Orthodox Services : Holy Week

by Leo Shen

"Hosanna" like the multitudes in Jerusalem, welcoming "Him Who cometh in the Name of the Lord," and, like the children, waving palms and shouting for joy. In the Gospels of the first three days of Passion Week we shall hear Christ's final teachings to His disciples and the people; His stern rebukes to the proud, self-righteous Pharisees and scribes; His prophecy of His resurrection and second coming. In the house of Simon the Leper, where Jesus was having a meal, we shall see the sinful woman enter to anoint His head and feet in love and repentance, and we shall contrast her to Judas, the disciple whose greed incited him to betray his Master for a paltry sum of money. Then we shall follow Jesus to the "upper chamber" where He and His disciples partook of His Mystical Supper, that is, the first celebration of the Eucharist of His Most Holy Body and Blood, and then to the Garden of Gethsemane. There our Lord and God Jesus Christ prayed in agony.

43 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 25, 2017