The Last Supper – Great and Holy Thursday By Fr. Alexander Schmemann Two events shape the liturgy of the Great and Holy Thursday: the Last Supper of Christ with His disciples and the betrayal of Judas. The meaning of both is in love. The Last Supper is the ultimate revelation of God’s redeeming love for […]
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Holy Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday – Fr. Alexander Schmemann
Holy Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday – Fr. Alexander Schmemann These three days, which the Church calls Great and Holy have within the liturgical development of the Holy Week a very definite purpose. They place all its celebrations in the perspective of End; they remind us of the eschatological meaning of Pascha. So often the Holy […]
Palm Sunday: the Entrance of our Lord into Jerusalem
Palm Sunday: the Entrance of our Lord into Jerusalem The Saturday of Lazarus, from the liturgical point of view, is the pre-feast of Palm Sunday — the Entrance of our Lord into Jerusalem. Both feasts have a common theme: triumph and victory. Saturday reveals the Enemy, which is death; Palm Sunday announces the meaning of […]