Great and Holy Friday
Great and Holy Friday is the most solemn day of Great and Holy Week - the final week before the feast of Pascha. On this day, we commemorate the crucifixion, death, and burial of our Lord, God, and Savior, Jesus Christ. Because the events of this day gained salvation for us, and re-opened to us the gates of heaven, this day is sometimes called Good Friday.
The Crucifixion of the Lord
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At Matins
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The Royal Hours
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At Vespers - the Descent from the Cross
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The burial shroud (plashchanitza)
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Recommended Reading
- The Holy and Great Thursday, according to the Byzantine tradition. Byzantine Leaflet Series, No. 37. (Pittsburgh: Byzantine Seminary Press, March 1987).
- Father Basil Shereghy. The Liturgical Year of the Byzantine-Slavonic Rite.
(Pittsburgh, PA: Byzantine Seminary Press, 1968.)
- A Monk of the Eastern Church (Father Lev Gillet). The Year of Grace of the Lord.
(Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2001.)