Tag: Holy Week
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Anticipating Kassia’s Cosmic Hymn
by V.K. McCarty | български | ქართული | ελληνικά | Русский | Српски In preparing to participate in the services leading to Pascha, a memorable element of the Liturgy for many of the faithful is the Hymn of St. Kassia (ca.810-ca. 865 CE), “Lord, the Woman Fallen into Many Sins.” It is remembered as a […]
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Doing Holy Week at Home During COVID-19
by Gregory Tucker | Ελληνικά Many Christians around the world have come to realise over the last few weeks that this year’s Holy Week and Pascha will be somewhat unlike any that they have previously experienced, on account of the current viral pandemic. Very many churches are now closed, with services cancelled or in-person participation […]
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It’s That Time of the Year Again: In Tone Four, “The murderers of God, the lawless nation of the Jews…”
by Bogdan G. Bucur | ελληνικά | ру́сский | српски Disturbing Words, Disturbed Emotions The words in the title are from one of the stichera at the Beatitudes chanted on Holy Thursday evening (Triodion, 589). Similar references to “arrogant Israel, people guilty of blood,” “bloodthirsty people, jealous and vengeful,” and “the perverse and crooked people of the […]
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It’s That Time of the Year Again: In Tone Four, “The murderers of God, the lawless nation of the Jews…”
by Bogdan G. Bucur | ελληνικά | ру́сский Disturbing Words, Disturbed Emotions The words in the title are from one of the stichera at the Beatitudes chanted on Holy Thursday evening (Triodion, 589). Similar references to “arrogant Israel, people guilty of blood,” “bloodthirsty people, jealous and vengeful,” and “the perverse and crooked people of the […]