Tag: Holy Week
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The Last Supper in the Upper Room
On Thursday night (beginning of Friday by the Jewish reckoning) of Holy Week, “Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. And he sent Peter and John , saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. …[in] a large upper room furnished.” Luke 22: 7-8, 12. Toward… Read more
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Triumphal Entry on Palm Sunday
The Triumphal Entry, painting at the Church of the Ascension in the Augusta compound on the Mount of Olives. Read more
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
As we approach Easter it is only fitting to review the sites associated with the last week of Jesus’ life (Holy Week). First I will discuss the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Revered as the holiest site by all orthodox Christian religions (i.e. Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Coptic, Armenian Apostolic, Syriac, and Ethiopian… Read more