How long is your Sunday Divine Liturgy?

[Andrew21091]

If you feel like driving to Jackson come visit us.

If I am ever in the area, I will have to.

 

[Knee V]

OCA-Diocese of the South parish:

9:00 - 1st & 3rd hours (I'm in choir practice during this time)
9:30 - Divine Liturgy
11:30 - parish lunch

Any special services - panakhidas, moliebens, marriage blessings/weddings, etc would be after lunch. If we have a baptism, it usually is before Liturgy - about 8:30.

Mary

Oddly enough, that's just about the same as my parish

 

[Mary of Bethany]

Oddly enough, that's just about the same as my parish

What a coincidence.

 

[Etsi]

I don't think I've ever timed it and you have to add in the issue of "Greek Time" I would say that you are about right one though. Technically starting at 9:30 and ending about 11:30 to 11:45. Then Coffee Hour and such.

 

[katherine2001]

Our liturgy lasts 90 mins (unless it is St. Basil's liturgy which lasts about 2 hours). Matins is 90 mins also. We have that immediately before liturgy.

 

[katherine2001]

We usually do baptisms before Vespers on Saturday night--the same with Chrismations unless they are done on a feast day.

 

[88Devin07]

Matins at about 9:00, then Liturgy from 10:00 to 12:00...
If Panikhida is after Liturgy, then it's usually only about 10-15 minutes later... Our Priest usually keeps the homily at 30 minutes or less...

 

[IslandersSec306]

At my parish Divine Liturgy is 1:45 to 2 hours.

 

[theoforos]

Church of Finland

Divine liturgy 1:30-2:00 h, begins typically around 10 am (some churches the hours begin at 10 am, followed by liturgy, while in some churches they start reading the hours around 9:45, and the liturgy begins after the hours)

 

[theoforos]

Our liturgy lasts 90 mins (unless it is St. Basil's liturgy which lasts about 2 hours). Matins is 90 mins also. We have that immediately before liturgy.

Is that because the "silent" prayers are read aloud? I think the length of the "silent" prayers is pretty much the only difference between St. Chrysostom's and St. Basil's. In the church where I usually go the "silent" prayers are not read aloud, and it is very difficult to notice if the liturgy is the liturgy of St. Chrysostom or the liturgy of St. Basil.

 

[mysho44]

Here in Sofia the times seem to vary depending on the Church. I have been to Matins at 7:30 am for some Churches, and at 8 am for others, with Divine Liturgy following immediately after, and lasts for about 2 hours, with Matins an hour or so.

 

[seashale76]

Let's see: Orthros begins at 9:15. Divine Liturgy tends to begin around 10:30 and lasts until around 12:00 (maybe a little before), and when the bishop is there it will last maybe 15 minutes to 30 minutes longer. It really depends on how many priests and chalices we have as opposed to parishioners communing. On Sundays where it is only my priest serving, it lasts quite a bit longer as my parish is fairly large. We usually have more than one priest serving and now we have a deacon.

My parish also has Matins on Monday through Friday at 7:00 a.m., and Vespers on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 6:00 p.m. All memorials are done then. During Lent we have daily Vespers. Baptisms are usually done before or after Liturgy.

 

[Mary of Bethany]

Yes, the fact that we have only one priest and no deacon, for 100 communers, does extend our service a bit. And the kissing of the cross at the end can last longer than the post-communion Thanksgiving prayers.

Mary

 

[NyssaTheHobbit]

We rarely do anything before the service except for when we have, say, a visit by an archbishop. We start around 10am (Greek time varies, you see), and the service goes about an hour and 15 minutes. Special services tend to go longer.