 p.m.

RESURRECTION SERVICE:
April 30 11:45 p.m. - 1:45 a.m.

NATIONAL GREEK TELEVISION (NGTV)
Time Warner Digital Channel 509
In Metropolitan New York and northern New Jersey.
ANTENNA SATELLITE NORTH AMERICA


"THE OTHER HOLY LAND’’ ON HALLMARK TV

“The Other Holy Land” will be rebroadcast on the Hallmark Channel, Easter Sunday, May from Noon-1:00 p.m.( ET/PT)-11:00 a.m.(CT). Check local listings. The program was originally broadcast on Sept. 29th, 2003. The program features four geographical areas-Constantinople, Cappadocia, Ephesus and Smyrna where it becomes strikingly clear that the history of Christianity in The Other Holy Land is also the history of the Greek Orthodox Church.

The program also includes interviews with His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Bishop Kallistos Ware, Archdiocesan Cathedral Dean Father Robert Stephanopoulos, and other noted theologians and historians.

"The Ways We Worship" will also be rebroadcast on May 1 as part of the America at Worship on Hallmark from 9-11 a.m. ET/PT. Filmed at Holy Trinity Cathedral, it highlights an Altar Boy, his responsibilities and personal faith. The segment will run at approximately 10:40 a.m.


WEB BROADCASTS

Also Available during Holy Week Internet Audio and Video Broadcasts on Cathedral and Archdiocese Websites: http://www.thecathedral.goarch.org and http://live.goarch.org


SUNDAY MORNING PALM SUNDAY LITURGY
9:30-12 noon
SUNDAY EVENING BRIDEGROOM SERVICE
7:00-8:00 pm
MONDAY EVENING BRIDEGROOM SERVICE
7:00-8:00 pm
TUESDAY EVENING HYMN OF KASSIANI
7:00-8:30 pm.
WEDNESDAY MORNING PRESANCTIFIED LITURGY
9:00-11:00 am
WEDNESDAY EVENING SACRAMENT OF HOLY UNCTION
6:30-8:30 pm
THURSDAY MORNING VESPERAL LITURGY OF ST. BASIL
9:00-11:00 am
THURSDAY EVENING THE HOLY PASSION OF OUR LORD
7:00-10:00 pm
GOOD FRIDAY:
APOKATHELOSIS
3:30-4:30 pm
LAMENTATIONS
8:00-10:30 pm
HOLY SATURDAY:
MORNING LITURGY OF ST. BASIL
9:00-11:00 am
RESURRECTION SERVICE/PASCHA LITURGY
11:00 pm-2:30 am
PASCHA-EASTER SUNDAY AGAPE VESPERS OF EASTER
12 NOON

ATTENTION PASTORS AND PARISH COUNCILS
Please announce to parishioners and alert local media and broadcast networks.

Contact: Nikki Stephanopoulos
Tel:(212) 570-3530 Fax:(212)774-0215
Weekend: (212) 744-2429 Fax:212-288-5876
Mobile: 917-903-1255
Email:nikki@goarch.org

 

 

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