Orthodox Terminology


HOLY THURSDAY PDF Print Email
HOLY THURSDAY - Thursday of the Holy Week. It is the day in memory of the Last Supper. The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great is celebrated and the Reserved Sacraments are prepared. In the evening at Matins (of Holy Friday) service the Twelve Passion Gospels are read.
 

The Sayings of the Fathers


Let us love silence till the world is made to die in our hearts. Let us always remember death, and in this thought draw near to God in our heart - - and the pleasures of this world will have our scorn. - Pearls from Saint Isaac of Syria