Holy Week

by Alexander Schmemann

  • Year 1961
  • Type Essay
  • Genre liturgy
  • Tradition Eastern Orthodox
  • Original language English

For For Orthodox and other Christians who want to follow the services of Holy Week with understanding; a short guide, not a scholarly study.

Should I read this?

For the general reader
4 of 5 strongly recommended
For the researcher
2 of 5 useful
Difficulty
1 of 5 light

A short guide through the services of Holy Week, written to help worshippers understand what they keep.

How it proceeds
  • Philosophic 1 of 5
  • Scriptural 3 of 5
  • Experiential 4 of 5
  • Sociological 2 of 5
  • Historical 1 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

A short explanation of the services of Holy Week in the Orthodox Church, listed among Schmemann's books by St Vladimir's Seminary with the date 1961. It is arranged in numbered sections that take the days of the week in turn; the section on Great and Holy Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, which the Orthodox Church in America reprints on its website, treats the three days as a unit and places the week's services in the perspective of the end times. Schmemann writes against treating Holy Week as one of the beautiful customs, and for understanding its meaning.

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