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Russian Orthodox Church of the Nativity
Erie
PA
16507
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Who we are
The Church of the Nativity of Christ is a Russian Orthodox Old Rite parish located in Erie, Pennsylvania. The church has overlooked Erie’s bayfront since the church was completed in 1919. After a horrific fire in 1986 destroyed the original church, it was completely rebuilt and now stands as one of the most visible landmarks in Erie.
When the parish was founded in the early part of the 20th century, the founders chose to build a church near the water, since the shipbuilding plants and ore docks provided plentiful work to Russian immigrants. What was once merely a practical location has become a beautiful setting as the parish has grown and prospered.
Services are held every weekend, with Vespers beginning on Saturday at 5:00 PM and followed immediately by Matins. Hours and Liturgy begin at 8:15 PM on Sunday morning. Services are conducted almost entirely in English. Check our parish calendar to see the schedule for weekday feasts.
We hope to have you visit our parish soon.
When the parish was founded in the early part of the 20th century, the founders chose to build a church near the water, since the shipbuilding plants and ore docks provided plentiful work to Russian immigrants. What was once merely a practical location has become a beautiful setting as the parish has grown and prospered.
Services are held every weekend, with Vespers beginning on Saturday at 5:00 PM and followed immediately by Matins. Hours and Liturgy begin at 8:15 PM on Sunday morning. Services are conducted almost entirely in English. Check our parish calendar to see the schedule for weekday feasts.
We hope to have you visit our parish soon.
Location of worship / Church Address
251 East Front Street
Erie,
PA
16507
United States
Phone: (814) 459-8515
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Church Pastor
Archpriest Pimen Simon
Rector
251 East Front Street
Erie,
PA
16507
United States
Phone: (814) 459-8515
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Schedule of Services and Confessions April 2019
Fourth Week of Lent
Thursday, April 4/March 22:
Vespers 4:30pm
Matins 5:15pm
Friday, April 5/March 23:
Hours 7:15am
Pre-Sanctified Liturgy 5:00pm
Lenten Tureen 6:45pm
Saturday, April 6/March 24:
General Panahida 7:45am
Confessions 8:45am (Frs. Pimen & Hierotheus)
Small Vespers – Annunciation of the Mother of God 3:50pm
Vigil 4:10pm
Sunday, April 7/March 25: Fourth Sunday of Lent – Annunciation of the Mother of God
Midnight Service 7:30am
Hours & Liturgy 8:15am
Sunday School 11:00am
Vespers 11:50am
Fifth Week of Lent
Wednesday, April 10/March 28:
Matins with Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete 4:30pm
Thursday, April 11/March 29:
Hours 7:15am
Pre-Sanctified Liturgy 5:00pm
Friday, April 12/March 30:
Akathist Matins 5:00pm
Saturday, April 13/ March 31:
Confessions 8:30am (Frs. Pimen & Hierotheus)
Small Vespers 3:50pm
Vigil 4:20pm
Confessions 5:40pm (Fr. Hierotheus)
Sunday, April 14/1 - Fifth Sunday of Lent:
Midnight Service 7:30am
Hours & Liturgy 8:15am
Sunday School 11:00am
Vespers 11:50am
Sixth Week of Lent
Wednesday, April 17/4:
Confessions 5:15pm (Frs. Pimen ,Theodore & Hierotheus)
Thursday, April 18/5:
Confessions 8:00am (2 priests)
Friday, April 19/6 - Services for Lazarus Saturday:
Vespers 4:15pm
Matins 5:00pm (ends approx. 7:15pm)
Confessions 5:10pm (Fr. Hierotheus)
Saturday, April 20/7 - Lazarus Saturday:
Hours & Liturgy 8:15am
Saturday, April 20/7 - Services for Palm Sunday:
Small Vespers 3:50pm
Vigil 4:10pm
Sunday, April 21/8 - Palm Sunday:
Hours & Liturgy 8:15am
Vespers 10:35am
Great Week:
Monday, April 22/9:
Matins 5:00pm
Tuesday, April 23/10:
Matins 5:00pm
Wednesday, April 24/11:
Vespers 4:30pm
Matins 5:30pm
Thursday, April 25/12:
Hours 7:30am
Vesperal Liturgy 1:00pm
Matins with reading of the 12 Gospels 4:45pm
Friday, April 26/13 - Great Friday:
Royal Hours 7:30am
Vespers 4:15pm
Matins 5:15pm
Saturday, April 27/April 14 - Great Saturday:
Confessions for college students and visitors 8:30am
Vesperal Liturgy 1:00pm
Reading of the Acts of the Apostles 9:00pm
Midnight Service with Lamentations Canon 10:00pm
Paschal Matins, Hours and Liturgy 12:00am
PASCHA - April 28/15:
Vespers 1:00pm
Matins 1:50pm (ends 3:30pm)
Bright Monday, April 29/16:
Paschal Hours and Liturgy 8:15am
Parish Breakfast 10:15am
Sunday School 11:30am
Parish Open House at Community Center 12:30pm
Vespers and Matins 3:15pm (ends 5:30pm)
Bright Tuesday, April 30/ 17:
Paschal Hours and Liturgy 8:15am
Bright Wednesday, May 1/ April 18:
Paschal Matins 5:00pm (ends 6:30pm)
Bright Thursday, May 2/ April 19:
Paschal Vespers 5:00pm
Bright Friday, May 3/April 20:
Paschal Matins 4:45pm
Bright Saturday, May 4/April 21:
Small Vespers 3:50pm
Vigil 4:15pm
Thomas Sunday, May 5/April 22:
Hours and Liturgy 8:15am
Sunday School 10:50am
Vespers (for the Feast of St. George the Great Martyr) 11:50am
Tuesday, May 7/April 24:
Radonitsa panahida 7:30am
Paschal Litanies at Belle Valley Cemetery 9:00am
Paschal Litanies at Hannon Rd. Cemetery 9:45am
Confessions
Saturday, March 30: 5:35pm (Fr. Hierotheus)
Saturday, April 6: 8:45am (Frs. Pimen and Hierotheus)
Saturday, April 13: 8:30am (Frs. Pimen and Hierotheus)
5:40pm (Fr.Hierotheus)
Wednesday, April 17: 5:15pm (Frs. Pimen, Theodore and Hierotheus)
Thursday, April 18: 8:00am (2 priests)
Friday, April 19: 5:10pm (Fr. Hierotheus)
Service Times last updated on the 8th of April, 2019
Fourth Week of Lent
Thursday, April 4/March 22:
Vespers 4:30pm
Matins 5:15pm
Friday, April 5/March 23:
Hours 7:15am
Pre-Sanctified Liturgy 5:00pm
Lenten Tureen 6:45pm
Saturday, April 6/March 24:
General Panahida 7:45am
Confessions 8:45am (Frs. Pimen & Hierotheus)
Small Vespers – Annunciation of the Mother of God 3:50pm
Vigil 4:10pm
Sunday, April 7/March 25: Fourth Sunday of Lent – Annunciation of the Mother of God
Midnight Service 7:30am
Hours & Liturgy 8:15am
Sunday School 11:00am
Vespers 11:50am
Fifth Week of Lent
Wednesday, April 10/March 28:
Matins with Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete 4:30pm
Thursday, April 11/March 29:
Hours 7:15am
Pre-Sanctified Liturgy 5:00pm
Friday, April 12/March 30:
Akathist Matins 5:00pm
Saturday, April 13/ March 31:
Confessions 8:30am (Frs. Pimen & Hierotheus)
Small Vespers 3:50pm
Vigil 4:20pm
Confessions 5:40pm (Fr. Hierotheus)
Sunday, April 14/1 - Fifth Sunday of Lent:
Midnight Service 7:30am
Hours & Liturgy 8:15am
Sunday School 11:00am
Vespers 11:50am
Sixth Week of Lent
Wednesday, April 17/4:
Confessions 5:15pm (Frs. Pimen ,Theodore & Hierotheus)
Thursday, April 18/5:
Confessions 8:00am (2 priests)
Friday, April 19/6 - Services for Lazarus Saturday:
Vespers 4:15pm
Matins 5:00pm (ends approx. 7:15pm)
Confessions 5:10pm (Fr. Hierotheus)
Saturday, April 20/7 - Lazarus Saturday:
Hours & Liturgy 8:15am
Saturday, April 20/7 - Services for Palm Sunday:
Small Vespers 3:50pm
Vigil 4:10pm
Sunday, April 21/8 - Palm Sunday:
Hours & Liturgy 8:15am
Vespers 10:35am
Great Week:
Monday, April 22/9:
Matins 5:00pm
Tuesday, April 23/10:
Matins 5:00pm
Wednesday, April 24/11:
Vespers 4:30pm
Matins 5:30pm
Thursday, April 25/12:
Hours 7:30am
Vesperal Liturgy 1:00pm
Matins with reading of the 12 Gospels 4:45pm
Friday, April 26/13 - Great Friday:
Royal Hours 7:30am
Vespers 4:15pm
Matins 5:15pm
Saturday, April 27/April 14 - Great Saturday:
Confessions for college students and visitors 8:30am
Vesperal Liturgy 1:00pm
Reading of the Acts of the Apostles 9:00pm
Midnight Service with Lamentations Canon 10:00pm
Paschal Matins, Hours and Liturgy 12:00am
PASCHA - April 28/15:
Vespers 1:00pm
Matins 1:50pm (ends 3:30pm)
Bright Monday, April 29/16:
Paschal Hours and Liturgy 8:15am
Parish Breakfast 10:15am
Sunday School 11:30am
Parish Open House at Community Center 12:30pm
Vespers and Matins 3:15pm (ends 5:30pm)
Bright Tuesday, April 30/ 17:
Paschal Hours and Liturgy 8:15am
Bright Wednesday, May 1/ April 18:
Paschal Matins 5:00pm (ends 6:30pm)
Bright Thursday, May 2/ April 19:
Paschal Vespers 5:00pm
Bright Friday, May 3/April 20:
Paschal Matins 4:45pm
Bright Saturday, May 4/April 21:
Small Vespers 3:50pm
Vigil 4:15pm
Thomas Sunday, May 5/April 22:
Hours and Liturgy 8:15am
Sunday School 10:50am
Vespers (for the Feast of St. George the Great Martyr) 11:50am
Tuesday, May 7/April 24:
Radonitsa panahida 7:30am
Paschal Litanies at Belle Valley Cemetery 9:00am
Paschal Litanies at Hannon Rd. Cemetery 9:45am
Confessions
Saturday, March 30: 5:35pm (Fr. Hierotheus)
Saturday, April 6: 8:45am (Frs. Pimen and Hierotheus)
Saturday, April 13: 8:30am (Frs. Pimen and Hierotheus)
5:40pm (Fr.Hierotheus)
Wednesday, April 17: 5:15pm (Frs. Pimen, Theodore and Hierotheus)
Thursday, April 18: 8:00am (2 priests)
Friday, April 19: 5:10pm (Fr. Hierotheus)
Service Times last updated on the 8th of April, 2019
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