The Reading of the 12 Gospels and Procession of the Crucified Christ / With reverence and devotion on Maundy Thursday, 13 April 2023, the Mass of the Holy and Immaculate Passions was held in the Holy Metropolitan Church of the Great Virgin Mary, in Mykonos Town.
Holy Great Pepmti- The Passion and the Crucifixion of Jesus
On Holy Thursday they are revived in our Church, the events of the last day of the life of Jesus Christ on Earth. With the crucifixion of Christ the Divine drama culminates, where four important events are honored. The washing of the feet of the Apostles by the Lord,The Secret Dinner, the prayer of the Lord in the Garden of Gethsemane and the betrayal of the Lord by Judas.
During Maundy Thursday in the service the 12 gospels, the Holy Passions which describe the genealogical tree of Jesus, predict his coming, record the Holy Passions and the glorious Resurrection.
Through the words of the Gospels but also from the particularly mournful notes of the troparions, the mockeries are described in the most tragic way., the blows, the insults and mockery of the people who raised the Lord to the cross. Holy Thursday is one of the saddest days of Christianity.
On Holy Thursday night also culminates the Divine drama with the crucifixion of Christ, having previously been tortured and ridiculed by the mob, who a few days ago adored him…
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It was about 9 in the evening between the 5th and 6th Gospel, where in the Holy Monastery of Panagia Tourliani, in Ano Mera of Mykonos, the lights went out,…..
"The holy and saving and horrible Passions of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ are performed, the impressions, the slaps, the collapses, the insults, you laugh at them, the purple was spoiled, τον καλαμον, the sponge, the acid, the nails, the spear, και πρὸ πάντων, the cross, and death, and for us he was blessed, έτι δὲ και τὴν του ευγνώμονος Λῃστού, of the crucified one, salvation in the Cross confession. "
"Today the earth you hung on the water hangs the earth. A crown of thorns is added to the King of angels. False purple surrounds the surrounding sky in clouds. You slapped Adam in the Jordan and set him free. The Bridegroom of the Church was completely engaged. The Son of the Virgin was speared. We bow to your passions, Christ. Show me and your glorious resurrection ".
The procession that carried the crucified Jesus under the dim light of candles, for the representation of the Crucifixion, moved at a slow and steady pace towards the center of the temple,….
…. breaking through the crowd of believers towards the courtyard of the Holy Monastery. Divine passion is almost at its peak…..
…crown of thorns is added….
He who rested the earth on the water is mocked: “A crown of thorns is added, the King of Angels false purple is surrounded, the surrounding sky in the clouds was slapped – You freed Adam in the Jordan……
….. The Son of the Virgin was speared ".
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The Crucifixion of Christ is the pre-eminent event in history…
…..The Cross enters the center of life to give it meaning and content.
We worship Your Passions, Christ, show me and Your glorious Resurrection
His Eminence Fr. Petros Maragos, he circled the Cross and placed it in the center of the Temple.
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They went out in my clothes", doxastic of the praises of the article of M. Friday. This eulogy is a poetic rendering of Christ's reproach by the soldiers, as described in the Gospels of Matthew, of Mark and John.
"They came out in my clothes, and dressed with red chlamydia, they fell on my head, crown of thorns, and on my right hand, they gave reeds, that I may crush them, as a potter's vessel".
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The hope, however, for the joyful event causes relief to the faithful:
With the crucifixion of Christ, the Divine drama culminates on Holy Thursday, where four important events are honored.
The washing of the feet of the Apostles under the Lord, The Secret Dinner, the Lord's Prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane and the Betrayal of the Lord by Judas.
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His Eminence Fr. Petros Maragos ,in his short speech addressing the crowded congregation with evident emotion, among others he emphasized…………….
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The Deputy Mayor Miltiadis Atzamoglou, the president of the Municipal Council Giorgos Rousounelos, the Municipal Councilors Franceskos Vigliaris, Antonis Kousathanas, The Vice Minister of Culture Stelios Morlingos and a flood of believers – of Mykonos and visitors to Mykonos – attended the Mass (12 Gospels) and watched the procession of the Crucified, experiencing the dramatic events of the Lord's Passion that took place for our salvation.
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