2/20/2018
After the washing of the feet, Jesus Christ first celebrated the Passover according to the law of Moses, and then instituted the new Passover—the great Mystery of the Most Holy Eucharist.
In the divine service of Great Wednesday the Church glorifies the sinful woman and condemns and curses the love of money and the betrayal of Judas.
The Church selected for the edification of the faithful on this day primarily the parable of the ten virgins.
The raising of Lazarus so enraged the scribes and chief priests that they determined to kill not only the One who had raised him, but also the one who had been raised.
If you make the sign of the Cross upon yourself with great faith, no unclean spirit will be able to come near you, seeing that sword from which it has received a mortal wound.
Archpriest Gregory Debolsky
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The first week of the Holy Forty Days of Lent, in the words of our pious ancestors and all Orthodox Christians, is called the dawn of abstinence, the week of purity.
St. John Chrysostom, Archpriest Gregory Debolsky
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How many now say, I would wish to see His form, the mark, His clothes, His shoes. Lo! thou seest Him, Thou touchest Him, thou eatest Him. And thou indeed desirest to see His clothes, but He giveth Himself to thee not to see only, but also to touch and eat and receive within thee. Let then no one approach it with indifference, no one faint-hearted, but all with burning hearts, all fervent, all inspired.
