APR 5 – CONFESSION: 3:00 – 5:30 PM, PRE-SANCTIFIED LITURGY & ANOITING FOR HEALING: 6:00 PM (LIVE-STREAMED).
PROPERS FOR BRIDEGROOM MATINS: Bridegroom_Matins (2)
PROPERS FOR ANOINTING: Anointing_of_the_Sick_propers
TROPERIA FOR ANOINTING: Anointing_of_the_Sick_troparia
DIVINE LITURGY OF PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS E-VERSION: PresanctifiedGifts
Anointing of the Sick: The Mystery of the Holy Oil according to Byzantine Rite practice: https://archpitt.org/anointing-of-the-sick-the-mystery-of-the-holy-oil-according-to-byzantine-rite-practice/
The Mystery of Anointing the Sick (Metropolitan Cantor Institute): https://mci.archpitt.org/liturgy/Anointing_of_the_Sick.html
Streaming via Facebook Live. https://www.facebook.com/saintscyrilandmethodius/
Parishes live-streaming in the Diocese can be found here: https://www.eparchyofpassaic.com/livestream
During the Pre-sanctified Liturgy the Gospel reading is Matt 26: 6-16. We hear the story of the woman who anointed Jesus’ feet with precious perfume and dried them with her hair in the house of Simon – in preparation, as our Lord said, for His burial. We also hear of Judas’ agreement to betray our Lord to those who sought His life for 30 pieces of silver.
It is also customary on this day for the Sacrament of Holy Anointing of the Sick or Holy Unction to be given to all the faithful who request it, in recognition of the fact that all of us suffer from physical, emotional and spiritual ills, not all of which are immediately apparent.