Second Heaven Weekend Schedule
Friday nights
5:00 - 7:00 pm PERSONAL QUIET TIME
7:00 – 10:00 pm
How to benefit from a personal retreat
Weekend Theme introduction
Agpya Prayers
Praise and worship
Saturdays
8:00 - 10.00 am
Agpya Prayers
Bible readings,
Early father’s sayings
10am- 10:30 am Breakfast break
10:30 am - 12:30 noon
PERSONAL QUITE TIME (The leading Servant will be available for any spiritual guidance)
12:30 pm- 2:00 pm Bible worshipping reading
2:00 pm- 2:30 pm Break time ( free time)
2:30 pm- 3:00 pm Prayer time
3:00pm – 5:00 pm
PERSONAL QUITE TIME (The leading Servant will be available for any spiritual guidance)
5:00pm - 6 pm Dinner Break
6:00– 9:30 pm
Agpya Prayers
Midnight praises
Sundays
7:00 – 9:00 am Doxosologies and Agpya prayers
9:00 - 10:30 am PERSONAL QUIET TIME
10:30- 11 am Breakfast break
11:am-11:30 am Wrapping up and conclusion
On Some Saturdays or Sundays we will celebrate the Holy Eucharist and this will replace the regular schedule for the Mornings.
Communal Services
All guests of Second Heaven are encouraged to attend all scheduled Center services. Non-Orthodox visitors are welcome to participate in the services and prayers except for Communion during the Holy Liturgy.
If you long for further depth or are longing for specific spiritual guidance on an individual basis let us know and you will be given a block of time for this purpose where you can meet with one of our priests or consecrated servants.
Cell phones must be turned off during the church services and meals in the dining hall.
Holy Communion
Holy Communion is truly the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ and just as it sanctifies and becomes for those prepared provision for eternal life, it may very well become “fire burning the unworthy” for those who are not. We therefore ask of all Orthodox Christians to prepare with confession and to have permission from their Spiritual Father before receiving Holy Communion, and also to prepare with the required fast as established by the Holy Fathers of the Church.
Reservation requests can be made through: http://www.thesecondheaven.org/programs/reservations/
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