Christian-Orthodox enters Monday in Passover Week or the Great Week (April 13-20). Each day of this interval preceding Easter (April 20) has a significance.
Photo evening Resurrection in Cluj/2024
In the last week of the Passover, the Passover Week or the Great Week, which is this year between April 13 and April 20, the church services called Denii, for the memory of the last days of Christ on earth are made.
This week is that of Piosenia in the holy monastic places, which is why fasting becomes harsher.
The most important dens of the Great Week are known as the Donias of Joia Mare and Friday. It is about the denial of the 12 Gospels, the job on Thursday and the 12 New Testament readings talk about the catch, judgment and crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
In the Great Friday, in all the Orthodox churches, the denial of the Lord's Prohod is carried out, a job in which they are sung in hymns, divided into three “states”, passions, crucifixion, death and burial of the Savior.
During this week, in Maramureş, people wear mourning clothes, and many believers even try to keep a black post.
The ultems day before the resurrection bring the general cleaning in the households.
The meanings of the days of the big week
Monday
The day of Monday brings us to the icon of the young Joseph who was sold by his brothers in Egypt. The story of his life in the liturgical cult is the anticipation of the Savior Jesus Christ's sacrifice, which was sold by Judah.
Tuesday
On Tuesday, the commemoration of the 30 virgin's parable takes place. The great Tuesday of the Passover Week, also called Tuesday dry. This is the day when Jesus Christ told his 12 disciples for example the 10 virgins, who present the story of five “wise” and five “misunderstood” virgins who are preparing for the wedding.
Wednesday
Also a remembrance is made in the Wednesday of the Passover Week, that of the sinful woman who washed with tears and anointed with the feet of the Savior, a symbol of true repentance and of the straightening of the sinful man.
Thursday
On Thursday, the job reminds of four special events in the life of the Savior: washing the feet of the disciples, as a parable of humility; The Last Supper, to which the Savior instituted the mystery of the Holy Eucharist; Archdiocese prayer; the beginning of the sufferings, by the sale of the Lord.
Friday
On Friday, “the Holy and Savior and Farling Passions of the Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ are celebrated.” Good Friday represents the day when Jesus died on the cross.
Saturday
At the job of the Sabbath of the passions, the burial of the Savior Jesus Christ is celebrated. At midnight, the believers listen to the churches, the resurrection service, to which the light is received and the news that Christ has risen.
Resurrection Holiday – first Easter day
The Easter holiday is celebrated at a different date every year, and the exact calculation of the day when the Resurrection of the Lord is made according to two natural phenomena: the spring and full moon equinox. This year the Orthodox Easter and Catholic Easter, as well as the flowers, fall the same day. The last time the Orthodox and Catholics celebrated Easter on the same day was in 2017.
