Holy Week - coming up. What does it mean to you?

[ticker]

Hey UB.

I'm basically trying to find out if the Holy Week means anything more to Orthodox posters here than the basic remembrance of Christ's resurrection (like the other Easter does for everybody else).

Doesn't the other Easter mean anything to you though?

Peace

 

[OrthodoxyUSA]

Thanks for clarifying, disasm.

Appreciated.

How many times are you doing communion? Can you do it more than once?

Once per day... according to canon.

Forgvie me...

 

[Uphill Battle]

Hey UB.

I'm basically trying to find out if the Holy Week means anything more to Orthodox posters here than the basic remembrance of Christ's resurrection (like the other Easter does for everybody else).

Doesn't the other Easter mean anything to you though?

Peace

the meaning of Easter? sure.

the actual days themselves? no.

 

[OrthodoxyUSA]

?

1Cr 2:14

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.


Forgive me...

 

[Asinner]

Hey UB.

I'm basically trying to find out if the Holy Week means anything more to Orthodox posters here than the basic remembrance of Christ's resurrection

Most assuredly! It is looked forward to with great anticipation as are every day in Holy Week. It is a celebration unlike any other.

Love,
Christina

 

[ticker]

Once per day... according to canon.

Forgvie me...

Thanks

 

[ticker]

1Cr 2:14

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.


Forgive me...

? (again)....

That verse is talking about a non-Christian....(versus someone who has the Spirit and can receive revelation as per the rest of the passage).

Another translation is:

-"The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned".

Peace

 

[ticker]

Most assuredly! It is looked forward to with great anticipation as are every day in Holy Week. It is a celebration unlike any other.

Love,
Christina

You got one example you could share?

Peace

 

[Asinner]

You got one example you could share?

Peace

The holy foot washing.

 

[Uphill Battle]

The holy foot washing.

Last church I attended did foot washing. Is there a difference within the Orthodox church in how that is perfomed? We just washed each others feet.

 

[ticker]

Yuck...I hate feet!


EDIT: It's gotta be humbling though.

Maybe I should try it out.

 

[Asinner]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNphOWIP4DM

 

[ticker]

Yuck...feeeet!!!!

You could've just described it!

 

[Uphill Battle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNphOWIP4DM

beautiful.

* as a side note, I was always far more comfortable with washing someones feet, than I was having mine washed.

much like Peter in the first intstance of it.

 

[Asinner]

The gospel is read during the feet washing. It is quite profound.

 

[Asinner]

Yuck...feeeet!!!!

You could've just described it!

 

[Asinner]

beautiful.

* as a side note, I was always far more comfortable with washing someones feet, than I was having mine washed.

much like Peter in the first intstance of it.

Me too.

 

[Asinner]

But then again, perhaps this means that you and I definitely need to get our feet washed. Both aspects are humbling. :o

 

[Uphill Battle]

But then again, perhaps this means that you and I definitely need to get our feet washed. Both aspects are humbling. :o

probably. My wife is always at me about that. That I'm willing to help others, and GIVE blessings, but not real keen on accepting it.

 

[ticker]

The gospel is read during the feet washing. It is quite profound.

Is the gospel read in English at your church?

And how much of it do you understand?

Even though Orthodox services can be spiritually refreshing, I don't really get much out of them otherwise, because I hardly understand what they're saying. Nobody I know does really (...despite our fluent Greek).

I find Protestant churches do a good job on elaboration of the Gospel, whereas Orthodox churches can...well...make you feel quite great.