Lenten Services Schedule 2026
A shared Lenten journey across our deanery parishes, gathering in prayer each week.
Cheese Fare Sunday — February 22
Forgiveness Vespers • 6:00 PM
St. Sava Church — Merrillville, IN
Homilist: Fr. Aleksandar Novakovic
Sunday of Orthodoxy — March 1
Pan – Orthodox Vespers
Please follow your local parish schedule.
Friday — March 6
Presanctified Liturgy
St. George Church — East Chicago, IN
Homilist: Fr. Aleksandar Bugarin
Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas — March 8
Vespers • 6:00 PM
St. Archangel Michael Church — Lansing, IL
Homilist: Fr. Vladimir Lange
Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross — March 15
Vespers • 6:00 PM
St. Elijah Church — Merrillville, IN
Homilist: Fr. Radovan Jakovljevic
Sunday of St. John Climacus — March 22
Vespers • 6:00 PM
St. George Church — Joliet, IL
Homilist: Fr. Aleksandar Savic
Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt — March 29
Vespers • 6:00 PM
Sts. Peter and Paul Church — South Bend, IN
Homilist: Fr. Milorad Jancic
🕯 Friday — April 3
Presanctified Liturgy • 6:00 PM
St. George Church — Schererville, IN
Homilist: Fr. Mile Subotic
🌿 Palm Sunday — April 5
Vespers • 6:00 PM
St. Simeon Church — South Chicago, IL
Homilist: Fr. Marko Matic