Yesterday was Palm Sunday! We processed around the Church with our palm crosses and leaves singing…
“By raising Lazarus from the dead before Your Passion, You confirmed the universal resurrection, O Christ God! Like the children with palms of victory, We cry out to You, O Vanquisher of Death; Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord!”
Pascha (Easter) is only one week away and today is the beginning of Holy Week. This is the most Celebrated time of the year for Orthodox Christians. Holy Week and Pascha is the remembrance of Christ’s death and celebration of Christ’s resurrection--Easter. Ok so you’re probably thinking…uh Easter was last month… It’s a little confusing but simply put, the Orthodox Church calendar is not based off of the Gregorian civil Calendar we use regularly in our every day lives but rather off of the Julian Calendar. If you want a deeper more complicated explanation click here. And for more information about Orthodox Christianity you can click here. There are links to the right.
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