An Orthodox ☦️ Funeral for Jesus?
A Video Reflection On The Holy Saturday Liturgy + Ancient Texts on Christ's Descent to Hades
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In my latest video, I walk you through some of the prayers and liturgical themes for Holy Saturday which felt like a funeral for Jesus. The specific service took place Friday evening, yet it was an anticipation service and so it is referred to as “Orthros of Great & Holy Saturday: The Lamentation Service.”
I also discuss the theology behind ‘lamenting’ and why it is important to express our sorrow to God and others. The Bible has a whole book called ‘Lamentations’ for a reason!
Lastly, I comment on how godly sorrow always involves hope, which is why the service describes Christ’s descent into Hades (Sheol), the realm of the dead, and prophesies His conquering of it. The latter half of the video is actually a presentation on several ancient texts (Biblical, Patristic, Liturgical, Apocryphal) related to Holy Saturday or Christ’s storming of Hell!
I am also going to share some of my previous articles involving both of these themes. The first is on the role of lament and holy tears in the Christian life. The rest of the articles are related to Christ’s harrowing of hell on Holy Saturday.
Christ is Risen! Allelujah!
Kyle
Lent and Holy week grow in richness every year for me and my family. It is difficult to truly express how the somber week of little sleep, fasting and lament brings us to such a great feast!
this article was cool to read, because I literally had the same epiphany earlier this year, and I am a cradle Orthodox Christian. the holy Friday evening/matins of holy Saturday service is precisely an orthodox funeral for Christ. when you go to a funeral for a regular human being you will see the exact same elements, although not in quite as much ceremony for example, the reading of psalm 118 and the chanting of the funeral holy God. thank you for a very cool video which I shared with several people. Christ is risen! PS, sorry about the weird punctuation. I am a mom of a toddler and I wrote this comment on voice to text