On Great Thursday morning the Divine Liturgy of St Basil is celebrated and we chant this wonderful Communion hymn: “Of Your mystical supper, Son of God, receive me today […]
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Holy and Great Wednesday
On Great Wednesday afternoon Small Compline is performed and the theologically profound Canon of Saint Andrew, Archbishop of Crete the Jerusalemite, is chanted: “Furnished and ready, the upper room received […]
Holy and Great Tuesday
On Great Tuesday, our Church remembers the Parable of the Ten Virgins and advises us to follow the example of the five wise ones; to have lit the lamp […]
Introduction to the Holy and Great Week – Great and Holy Monday
Among the 52 weeks of the year, one week stands out from the others, and is called Great Week. It is called great not because it has more days from […]
Holy and Great Friday
The all-respectful Holy and Great Friday dawns full of compunction. Liturgy is not celebrated on this day. In olden days the Presanctified Liturgy was performed, but the Church later deemed […]
Facing the Holy Week
Lazaru’s Saturday marks the end of the second period of the Triodion and, while it marks a joyous interval of one day, the Palm Sunday, we come to the most […]