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Great And HolyThursday, May 2, 2013 - Matins of the Twelve Passion Gospelsat Seraphim Orhodox Church.
Great and Holy Friday, May 3, 2013 - Passion of Jesus Christ. Matins: The Lamentations over the Winding Sheet and the burial procession

Paschal Message of His Grace Bishop IRÉNÉE

An appeal to President Obama and his government for the release of two Orthodox Christian Archbishops, namely Archbishop Paul Yazigi and Archbishop Youhanna Ibrahim who were abducted by armed rebels on April 23, 2013 in the suburbs of Aleppo , Syria . The driver of the Archbishops was murdered and the Archbishops were forced by the rebels to go to an unknown location either in Syria or in Turkey .

On Sunday April 28, 2013, the day of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, Archpriest John Jillions, the Chancellor of The Orthodox Church in America, presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Ottawa, ON.
Concelebrating with Archpriest John were Archpriest James Griggs, Dean of the Cathedral of the Annunciation, Priest Nikolay Melnik, Second Priest at the Cathedral, and all the Cathedral deacons.