Orthodox Holy and Great Saturday / Сьвятая субота

Matins and Preparation of the Church on Holy and Great Saturday, Azdamichy 2014.

Вялікае ўслаўленьне ў Сьвятую суботу, вынос Плашчаніцы ды падрыхтоўка царквы да Пасхы, Аздамічы 2014 г.

The morning service on Holy and Great Saturday, commemorating the entombment of Christ and His harrowing of hell, centers on the Epitaphios (Plashchanitsa — Плашчаніца), a cloth icon of the Lamentation.  In Azdamichy Father Aljaksandr places the Plashchanitsa on a table toward the rear of the nave.   At the end of the service, Father Aljaksandr bears the icon above his head in a procession which circles the church three times.  After the service parishioners help Father Aljaksandr clean the church in preparation for the all-night Easter service.

Blessing of Easter Bread on Holy and Great Saturday, Tsjerablichy 2014.  Асьвячэньне велікодных страваў у Сьвятую суботу, Цераблічы 2014 г.

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