Web Site Home - Theology Home - Hierarchy Home - Locations Home - Education Home - Stewardship Home - Links Home - Vendors Home - Alphabetical Index Home - Thesaurus Home - Sitemap Home - Arabic fonts Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information CenterHoly and Glorious Pascha Preparation - Great and Holy Monday - Vespers
Great and Holy Week begins just before the Vespers of Great and Holy Monday on the evening of Great Feast of The Triumphal Entry of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ into Jerusalem - Holy and Glorious Palm Sunday - Shaneeneh and ends just before the Divine Liturgy of Holy and Glorious Pascha is celebrated on Great and Holy Saturday evening. Great and Holy Week constitute a time marked by greater solemnity, intensified prayer, and stricter fasting as we move with our Lord Jesus Christ through the events of His Passion in the beautiful Holy Week services of the Church. All services in Great and Holy Week are moved ahead 12 hours.The reason is probably to make the services more convenient for the people to attend.
Great and Holy Monday, Tuesday and WednesdayJesus teaches in the temple, which we remember in the readings and chants of the Pre-Sanctified Liturgy and the Bridegroom Service.
Vespers is the Pre-Sanctified Liturgy of Great and Holy Monday, which is celebrated on Palm Sunday afternoonPre-Sanctified Liturgy consists of the Office of Vespers followed by Holy Communion. These vespers are often skipped except at monasteries. Pascha CycleGreat and Holy Monday is between Holy and Glorious Palm Sunday--Shaneeneh and Great and Holy Tuesday. How to determine when Great and Holy Monday occursGreat Lent is Forty Days. A count back from the date of Pascha is made. TraditionsTraditions of Great Lent and Holy Week Melkite Greek Catholic Church Eparchy of Newton ImagesImages of Holy Week Melkite Greek Catholic Church Eparchy of Newton Liturgical Service on WebGreek Catholic, Melkite Al-Bushra Web Site Home - Theology Home - Hierarchy Home - Locations Home - Education Home - Stewardship Home - Links Home - Vendors Home - Alphabetical Index Home - Thesaurus Home - Sitemap Home - Arabic fonts Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center Martha Liles Web URL address: Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center or https://www.mliles.com/melkite/ E-mail: mliles@mliles.com or mliles@mliles.com Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center is
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