Return to the Cross of Golgotha
“I simply argue that the cross be raised again at the center of the market place as well as on the steeple of the church, I am recovering the claim that J...
Tag: Holy Week
Love One Another
Just to make to clear, I write this from a position of privilege. I am a white male Christian, who has never faced any discrimination in my life. I have never...
Spy Wednesday and the Redemption of Judas
Now I have nothing to back this up other than my faith in an all forgiving God, but I believe that Judas was redeemed in the end.
The Amazing Paradox
Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it r...
Love’s Extravagance
Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and ...
The Paschal Homily of St. John Chrysostom
If any man be devout and loveth God, let him enjoy this fair and radiant triumphal feast! If any man be a wise servant, let him rejoicing enter into the joy of ...
Great & Holy Saturday
On Saturday, the high priests and Pharisees gathered together before Pilate and asked him to have Jesus’ tomb sealed until the third day; because, as thos...
Great and Holy Friday ~ The Lamentations at the Tomb
A decorated “Tomb” for Holy and Great Friday On Friday night, the Matins of Holy and Great Saturday, a unique service known as the The Lamentation a...
Great and Holy Friday ~ The Royal Hours
In addition to the Vespers and the Orthros, the daily cycle of worship contains the Apodeipnon (Compline), the Midnight Service (Mesoniktikon) and the Service o...
Great and Holy Thursday
On the evening of this day, which was the eve of the feast of unleavened bread (that is, the Passover), our Redeemer supped with His twelve disciples in the cit...