Vespers with Shroud Veneration
Taking our Saviour down from the cross and setting up the tomb...
Taking our Saviour down from the cross and setting up the tomb...
Now we sing the Praises before the tomb and make a procession with the Shroud...
Great and Holy Saturday is the day on which Christ reposed in the tomb. The Church calls this day the Blessed Sabbath... Holy Saturday is a neglected day in parish life. Few people attend the Services. Popular piety usually reduces Holy Week to one day—Holy Friday. This day is quickly replaced by another—Easter Sunday. Christ Read more...