Churches Plan Services For Orthodox Easter

Thu., April 16, 1998

By Nina Culver nculver47@gmail.com

Easter won’t arrive until Sunday for churches following the Orthodox calendar. The Orthodox Easter, or Pascha, falls one week after the Western Easter this year.

The difference goes back to the year 325 when the Council of Nicaea set Easter day on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. Shortly after, Eastern bishops added the requirement that Easter must be held after the Jewish Passover.

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 1703 N. Washington, will celebrate Holy Thursday with a service at 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. today. Holy Friday will be celebrated with a service at 9:30 a.m., Vespers of the Unnailing at 3:30 p.m. and lamentations at 7 p.m.

The Paschal Vigil will begin at 11 p.m. on Saturday and a Resurrection service will be at 11:30 p.m.

The church will host it’s annual Easter dinner following the Resurrection service. Church members will break their Lenten fast at the traditional event.

Easter Sunday will be marked with a service at 11 a.m. on Sunday. An Easter egg hunt for the Sunday school children will follow. For more information, call the church office at 328-9310.

Saint Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, 1325 E. Queen, will celebrate Holy Thursday with high Mass and the stripping of the altar at 6 p.m. today. Holy Friday will be marked with the Stations of the Cross and Presanctified Liturgy at noon and the Liturgy of the Passion and Death of Christ at 6 p.m. on Friday.

The first Mass of Easter will be celebrated at 7 p.m. on Saturday. Easter will be observed with Mass at 8 a.m. on Sunday, followed by high Mass at 10:30 a.m. An Easter egg hunt for the children will be at noon on Sunday.

Speaker to talk about healing faith

Northwood Presbyterian Church will host guest speaker Dr. Kenneth Dye at the 10:30 a.m. worship service on Sunday. Dye, a counselor and former minister, visited church members Don and Irma Wilson regularly while they were in a Nashville, Tenn., hospital recovering from injuries caused by an exploding transformer. Dye will speak about the Wilson’s faith in God and how that contributed to their recovery.

The church is located at 6720 N. Monroe.

Minneapolis group to perform

Pilgrim Lutheran Church, 2733 Northwest Blvd., will host special performances by Captive Free at Sunday’s worship services. The group, sponsored by the Minneapolis-based Youth Encounter, will perform at the 8 and 10:30 a.m. worship services as well as during Sunday school. The group incorporates music, puppets, drama and personal testimony in their message.

For more information, call the church office at 325-5738.

Trinity hosts local performers

The Melody Singers, a group of local performers, will be in concert at Trinity United Methodist Church at 4 p.m. on Sunday. A potluck will follow at 5 p.m.

For more information, call the church office at 483-2361. The church is located at 1725 E. Bridgeport.

Rummage sale at St. Paul’s

St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 1620 N. Monroe, will hold a rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, April 23. The sale will include clothing, furniture, books, appliances, jewelry and more.

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