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Holy and Glorious Pascha Celebration Second Day - Bright Monday or New Monday Vespers
| Pascha Cycle |
Holy and Glor- ious Pascha |
Vespers of Bright Monday |
Bright Mon. |
Bright Week |
Pascha Sundays |
All services in Great Week and on Pascha are moved ahead 12 hours.
The reason is probably to make the services more convenient for the people to attend.
| Liturgical Service | of what Liturgical Day | Held on what Calendar Day | Time held |
|---|---|---|---|
| on Holy and Glorious Pascha | morning | ||
| Vespers Agape | of Bright Monday | on Holy and Glorious Pascha | afternoon |
Vespers (Agape) of Bright Monday, which is celebrated on Holy and Glorious Pascha about noon
These Vespers are called Agape Vespers because the Gospel tells when Jesus said peace be with you and this Gospel is read in as many languages as circumstances permit. The practice of reading the Gospel in as many languages as circumstances permit is called Baouth.
Bright Monday is the time of celebration for Holy and Glorious Pascha.
| Name | Day of Pascha | Day after Pascha | Tone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pascha | 1 | 0 | |
| Bright Monday Vespers New Monday | 1 | 0 | |
| Bright Monday New Monday | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Liturgical Cycle
From Holy and Glorious Pascha to Pentecost , Sunday is the first day of the Liturical week. In the remainder of the year, Sunday is the last day of the Liturgical week.
Each Sunday and its weekdays have a different tone. The tones are in numberical success beginning with tone 1 on the Second Sunday of Holy and Glorious Pascha - Thomas Sunday or New Sunday or Bright Sunday.
Pascha Cycle
Bright Week or New Week is the week between Holy and Glorious Pascha and the Second Sunday of Holy and Glorious Pascha or First Sunday after Holy and Glorious Pascha
or Sunday of Thomas or Bright Saturday or New Sunday. Bright Week or New Week begins with the beginning of the Vespers of Bright Monday celebrated on Holy and Glorious Pascha about noon.
Bright Monday is the day after Pascha. Bright Monday begins with the beginning of the Vespers of Bright Monday celebrated on Holy and Glorious Pascha about noon.
How to determine when Pascha occurs
Divine Liturgy on Web
Greek Catholic, Melkite Al-Bushra
- Monday of Easter, recording of the LIVE mass from Haifa, St. Eliaja Church Number 1 Celebrated by Archbishop Botros Moualem, April 5, 1999
- Monday of Easter, recording of the LIVE mass from Haifa, St. Eliaja Church Number 2 Celebrated by Archbishop Botros Moualem, April 5, 1999
More Information
Pascal Greeting, Pascal Troparion, Feasting, the Doors and Curtains of the Ikonostasis are Open, Paschal Candle from the Feast of Feasts Holy and Glorious Pascha until the beginning of the Vespers of the Great Feast of the Ascension into Heaven of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ.
For the Forty Days from the Feast of Feasts Holy and Glorious Pascha (Feasts of Feasts) to the Great Feast of the Ascension, we celebrate the Holy and Glorious Resurrection of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ from the dead. By His death He has trampled upon death and given life to the world. By breaking down the gates of Hades, He has opened Heaven to all.
We greet each other by saying "Christ is risen! He is truly risen!" or "Al Masiah Qaam! Haqqan Qaam! / Al Massihu Qam! Haqqan Qam!" or "Christos Anesti! Alithos Anesti!".
Also, we say "Glory to His Resurrection on the Third Day! We glorify His Resurrection on the Third Day!".
Finally, we sing the Troparion of Pascha repeatedly in the Divine Liturgy ("Christ is risen from the dead and by His death He has trampled upon death, and has given life to those who are in the tombs!"),
We feast for Forty Days! We do not fast, not even on Fridays. Fasting is forbidden.
The doors and curtains of the ikonostasis remain open. This action is to symbolize how Christ's Resurrection has opened Heaven.
The Paschal Candle, the first one lit by the New Light of Pascha, burns brightly on the Holy Table.
Standing from the Feast of Feasts Holy and Glorious Pascha until the Great Feast of Pentecost
We stand! We do not kneel. Kneeling is forbidden until the beginning of the Vespers of the Great Feast of Pentecost.
These prayers ask the Lord Jesus Christ to send the Holy Spirit also upon us, to empower us to do His will in all aspects of our lives. They are called the "Kneeling Prayers" because they mark the first time we kneel after the 50-day celebration of the Resurrection.
| Sunday of Pascha | Day after Sunday of Pascha | Sunday after Pascha | Day of Pascha | Name | Apostolos | Gospel | Tone | Saint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | Pascha | Acts 1:1-9 | Jn. 1:1-17 | 0 | ||
| Bright Monday Vespers | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Bright Monday | Monday after Pascha | 2 | New Monday | Acts 1:12-17, 21-28 | Jn. 1:18-28 | 0 | ||
| Bright Week | Mon. - Sat. after Pascha | 2-7 | New Week | many | many | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 8 | Thomas Sunday Bright Sunday New Sunday | Acts 5:12-20 | Jn. 20:19-31 | 1 | Holy Glorious Apostle Thomas |
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| 3 | 2 | 15 | Myrhh- Bearing Women | Acts 6:1-7 | Mk. 15:43-16:8 | 2 | Myrrh- bearing Woman Mary Magdalen, Equal of Apostles | |
| 4 | 3 | 22 | Paralytic | Acts 9:32-42 | Jn. 5:1-15 | 3 | ||
| Mid Pentecost | Wed. after 4 Sunday | 25 | Middle feast | Acts 14:6-18 | Jn. 7:14-30 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 29 | Samaritan Woman | Acts 11:19-30 | Jn. 4:5-42 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 5 | 36 | Man Born Blind | Acts 16:16-34 | Jn. 9:1-38 | 5 | ||
| Great Feast Ascension into Heaven Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ | Thurs. after 6 Sunday | 40th day Pascha 10 days before Pente- cost | Acts 1:1-12 | Lk. 24:36-53 | 6 | Theotokos Apostles |
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| 7 | 6 | 43 | Fathers First Ecumen- ical Council | Acts 20:16-18 27-36 | Jn. 17:1-13 | 7 | ||
| 2 Sat. Dead | Sat. after 7 Sunday | 49th day Pascha 1 day before Pente- cost | ||||||
| 8 | 7 | 50 | Pentecost | Acts 2:1-11 | Jn. 7:37-52, 8:12 | 8 | Theotokos Apostles |
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