The Passion and Death of Christ are commemorated on Great and Holy Friday. There is no Liturgy on this day, nor any distribution of communion. Recalling the ointment bearing women Tomb of Christ decorated with flowers Throwing rose petals onto the epitaphios...
Images of Great and Holy Wednesday Monday – On this day are commemorated the story of the Ten Virgins who went out to meet the Bridegroom, and that of Joseph, son of Jacob, whose brothers sold him to the Egyptians, but who remained pure and faithful to God. He...
A Photograph Album of the Melkite Services from Palm Sunday through Pascha with notes from the Byzantine Daily Worship by Archbishop Joseph Raya. Holy Wednesday Holy Thursday Good Friday Holy Saturday Palm Sunday Easter...
Updated: Images of Palm Sunday During the fourth century, at the very place where the glorious entrance into Jerusalem had occurred, Palm Sunday was commemorated in the following fashion: first, a public reading of the gospel in which Christ is hailed as the King of...
The Office of the Burial of Christ The Office is a meditation on the Savior’s entombment and on his descent into Hades to save the souls of the just and open for them the gates of heaven. It is marked throughout with faith an hope, since the time of Christ...
