Synaxarion for the Holy and Great Sunday of Pascha
On the Holy and Great Sunday of Pascha, we celebrate the life-bearing Resurrection of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ.
Synaxarion for Holy and Great Saturday
On Holy and Great Saturday, we celebrate the Burial of the Divine Body of our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ, and His descent into Hades, through which our race was recalled from corruption, and was transplanted to eternal life.
Synaxarion for Holy and Great Friday
On this day, Holy and Great Friday, we celebrate the awesome, holy, and saving Passion of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ – the spitting, the blows with the palm of the hand, the buffeting, the mockery, the reviling, the wearing of the purple robe, the reed, the sponge, the vinegar, the nailing, the lance, and above all, the Crucifixion and Death which He condescended to endure willingly for our sakes – and also the saving confession of the grateful thief upon the cross.
Synaxarion for Holy and Great Thursday
On Holy and Great Thursday the Divine Fathers, who have arranged all things well, received from the divine Apostles and the sacred Gospels and in turn handed down to us, that today we should celebrate four things: the sacred Washing of Feet, the Mystical Supper (that is, the tradition of what we know as the awesome Mysteries of Holy Communion), the High Priestly Prayer, and finally the Betrayal itself.
Synaxarion for Holy and Great Wednesday
On great and holy Wednesday, as the most divine Fathers ordained, we commemorate the harlot who anointed the Lord’s feet with fragrant ointment, since this occurred shortly before the saving Passion.
Synaxarion for Holy and Great Tuesday
On Holy and Great Tuesday, we commemorate the Parable of the Ten Virgins in the Holy Gospel.
Synaxarion for Holy and Great Monday
On Holy and Great Monday, we commemorate the blessed Joseph the All-Comely and the fig tree cursed and withered by the Lord.
Holy Week and Pascha 2022
On Sunday, April 17, 2022, Palm Sunday, the Holy and Great Week Begins.
Synaxarion for Palm Sunday
On this day, the Sunday of Palms, we celebrate the radiant and glorious Feast of the Entry of our Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem.
The Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete
The Great Canon of St Andrew, Bishop of Crete, is the longest canon in all of Orthodox services, and is associated with Great Lent.