The service of Great Martyr George (April 23, Great Saturday) is celebrated on the Bright Monday. Venerable Basil of Poiana Mărului Venerable Basil was born to righteous parents, in 1692, in Russia. Having loved Christ…
Great and Holy Friday On Great and Holy Friday, Christ died on the Cross. He gave up His spirit with the words: “It is finished” (John 19:30). These words are better understood when rendered: “It…
The Great and Holy Thursday Two events shape the liturgy of Great and Holy Thursday: the Last Supper of Christ with His disciples, and the betrayal of Judas. The meaning of both is in love.…
Great and Holy Wednesday On Great and Holy Wednesday, the hymns of the Bridegroom Service remind us of the sinful woman who poured precious ointment on Christ’s head at Simon the leper’s house (Mt. 26:7).…
Great and Holy Tuesday On Holy and Great Tuesday, we commemorate the parable of the ten virgins, because the Lord related this parable to His disciples as He was going toward Jerusalem to His Holy…
Holy Week: A Liturgical Explanation for the Days of Holy Week MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY: THE END These three days, which the Church calls Great and Holy have within the liturgical development of the Holy Week…
The Hieromartyr Artemon was born of Christian parents in Laodicea, Syria in the first half of the third century. From his youth, he dedicated himself to the service of the Church. The saint served the…
The Holy Martyr Sava The Martyr was a Goth who lived during the fourth century. At this time the Arian bishop Wulfilas preached Christianity among the Goths, and Saint Sava was among those who were…
Saint Callinicus was born in Bucharest, on 7 October 1787, to Romanian parents, obedient to God, and was baptised with the name Constantin. In 1807, when aged 20, young Constantin felt in his heart he…
Saint Zosimas (April 4) was a monk at a certain Palestinian monastery on the outskirts of Caesarea. Having dwelt at the monastery since his childhood, he lived there in asceticism until he reached the age…