Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center Holy and Glorious Pascha Preparation - Great and Holy Thursday

Great and Holy Week or Pascha Cycle
Liturgical Service	of what Liturgical Day	Held on what Calendar Day	Time held
Vespers Pre-Sanctified Liturgy	of Great and Holy Thursday	on Great and Holy Wednesday	morning
Matins Service of Forgiveness and Service of Anointing with Holy Oil	of Great and Holy Thursday	on Great and Holy Wednesday	evening
Vespers Divine Liturgy of Our Father among the Saints Basil the Great Commemorates The Mystical Supper (Last Supper) - institution of Holy Eucharist	of Great and Holy Friday	on Great and Holy Thursday	morning
Matins Service of the Twelve Gospels or Passion Gospels or Crucifixion Service	of Great and Holy Friday	on Great and Holy Thursday	evening

Matins is the Service of Forgiveness with Holy Mystery of Repenance and the Service of Anointing with Holy Oil with Holy Mystery of Holy Oil (Anointing with Holy Oil ) of Great and Holy Thursday, which is celebrated on Great and Holy Wednesday evening

Service of Forgiveness with the Holy Mystery of Repenance
Service of Anointing with Holy Oil with Holy Mystery of Holy Oil (Anointing with Holy Oil )

The Church offers us two Holy Mysteries of healing for our souls and bodies: Holy Mystery of Repenance and Holy Mystery of Holy Oil . These Holy Mysteries for the healing of soul and body are given to everyone because no one is perfect; all of us need Holy God's healing mercy and love.

Service of Forgiveness with the Holy Mystery of Repenance

Prayers of repentance.
Holy Mystery of Repenance or Forgiveness of Sin with individual confession. (A good confession should be part of our Lenten preparation for properly celebrating the Resurrectin of Christ.)

Service of Anointing with Holy Oil with Holy Mystery of Holy Oil (Anointing with Holy Oil )

On Wed., Jesus is anointed with oil as a prelude to His death so we are anointed in the service of Holy Oil.

Prayer Service over the oil.
Gospel is sung over the oil.
People Venerate the Gospel.
Holy Mystery of Holy Oil (Anointing with Holy Oil ) - Each person is annointed five times
- Forehead
- Palm of each hand
- Back of each hand.
Priest gives holy Oil for the people to take home.

Restored and cleansed by the healing bestowed in these Holy Mysteries, we can approach the Holy Mystery of the Lord's Body and Blood on the day of His Resurrection as we should, "with fear of God, with faith and with love."

Liturgical Text

English Matins Text The Melkite Eparchy of Australia and New Zealand, a Microsoft Word .doc file

Liturgical Service on Web

Greek Catholic, Melkite Al-Bushra

Traditions

Great Lent is Forty Days. Traditions of Great Lent and Holy Week Melkite Greek Catholic Church Eparchy of Newton

Images

Images of Holy Week Melkite Greek Catholic Church Eparchy of Newton

Pascha Cycle

Great and Holy Thursday is between Great and Holy Wednesday and Great and Holy Friday.

How to determine when Great and Holy Thursday occurs

A count back from the date of Pascha is made.

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Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center is dedicated to my cousins: Bucky (Richard C. Liles) and Shirley (Shirley Jean Liles Buck). Bucky fell asleep in the Lord on Dec. 12, 2000 and Shirley fell asleep in the Lord on Nov. 8, 2001.
O God of all spirits and of all flesh, who have destroyed death, overcome the devil, and given life to the world: grant, O Lord, to the souls of your servants Bucky and Shirley, who has departed from this life, that it may rest in a place of light, in a place of happiness, in a place of peace, where there is no pain, no grief, no sighing. And since You are a gracious God and the Lover of Mankind, forgive him/her every sin he/she has committed by thought, or word, or deed, for there is not a man who lives and does not sin : You alone are without sin, your righteousness is everlasting, and your word is true. You are the Resurrection and the Life, and the repose of your departed servants Bucky and Shirley. O Christ our God, and we send up glory to You, together with your eternal Father and your all-holy, good and life-givng Spirit, now and always and for ages upon ages. Amen.

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