With reverence and solemnity of the Great Wednesday afternoon, the Mass of the Great Blessing Mystery was performed…….
the Holy Cathedral of the Holy Virgin.
The constitution of the echelon, as well as the rest of the mysteries, it goes back to the New Testament and even the Catholic Epistle of James: (chapter e´, lyrics 14 -15).
"He is sick among you; invite the elders of the church…….”
During the performance of the Great Wish,Protopresbyter Petros Maragos read seven Gospels and seven Wishes. The oil was thus blessed with
which "crucified" the believers on the forehead
Euchelion oil is considered therapeutic. During the sacrament the priest lights a candle for each Gospel he reads. This is also what some believers do during the Great Lent, at the church, on Holy Wednesday.
In the evening, the Niptiros ceremony took place, which is also the Orthros of Maundy Thursday which refers to the Last Supper and the Kontakion is sung "when the glorious disciples".
"Then the glorious disciples in the basin of the supper were enlightened, then Judas the impious, greedy sick, be blinded; and unequal judges shall be delivered up to the just judge. See, money lovers, the gallows used for this; leave the unsatisfied soul, I teach it that they dared. All about good, Sir, glory to you". (sound pl. d")
The crowning event is the wash basin ceremony. “Humiliated by’ mercy, feet you dreamed of your students, and towards a road theios these direction”.
It is about capturing the image of Jesus, who though he rules earth and heaven, washes His disciples' feet before supper. At that time it was customary for the host's servants to wash the guests' feet, before they sit down at the table to eat, when it came to a formal dinner. But here the Lord takes over this ministry, explaining to them that: “the elder among you is born as the younger and the abbot as the deacon”
