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Pasen 2008 | Goede Vrijdag

Deze week is het in de Orthodoxe Kerk de Goede Week
On Great and Holy Friday Christ died on the Cross. He gave up His spirit with the words: “It is finished” (John 19:30). These words are better understood when rendered: “It is consummated.” He had accomplished the work for which His heavenly Father had sent Him into the world. He became a man in the fullest sense of the word. He accepted the baptism of repentance from John in the Jordan River. He assumed the whole human condition, experiencing all its alienation, agony, and suffering, concluding with the lowly death on the Cross. He perfectly fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:
“Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he has poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sins of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”

Isaiah 53:12

Goede Vrijdag
Troparion – Tone 2
 
The Noble Joseph,
When he had taken down
Your most pure Body from the tree,
Wrapped it in fine linen,
And anointed it with spices,
And placed it in a new tomb.
 
Troparion – Tone 2
 
The angel came to the myrrh-bearing
women at the tomb and said:
Myrrh is fitting for the dead,
But Christ has shown Himself
a stranger to corruption.
 
Kontakion – Tone 8
 
Come, let us all sing the praises
of Him who was crucified for us,
For Mary said when she beheld Him upon the tree:
Though You do endure the cross,
You are my Son and my God!

Journey to PaschaJourney to Pascha
A Daily Guide Through Holy Week

The services of Holy Week transform us into eyewitnesses and direct participants in the awesome events of the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ…

(Deze brochure is te downloaden op lent.goarch.org als PDF in twee formaten: 8.5×11 inch en 11×17 inch Format, beiden 13 MB groot)

Holy Friday [ goarch.org ]