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Showing posts with label Holy Week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holy Week. Show all posts
Thursday, May 2, 2024

The service of the "Twelve Gospels" is a Lenten service performed on the evening of Holy Thursday

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It contains the gospel of the sufferings and death of the Savior, chosen from all the evangelists and divided into twelve readings, accordin...

Holy Thursday

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  On this day four events are celebrated: the washing of the disciples' feet, the institution of the Mystery of the Holy Eucharist at th...
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Humiliry is...

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  Humility is: “Deep knowledge of one’s own insignificance. Hatred of human praise. Leaving word justification. Silence before those who off...
Sunday, April 9, 2023

Holy Monday

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  On Holy Monday, the Blessed Joseph, the son of Jacob the Patriarch, is commemorated. Joseph is often seen as a Type of Christ. Joseph was ...

The Bridgegroom Services of Holy Week

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  The first three days of Holy Week are referred to in the Church as "The End." Jesus was walking into the very midst of those who...
Monday, April 18, 2022

Holy Monday

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  On Holy Monday, the Blessed Joseph, the son of Jacob the Patriarch, is commemorated. Joseph is often seen as a Type of Christ. Joseph was ...

Temptations are stronger during Holy Week. Help us O Lord to overcome all temptations of the Holy Week!

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Miracle of the Holy Fire

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The miracle of the Holy Fire is an annual event in which the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church in Jerusalem enters the Holy Sepulcher with th...
Thursday, April 29, 2021

Holy Thursday Icon

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Good Friday

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Good Friday is the saddest day of the year.  Well, we don't dance when there is a funeral in the house, well, we don't go to draw up...
Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Holy Thursday

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On Holy Thursday instead of the Cherubic Hymn we sing: “Of Thy Mystical Supper, O Son of God, accept me today as a communicant. For I will n...

Holy Thursday

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  On this day four events are celebrated: the washing of the disciples' feet, the institution of the Mystery of the Holy Eucharist at th...

Maundy Thursday

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  Maundy Thursday - Thursday of Holy Week, which commemorates the Last Supper, at which Jesus Christ instituted the sacrament of the Euchari...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Holy Tuesday

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April 14 Old Style / April 27 New Style Holy Tuesday - Parable of the Ten Virgins The Tuesday of Holy Week is one of the most important and ...

I See Thy Bridal Chamber - Holy Tuesday

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Monday, April 26, 2021

Stories of Holy Week

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During Holy Week they walked quieter, talked quieter and ate almost nothing. Instead of tea, they drank sbiten (hot water with molasses) and...

Holy Monday - In the service of Monday the Old Testament patriarch Joseph is remembered, sold out of envy by his brothers to Egypt, who represented the sufferings of the Savior.

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April 13 Old Style / April 26 New Style  Holy Monday - In the service of Monday the Old Testament patriarch Joseph is remembered, sold out o...

On Holy Monday is remembered the withering by the Lord a barren fig tree serving as image hypocritical scribes and Pharisees.

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April 13 Old Style / April 26 New Style Holy Monday remembering the withering by the Lord a barrent fig tree serving as image hypocritical s...

Bridegroom Troparion (Behold the Bridegroom Cometh)

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Holy Week

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Holy Week prepares us for Pascha and shows that there is no other way to resurrection than through the cross and suffering. Therefore, the c...