“All of the wood. O Arimathea. He buries you in the grave.”
Σε κλίμα θρησκευτικής κατάνυξης και συγκίνησης η λειτουργία της αποκαθήλωσης στην Μεγάλη Παναγιά…….. The moment of Apostasy is perhaps one of the highlights of Christianity. Jesus after his martyrdom on the Cross……
……..is buried to return victorious after three days. At the time of the Apostasy everything stopped so that the faithful could worship the Body of Christ.
The bells in the churches of Mykonos rang mournfully., Hundreds of believers attended today in the Orthodox Churches of the Island the Sequence of the Great Hours and the representation of the Apostasy – of the descent of the body of Jesus from the Cross to the Epitaph,
“Today it hangs on wood…”
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"You folded your palms and joined them before you stretched"
Moments of emotion during decapitation, μία τελετή που παρακολούθησε συμμετέχοντας στο δράμα του Θεανθρώπου πλήθος κόσμου που βρέθηκε στο Ιερό Μητροπολιτικό Ναό της Μεγάλης Παναγιάς για να προσκυνήσει το νεκρό σώμα του Ιησού και να προσευχηθεί για την Ανάσταση.
” The blessed Joseph, of wood,
of all, your colorless body”
Immediately after the glorification of the verses around one in the afternoon, ο Πρωτοπρεσβύτερος π.Πέτρος Μαραγκός ,…..
” Ὄτε κατναλθες πρός τόν θάνατον, ἡ ζωή ἡ ἀθάνατος
τότε τόν ἄδην ἐνέκρωσας, the lightning of the Godhead… “
” When from the wood to the dead, ο Αριμαθαίας καθείλε, the life of all, myrrh and shroud in Christ buried, and it was urgent, heart, and lips, body the inviolable, your case, but shrinking I fear, rejoice you. Glory, your consent Philanthropist”.
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…. as another Joseph of Arimathea, descended the Body of Jesus from the Cross and with the help of the faithful wrapped it in a white sheet "purely shroud" and …
… procession leader came out of the temple and representing the path to Golgotha….
…with the Crucified Jesus and after his entrance he placed the canopy of the epitaph decorated with flowers for the worship of the faithful. With him the Psalms and the faithful.
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Late at night the procession of the epitaph took place.
However, despite the sadness of today, enclosed in it the joyful message of the Resurrection, the greatest message of Christianity.
Happy Easter!!!
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The dance of the Priests of Mykonos sings the verses of Easter:
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