Holy Saturday / Плашчаніца

Orthodox Holy Saturday Matins (Lamentation at the Tomb — Plashchanitsa), Azdamichy 2015.

To mark the death of Christ and his repose in the tomb, the priest sets up a temporary altar table toward the rear of the nave to symbolize Christ’s tomb.  The priest has a cloth icon spread out to cover the table.  Commemorating the Lamentation of the dead Christ, the icon is called the Winding-Cloth — Plashchanitsa (Плашчаніца) in Belarusian or epitaphios in Greek.  Other icons in the church are draped in black lace.  However, this service itself is far from a lamentation.  Rather, it praises Christ’s victory over death by his own death.

Ютрань і Вынос Плашчаніцы, Вялікая субота, Аздамічы 2015 г.

 

 

 

 

 

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