Troparion Tone 8 When Thy glorious Disciples were enlightened at the supper by the feet washing, then the impious Judas was darkened with the disease of avarice, and he delivered Thee, the Just Judge, to the lawless judges. Reading From the Book of Exodus The LORD said to Moses […]
Holy Week
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Troparion Tone 4 O Christ God, when we were buried with Thee in Baptism, we became deserving of Thy Resurrection to immortal life. Wherefore, we praise Thee, crying: Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the Lord. Reading From the Book of John […]
Concerning Hades. The Apostles Creed, an innovation of the Western Church dating from the ninth century and remaining in popular usage even presently, includes a clause regarding Christ’s passion, that He “descended into Hell”. Consequently a great deal of medieval lore surrounds the subject of the “Harrowing of Hell” […]
Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is risen; He is risen indeed! Christos Anesti; Alithos Anesti! This, too, came to pass as foretold; Christ said in Galilee that the Son of Man must be given to sinners for them to beat, crucify, and kill, and […]
Christ died so that we may live; God became man so that man could become God. Since the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem, Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin have intended His death and disgrace. Their fear was that if the way of Our Lord came to be known as […]