Great & Holy Lent 2025
Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!
Fr. Sotiri's 2025 Paschal Letter
Metropolitan Nathanael's 2025 Paschal Encyclical
Patriarchal Encyclical for Holy Pascha 2025
Archiepiscopal Encyclical on Great and Holy Pascha
Ascension's Holy Week & Bright Week Schedule 2025
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Ascension's Great Lent Schedule of Services
2025 Catechetical Homily of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
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PARISH & METROPOLIS LENTEN EVENTS
Check back often as events will continually be updated
Click to see the schedules for His Eminence & His Grace
REFLECTIONS BY FR. SOTIRI
Article: On the Lenten Journey
Article: On the Sacrament of Confession
Article: The Salutations to the Theotokos
THE LIGHT OF LENT - METROPOLIS OF CHICAGO
Youth and young adults in the Metropolis of Chicago are welcomed to participate by attending or assisting services, doing charity work and attending the Fanari Lenten Retreat.
Parents and Parish Leaders: Click graphic to download program materials and learn more!
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GOARCH RESOURCES
+ Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Lenten Resources
Pilgrimage to Pascha Lenten Package for Parishes Released by GOA Center for Family Care
Orthodox Scholars Preach Speaker Series
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
+ Preparation for Holy Confession
+ Preparing for Confession, Fr. James Kordaris
+ Comfort Food for Families Lenten Series
ENCYCLICAL FOR THE BEGINNING OF GREAT LENT
Catechetical Homily at the Opening of Holy and Great Lent
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Faculty Paschal Series
Brief video presentations begin on Clean Monday and continue every Monday until Holy Week.
Articles and Resources for the Paschal Season
And When You Fast, by Father Stavros N. Akrotirianakis
The Liturgical Cycle of the Great Lenten Period
Holy Week Resources for Families
Journey To Pascha, A Daily Guide Through Holy Week for Parents
Great Lent: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese
Tending the Garden of our Hearts: Meditations for Orthodox Families
+ Suggestions for hosting a Lenten Meal
+ Suggestions for hosting a Lenten Coffee Hour
PAST EVENTS
Confession
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Fr. Sotiri will hear confessions throughout Great Lent up until the Friday before Holy Week.
Ascension's 2025 Lenten Lecture Series
Wednesday evenings through April 9
The Salutations to the Theotokos
Friday evenings through April 4
SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY
LENTEN BREADS AND SPREADS SALE
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Sunday, March 2, 2025, just in time for Clean Monday!
TEAM BELONG LENTEN RETREAT
March 8
TRIUMPH OF ORTHODOXY PAN ORTHODOX VESPERS
METROPOLIS OF CHICAGO PHILOPTOCHOS LENTEN RETREAT
ASCENSION GREEK SCHOOL INDEPENDENCE DAY PROGRAM
March 18
ASCENSION'S ANNUAL PASCHA GREETING CARD
Deadline passed
READ RECAP OF FAMILY SYNAXIS RETREAT
