Passion Week: Great Thursday

Thursday of Holy week recall in worship the gospel the most important event: the last supper, where the Lord established the new Testament sacrament of Holy Communion (Eucharist). On Holy Thursday all Orthodox to partake of Holy communion.

The Liturgy in cathedrals in the Episcopal Ministry is touching the rite of omovenie feet, which brings to our memory the immense humility of the Savior, umevshego the feet of His disciples before the last supper.

The Bishop washes the feet of the sitting on both sides of the prepared before the Department of 12 priests, representing themselves gathered at the supper of the disciples of the Lord, and wipes them with intiem (long plateau).

 





 

On Holy Thursday begin preparing for the Easter Holiday.

To the question about how to prepare for the Passover Professor of the Moscow Theological Academy, candidate of theology, deacon Andrei Kurayev says: "In the same poem by Boris Pasternak said: "people Have pre holiday cleaning, aside from the crowding, wash the world from the bucket of the Foot exalted is Yours." I think that's really all the same aside from crowding it is better to prepare for the holiday.

 

Do not strive to prepare delicious table, cleaning the house to make. Maundy Thursday, not because Maundy Thursday, that day do bath or washed furniture from dust, but because people come to confession and receive Holy communion.

 



N. GE. The last supper. 1863

 

P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! ©

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