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Holy and Glorious Pascha Preparation - Great and Holy Thursday - Matins
| Holy Eucharist - Consecrated Leavened Qurban (Holy Bread) | |||||||||
| Holy God Jesus Christ |
Vespers Great and Holy Fri. |
Holy Mystery |
Consecration Transubstantiation |
Receive Prayers |
Receive Procedures |
Divine Body Thurs. after 1st Sun. after Pentecost |
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| Antidoron - Blessed Leavened Qurban (Holy Bread) | |||||||||
| Antidoron | Divine Liturgy - Kissing the cross and receiving the Antidoron | Memorial Service (Jennaz with the "Evlogitaria of the Dead") | |||||||
| Leavened Qurban (Holy Bread) | |||||||||
| Qurban Holy Bread |
Holy Seal | Holy Seal Cut particles Arrangement |
Prothesis (Preparation) |
Prothesis Text Lamb Particle |
Prothesis Text Theotokos Particle |
Prothesis Text Angels Saints Particles |
Prothesis Text Living Particles |
Prothesis Text Dead Particles |
Prothesis Text Holy Eucharist Particles |
| Recipes | Recipe Newton 1 |
Recipe Newton 2 |
Recipe St. Joseph Church |
Recipe Traditional |
Recipe Hints | Recipe Ingredients |
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Great and Holy Thursday is a day of strict fasting.
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.
| Liturgical Service | of what Liturgical Day | Held on what Calendar Day | Time held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vespers Pre-Sanctified Liturgy | of Great and Holy Thursday | on Great and Holy Wednesday | morning |
| Matins Service of Forgiveness and Service of Anointing with Holy Oil | of Great and Holy Thursday | on Great and Holy Wednesday | evening |
| Vespers Divine Liturgy of Our Father among the Saints Basil the Great Commemorates The Mystical Supper (Last Supper) - institution of Holy Eucharist | of Great and Holy Friday | on Great and Holy Thursday | morning |
| Matins Service of the Twelve Gospels or Passion Gospels or Crucifixion Service | of Great and Holy Friday | on Great and Holy Thursday | evening |
Matins is the Service of Forgiveness with Holy Mystery of Repentance and the Service of Anointing with Holy Oil with Holy Mystery of Holy Oil (Anointing with Holy Oil ) of Great and Holy Thursday, which is celebrated on Great and Holy Wednesday evening
- Service of Forgiveness with the Holy Mystery of Repentance
- Service of Anointing with Holy Oil with Holy Mystery of Holy Oil (Anointing with Holy Oil )
The Church offers us two Holy Mysteries of healing for our souls and bodies: Holy Mystery of Repentance and Holy Mystery of Holy Oil . These Holy Mysteries for the healing of soul and body are given to everyone because no one is perfect; all of us need Holy God's healing mercy and love.
Service of Forgiveness with the Holy Mystery of Repentance
- Prayers of repentance.
- Holy Mystery of Repentance or Forgiveness of Sin with individual confession. (A good confession should be part of our Lenten preparation for properly celebrating the Resurrectin of Christ.)
Service of Anointing with Holy Oil with Holy Mystery of Holy Oil (Anointing with Holy Oil )
On Wed., Jesus is anointed with oil as a prelude to His death so we are anointed in the service of Holy Oil.
- Prayer Service over the oil.
- Gospel is sung over the oil.
- People Venerate the Gospel.
- Holy Mystery of Holy Oil (Anointing with Holy Oil ) - Each person is annointed five times
- Forehead
- Palm of each hand
- Back of each hand.
- Priest gives holy Oil for the people to take home.
Restored and cleansed by the healing bestowed in these Holy Mysteries, we can approach the Holy Mystery of the Lord's Body and Blood on the day of His Resurrection as we should, "with fear of God, with faith and with love."
Holy Myron
The Patriarch consecrates Holy Myron (a special mixture of oil and spices) for all the Melkite Greek Catholic Churches. Holy Myron is used for annointing in the Holy Mysteries.
Liturgical Text
English Matins Text The Melkite Eparchy of Australia and New Zealand, a Microsoft Word .doc file
Liturgical Service on Web
Greek Catholic, Melkite Al-Bushra
Traditions
Great Lent is Forty Days. Traditions of Great Lent and Holy Week Melkite Greek Catholic Church Eparchy of Newton
Images
Images of Great and Holy Thursday Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Eparchy of Newton, (Our Lady of the Annunciation (Al Bisharah) in Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States) Images of Holy Week Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Eparchy of Newton, (Our Lady of the Annunciation (Al Bisharah) in Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States)
Pascha Cycle
Great and Holy Thursday is between Great and Holy Wednesday and Great and Holy Friday.
How to determine when Great and Holy Thursday occurs
A count back from the date of Pascha is made.
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