On ordinary days, the cathedral is open from 9:00 to 17:00
17 April Thursday | Passion Week: Great Thursday. Great Lent. Food with Oil. Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer of Sicily (883) | 08:30 – Hours 09:00 – Divine Liturgy 16.00 – утреня великого пятка с чтением 12-ти евангелий святых страстей господа нашего иисуса христа. |
18 April Friday | Passion Week: Great Friday, Passion of Jesus Christ. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter - Full abstention from food. Transation of the relics (1652) of St. Job, patriarch of Moscow (1607) | 08.30 – Royal Hours. Liturgy is not allowed 14.00 – Evening with the take-out of the Shroud. 16.00 – Matins with the burial rite. Confession |
19 April Saturday | Passion Week: Great Saturday, descent into Hades. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits). St. Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles, enlightener of the Slavs (885) | 08.30 – служба великой субботы 10.00 – Divine Liturgy 12.00 – 20.00 - Consecration of Easter cakes and eggs
23.00 – пасхальная Midnight service |
20 April Sunday | The Bright Resurrection of Christ, The Pascha of the Lord. The End of the Great Lent. Venerable George the Confessor, bishop of Mitylene (820) | 00.00 – Easter Matins Procession Divine Liturgy 11.00 – 15.00 - Consecration of Easter cakes and eggs |
25 April Friday | Bright Friday. Bright Week. Fast-free. The Meeting of the Mother of God and Saint Elizabeth (movable Feast on March 30. If March 30 should fall between Lazarus Saturday and Pascha, however, the Feast is transferred to Bright Friday) | 09:00 – пасхальная утреня Divine Liturgy Prayer service with blessing of the waters |
26 April Saturday | Bright Saturday. Bright Week. Fast-free. Hieromartyr Artemon, presbyter of Laodicea in Syria (303) | 16:00 – Vigil Service. Confession |
27 April Sunday | Second Sunday of Pascha: Antipascha, St. Thomas Sunday. "Sladkoe lobzanie" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (9th c.) (movable holiday on the Antipascha) | 08:30 – Hours 09:00 – Divine Liturgy Distribution of Artos |
29 April Tuesday | Radonitsa, or Day of Rejoicing. Commemoration of the Dead. Tone one. Virgin-martyrs Agape, Irene, and Chionia in Illyria (304) | 08:30 – Hours 09:00 – Divine Liturgy 11.00 – Memorial Service |