Pascha – Its Orthodox Easter The Feast of Feasts, starts about 11pm. We will all dress up and go to the church. Little children are holding their lambatha (λαμπάδα), a colored candle ornamented with flowers or other spring and Easter art craft, a gift from the godparents.
Read more →Holy Saturday, only a few hours separating us from the Pascha!!!! In the morning Holy Saturday Vespers and a Divine Liturgy of St. Basil are served, accompanied with reading of Psalms and Resurrection hymns that describe Christ’s descend into Hades, celebrated as the First Resurrection of Adam
Read more →The culmination of the Holy Week is Great and Holy Friday. Basically this is the day of Christ’s funeral and entombment. In the morning service, the priest takes the Body of Christ – the Epitaphios - wraps it in a white sheet and places it inside the
Read more →Holy Thursday is the day the martyrdom of Christ takes place. On the evening, the Holy Passion service of the reading of the Twelve Gospels is conducted. Faithfull go over every moment of agony, pain, suffer and humiliation Christ went through. The question by the Sanhedrin, the
Read more →Pascha and the first three days of the week. On the first three days of the Holy Week Jesus left His last instructions to the Apostles and the rest of His pupils. Holy Monday is dedicated to the memory of Joseph, the youngest son of Jacob. Joseph
Read more →Orthodox Easter is approaching and we thought it would be a good time to do some articles on Pascha (Orthodox Easter). This will be a series of posts covering tradition and the meaning of Pascha for us Orthodox Christians. With these series of posts introducing our new
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