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...
The Lord’s Last Supper is commemorated on this day, together with his humility and love as He washed an kissed his disciples’ feet. Carrying the Crucifix Service Carrying the Cross and Body of Christ The Crucifixion Raising the Cross on Golgotha Placing...
Good Friday and the Icon of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ A Meditation by Mary Grace Ritchey There is no Divine Liturgy on Good Friday. Instead, at each of the Canonical Hours there are a Prophecy, Epistle and Gospel readings that take us through all that is...
Palm Sunday and the Icon of the Entrance into Jerusalem (3/03) A Meditation by Mary Grace Ritchey Scriptural Readings Vespers First Reading Genesis 49: 1-13 Second Reading Sophonias 3: 14-20 Third Reading Zacharias 9: 9-15 Matins Gospel Matthew 21: 1-11; 15-17 Divine...
