SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

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PATH TO PASCHA...THURSDAY EVENING....

Apr 28, 2016

The reading of the twelve Gospels heralding the passion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ were read on Thursday evening; the final Gospel telling us of the sealing of the tomb and the setting of the watch.  After the service, Sonya Finno and her able crew assembled the beautiful grave site.  Pictures below document the event.    

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5:00 PM - Great Vespers

Appearing to the Myrrh-bearing Women at the tomb, the Angel exclaimed:  “Myrrh is meet for the dead;  but Christ has shown Himself a stranger to corruption.  So proclaim: ‘The Lord is risen, granting the world great mercy.’”