Holy Tuesday
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Holy Tuesday or Great and Holy Tuesday, also known as Fig Tuesday, is a day of Holy Week, which precedes Easter. As with other days of Holy Week, this day is observed through the holding of church ser
The wise and the foolish virgins
The Wise and Foolish Virgins (from the Rossano Gospels).
Triodion
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The Triodion, also called the Lenten Triodion, is a liturgical book used by the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches. The book contains the propers for the fasting period preceding Pascha
Holy Tuesday
…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…
Triod Postnaja print of Swietopelk Printery, Cracow 1491.