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 Thursday - Matins
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.
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
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
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.
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 MyronThe 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 TextEnglish Matins Text The Melkite Eparchy of Australia and New Zealand, a Microsoft Word .doc file Liturgical Service on WebGreek Catholic, Melkite Al-Bushra TraditionsGreat Lent is Forty Days. Traditions of Great Lent and Holy Week Melkite Greek Catholic Church Eparchy of Newton ImagesImages 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 CycleGreat and Holy Thursday is between Great and Holy Wednesday and Great and Holy Friday. How to determine when Great and Holy Thursday occursA count back from the date of Pascha is made. 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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