Holy Week - Revision history

Wgw: The phrase "reserved Eucharist" is ambiguous, and could lead people to erroneously believe the Holy Thursday liturgy is presanctified

2014-04-25T00:45:04Z

The phrase "reserved Eucharist" is ambiguous, and could lead people to erroneously believe the Holy Thursday liturgy is presanctified

2012-09-03T18:15:11Z

clarity

2011-12-05T19:10:08Z

‎External links: fix bad link

2010-04-21T01:01:28Z

link

2009-05-13T15:00:36Z

‎External links: fix broken link

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‎Holy Monday

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 [[Image:mysticalsupper.jpg|left|thumb|The Mystical Supper]]
 ===Holy Thursday===
-'''Holy Thursday''' begins with the celebration of vespers and the [[Divine Liturgy]] of St. Basil with a Reserved [[Eucharist]] in representation of the earthly presence of Christ realized at the [[Last Supper]]. In the evening, anticipating the Matins of Friday morning, the Holy Passion service of the reading of the '''Twelve Gospels''' is conducted. In these readings Christ's last instructions to his disciples are presented, as well as the prophecy of the drama of the Cross, Christ's prayer, and his new commandment. The twelve readings are:
+'''Holy Thursday''' begins with the celebration of vespers and the [[Divine Liturgy]] of St. Basil, in representation of the earthly presence of Christ realized at the [[Last Supper]]. In the evening, anticipating the Matins of Friday morning, the Holy Passion service of the reading of the '''Twelve Gospels''' is conducted. In these readings Christ's last instructions to his disciples are presented, as well as the prophecy of the drama of the Cross, Christ's prayer, and his new commandment. The twelve readings are:
 * [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=St.%20John%2013:31%20-%2018:1;&version=9; John 13:31-18:1]

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 [[Image:Twelve gospels.jpg|right|thumb|350px|A worshiper prostrates before the cross at the Twelve Passion Gospels service at St. Mary Orthodox Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts.]]
-'''Great and Holy Week''' is the week from the conclusion of [[Great Lent]] on the [[Lazarus Saturday|Saturday of Lazarus]] to the celebration of [[Pascha]].
+'''Great and Holy Week''' is the week from the conclusion of [[Great Lent]] on the [[Lazarus Saturday|Saturday of Lazarus]] to the celebration of [[Pascha]]. It is emphasized that the services of Holy Week follow the ecclesiastical day, that is from sundown to sundown. Thus Saturday of Lazarus ends at sundown on Saturday.
 ==History==

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 ==External links==
-*[http://churchmotherofgod.org/articles/about-services-and-prayers/519-holy-week.html A Liturgical Explanation for the Days of Holy Week], by Fr. [[Alexander Schmemann]]
+*[http://churchmotherofgod.org/articleschurch/about-services-and-prayers/519-holy-week.html A Liturgical Explanation for the Days of Holy Week], by Fr. [[Alexander Schmemann]]
 *[http://www.antiochian.org/midwest/Articles/Development_of_Holy_Week_Services.htm The Historical Development of Holy Week Services In the Orthodox/Byzantine Rite], by Fr. Nabil L. Hanna
 *[http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article8432.asp Holy Week GOARCH]

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 The first three days of Holy Week remind us of Christ's last instructions with his disciples. These teachings are remembered in the celebration of the Great [[Compline]], Matins, [[Hours]], and [[Liturgy]] during these days.  The [[Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts]] celebrated these days includes readings from [[Exodus]], [[Book of Job|Job]], and [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]].
-The Matins services of the evenings of Palm Sunday, Holy Monday, and Holy Tuesday, anticipating the events of the next day, share a common theme. These [[Christ The Bridegroom (O Nymphios)|Bridegroom]] Services are derived from the Parable of the Ten Virgins, which calls for preparedness at the Second Coming, for the "thief comes in the middle of the night." (Matt. 26:1-13)
+The Matins services of the evenings of Palm Sunday, Holy Monday, and Holy Tuesday, anticipating the events of the next day, share a common theme. These [[Christ The Bridegroom (O Nymphios)|Bridegroom]] Services are derived from the [[Parable]] of the Ten Virgins, which calls for preparedness at the Second Coming, for the "thief comes in the middle of the night." (Matt. 26:1-13)
 ===Holy Wednesday===

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 ==External links==
-*[http://members.aol.com/stgeoworc/holyweek.htm A Liturgical Explanation for the Days of Holy Week], by Fr. [[Alexander Schmemann]]
+*[http://churchmotherofgod.org/articles/about-services-and-prayers/519-holy-week.html A Liturgical Explanation for the Days of Holy Week], by Fr. [[Alexander Schmemann]]
 *[http://www.antiochian.org/midwest/Articles/Development_of_Holy_Week_Services.htm The Historical Development of Holy Week Services In the Orthodox/Byzantine Rite], by Fr. Nabil L. Hanna
 *[http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article8432.asp Holy Week GOARCH]

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 ==History==
-While little is recorded of the development of the celebrations of the Holy Week during the early years of the Church, it apparently had very early origins. By the fourth century the celebration of the week appears well-founded and to be similar to our celebrations today. The pilgrim [[Egeria]] to Jerusalem in the latter part of the fourth century described the events of the week after the services of the Saturday of Lazarus, "...began the week of the Pasch, which they called here the '''Great Week'''", noting the procession commemorating Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem on the first day of the week. It is during this week that we remember Christ's Passion and Crucifixion.
+While little is recorded of the development of the celebrations of the Holy Week during the early years of the Church, it apparently had very early origins. By the fourth century the celebration of the week appears well-founded and to be similar to our celebrations today. The pilgrim [[Egeria]] to Jerusalem in the latter part of the fourth century described the events of the week after the services of the Saturday of Lazarus, "...began the week of the Pasch, which they called here the Great Week", noting the procession commemorating Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem on the first day of the week. It is during this week that we remember Christ's Passion and Crucifixion.
 [[Image:raisingoflazarus.jpg|right|frame|The Raising of Lazarus]]

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