A journey through the most Holy week of
the year
“Passover week”
How to live the Holy Week?
• Attend at least one prayer/day.
• Bring with you:
– Prayer book – notebook – pen – spiritual book/Bible
• Write in your prayer book , title of the day
• Draw a line under any verse related to today’s
topic
• During the psalm and long hymns , read in your
spiritual book/Bible
• Write summary about abouna’s sermon.
• During “Thok teti Gom” , lift up your heart and
submit your love to Jesus.
Lazarus‘ Saturday
Palm Sunday
Jesus the King
In the evening …….
• Jesus holding a whip …. !!!!!
Liturgy
Palm Sunday
procession.
Normal liturgy.
Special tone.
Four gospels.
Public prayer for the Repose
of the Dead (Requiem)
Prayers for the repose of
the dead are forbidden in
the Passion Week,
so after the liturgy on Palm
Sunday,
the
church
performs a public requiem.
The Holy Pascha
• 5 morning hours/5 evening hours.
• Prophecies and written sermons.
• Thok teti Gom x 12 times (Revelation 4,5,7)
– Tuesday , 11th hour ( my Good Saviour )
– Friday evening, 1st hour (The Lord is my strength)
• Psalm + Gospel ( Coptic / English or Arabic )
• In the evening abouna’s sermon.
• End of prayers.
Monday of the fig tree
Morning:
Cursing the fig tree
Evening
Jesus returning to
Bethany and speaking
about hypocrisy .
Tuesday = desolation of
Jerusalem
Note
11th hour we add :
my Good Saviour.
Why ?
Wednesday = Job
Types of hearts.
Types of hearts
•
•
•
•
Satan
and
the
disciples .
The high priests.
Judah
The woman offering
the fragrant oil On
Jesus’ feet.
The big Thursday
• The day when Jesus
gave the disciples the
Sacrament of the Holy
Communion
• Remember Judah and
Mary.
• Judah’s procession.
Before the communion…..
but made Himself of no
reputation, taking the form of a
bondservant, and coming in the
likeness of men. 8 And being
found in appearance as a man,
He humbled Himself and became
obedient to the point of death,
even the death of the cross.
(Philippians 2:7-8
Why did Jesus form this
sacrament on Thursday?
• Since He will die on the cross
and leave us, He wanted to unit
us in Him forever.
Is it real body and blood?
• Incarnation : Jesus ( the creator) turned
the divine nature to human nature.
• The Eucharist sacrament , Jesus (the
creator) , turned the bread and wine
into divine nature.
Liturgy
• No hour prayers with psalms – since we already
prayed 3rd 6th and 9th hours of the pascha.
• No : Halleluiah this the day , waiting for the
resurrection.
• No readings :CATHOLIC EPISTLE , THE PRAXIS( as
evangelism started after resurrection)
• No “Synaxarion” , we are only remembering Jesus
during the Holy week.
• No PRAYER OF RECONCILIATION
• No COMMEMORATION OF THE SAINTS
• During the HOLY COMMUNION, no psalm 150 but the
11th hour.
"Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with
a kiss?"
Luke 22:48
Then the detachment of troops and the captain and the
officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound Him.
John 18:12
To be judged in front of
the high priests.
Passover by the cross
The Great Friday
st
1
hour of the great Friday
Judgement hour (6)
rd
3
hour
Then he released Barabbas to them; and when
he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be
crucified.
Matthew 27:26
6th hour = Crucified
They pierced My hands and My
feet;
Psalms 22:16
They divide My garments among them,
And for My clothing they cast lots.
Psalm 22:18
• Now when the sixth hour had come, there
was darkness over the whole land until the
ninth hour.
Mark 15:33
th
9
hour
• So when Jesus had received the sour
wine, He said, "It is finished!" And
bowing His head, He gave up His
spirit.
th
11
hour
But one of the
soldiers
pierced His
side with a
spear, and
immediately
blood and
water came
out.
John 19:34
When Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a
clean linen cloth, 60 and laid it in his new tomb which he
had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a large stone
against the door of the tomb, and departed.
12th hour
Apocalypses night
• "Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of
Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open
the scroll and to loose its seven seals."
• It is the night , when we cross from death
to life.
• All hymns , with tones sad/joyful.
• All praises is about crossing from distress
to joy.
• Many praises from OT and NT
• Many joyful processions.
We read St. John’s
revelation
• We read about our heavenly
Jerusalem, and how our eternity will
be.
"And behold, I am coming quickly,
and My reward is with Me, to give to
every one according to his work.
"Surely I am coming quickly." Amen.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!