Holy Tuesday
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| Also called | Great and Holy Tuesday Megali Triti |
| Observed by | Christians |
| Type | Christian |
| Significance | commemorates the Parable of the Ten Virgins and the Parable of the talents or minas |
| Observances | Mass; Tenebrae |
| Date | Tuesday before Easter |
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| Frequency | annual |
| Related to | Holy Week |
Holy Tuesday or Great and Holy Tuesday (Greek: Μεγάλη Τρίτη, Megali Triti) is the Tuesday of Holy Week, which precedes the commemoration of the death of Jesus. ==ktk5tj5i4uiutit4yt4t4t7iyrufyeriutgyre gfegsrhtfygjuygtfdrftyuytrtyuhtrfdeswderftgyuiop98ruy4ryiryry4 In traditional Methodist usage, The Book of Worship for Church and Home (1965) provides the following Collect for Holy Tuesday:[1]
Almighty, everlasting God, grant us so perfectly to follow the passion of our Lord, that we may obtain the help and pardon of his all-sufficient grace; through him who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the holy Spirit, world without end. Amen.[1]
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The day begins liturgically with Vespers on the afternoon of Great Monday, repeating some of the same stichera (hymns) from the night before. At Great Compline a triode (Canon composed of three Odes), written by St. Andrew of Crete is chanted.
The Matins service for Monday through Wednesday of Holy Week is known as the Bridegroom Service or Bridegroom Prayer, because of their theme of Christ as the Bridegroom of the Church, a theme movingly expressed in the troparion that is solemnly chanted during them. On these days, an icon of "Christ the Bridegroom" is placed on an analogion in the center of the temple, portraying Jesus wearing the purple robe of mockery and crowned with a crown of thorns (see Instruments of the Passion). These Matins services are often chanted the evening before so more of the faithful may attend. The Matins Gospel read on this day is from the Gospel of Matthew 22:15–23:39.
The four Gospels are divided up and read in their entirety at the Little Hours (Third Hour, Sixth Hour and Ninth Hour) during the course of the first three days of Holy Week, halting at John 13:31. There are various methods of dividing the Gospels, but the following is the most common practice:[2]
- Holy and Great Tuesday
- Third Hour—The second half of Mark
- Sixth Hour—The first third of Luke
- Ninth Hour—The second third of Luke
At the Sixth Hour there is a reading from the Book of Ezekiel 1:21–2:1
At the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, some of the stichera from the previous night's Matins (Lauds and the Aposticha) are repeated at Lord, I have cried (see Vespers). There are two Old Testament readings: Exodus 2:5–10 and Job 1:13–22. There is no Epistle reading, but there is a Gospel reading from Matthew 24:36–26:2.
References
- ^ a b The Book of Worship for Church and Home: With Orders of Worship, Services for the Administration of the Sacraments and Other Aids to Worship According to the Usages of the Methodist Church. Methodist Publishing House. 1964. p. 101. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ Bishop Kallistos, op. cit., p. 518
External links
- Great and Holy Tuesday Orthodox icon and synaxarion
- Scriptural Reading for the Tuesday of Holy Week from the Office of Readings (Roman Catholic)
- Tuesday in Holy Week Online liturgical resources
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