APRIL 2026 SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR SAINT PATRICK’S CHAPEL IN CLIFDEN, IRELAND
As we celebrate Holy Pascha, we will make allowance this year for the unfortunate reality that Fr. Robert is quite sick. The intense service schedule of Holy Week is ideally shared with more than one priest, but out here on the west coast of Ireland, God helps us make do as best as we can. In preparation of the Great and Holy Feast, we share our collection of festal recipes here, including how to dye red Easter eggs from yellow onion skins and how to break the fast without getting sick on a gently nourishing stew.
O taste and see that the Lord is good;
Psalm 33:9 according to the Septuagint
blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
April 2025 Service Schedule
- Sa 04.04: 9 am – 11:30 am Baptism, Hours and Divine Liturgy, Lazarus Saturday.
- 6 pm – 9 pm All-Night Vigil
- Su 05.04: 10 am – 12:30 am Hours and Divine Liturgy, Palm Sunday
- Mo 06.04: Vespers for Feast of the Annunciation
- Tu 07.04: Typika for the Feast of the Annunciation
- Th 09.04: 10 am – 12 pm Vesperal Liturgy of Great and Holy Thursday
- 4 pm – 8 pm Matins for Great and Holy Friday, including reading the 12 Passion Gospels
- Fr 10.04: 6 pm – 8 pm Lamentations
- Sa 11.04: (God-willing) 10 am – 1 pm Vesperal Liturgy of Great and Holy Saturday
- 11 pm Midnight Office, followed by…
- Su 12.04: …12 am – 3 am Matins and Divine Liturgy of Great and Holy Pascha
- Time TBA Vespers of Great and Holy Pascha
- Sa 18.04: 7 pm – 10 pm All-Night Vigil
- Su 19.04: 10 am – 12:30 am Hours and Divine Liturgy, Thomas Sunday
- Sa 25.04: (no service)
- Su 26.04: 10 am – 12:30 am Hours and Divine Liturgy
