Thoughts about the Paschal season
After the Divine Liturgy for Lazarus Saturday we had a church cleaning morning to spruce up the building for Holy Week and Pascha. I took some photos of people at work. Palm Sunday Mainly the procession of children with palms. Holy Thursday In the evening of Holy Thursday the Matins for Holy Friday with 12…
by St John of Damascus {With commentary based on Archimandrite Ephrem’s Paschal Canon Noted} Hypakoe Before the dawn, Mary and the women came and found the stone rolled away from the tomb. They heard the angelic voice: “Why do you seek among the dead as a man the one who is everlasting light? Behold the…
by St John of Damascus {With commentary based on Archimandrite Ephrem’s Paschal Canon Noted} Ode 1 This is the day of resurrection. Let us be illumined, O people. Pascha, the Pascha of the Lord1. For from death to life and from earth to heaven has Christ our God led us2, as we sing the song…
