St. Matthew Orthodox Christian Church
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese
Torrance, CA

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Orthros & Divine Liturgy for Soul Saturday
Vespers for Soul Saturday
Agape Vespers
Great & Holy Pascha!
Holy Saturday Vesperal Liturgy for the Crushing of Hades
Holy Saturday Orthros w/ the Lamentations at the Tomb of Christ
Unnailing Vespers
Royal Hours for Great & Holy Friday
Holy Friday Orthros w/ the 12 Passion Gospels
Vesperal Divine Liturgy for the Institution of the Holy Eucharist
Daily Orthros for Great & Holy Thursday
3rd Bridegroom Orthros
2nd Bridegroom Orthros
First Bridegroom Orthros - Sunday, April 12 at 6pm
Orthros & Divine Liturgy for Lazarus Saturday
Little Compline w/ the Canon for the Raising of Lazarus
Akathist to the Theotokos - 5th Friday of Lent
Great Canon of St. Andrew with the reading of the life of St. Mary of Egypt
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Today's Commemorations
2nd Monday after Pascha, Theodore the Trichinas, Zacchaeus the Apostle of Caesaria, Gregory & Anastasios, Patriarchs of Antioch, Athanasios, Founder of the Monastery of Meteora
Today's Scripture Readings
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 3:19-26
In those days, Peter said to the people, "Repent and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until the time for establishing all that God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old. Moses said, 'The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet from your brethren as he raised me up. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you. And it shall be that every soul that does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people.' And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came afterwards, also proclaimed these days. You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God gave to your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your posterity shall all the families of the earth be blessed.' God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you in turning every one of you from your wickedness."
JOHN 2:1-11
At that time, there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; Jesus also was invited to the wedding, with his disciples. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine." And Jesus said to her, "O woman, what have you to do with me? My hour has not yet come." His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you." Now six stone jars were standing there, for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to them, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them up to the brim. He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the steward of the feast." So they took it. When the steward of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward of the feast called the bridegroom and said to him, "Every man serves the good wine first; and when men have drunk freely, then the poor wine; but you have kept the good wine until now." This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
Today's Thought

Liturgy is spirit and life running through the veins of the body of the Church, and nurturing all its members. It revives the Church, the community and the individuals with the grace that is bestowed upon it. – His Beatitude Patriarch John X