Holy and Great Wednesday Resource Page

On Holy and Great Wednesday, the Divine Fathers decreed that we should commemorate the harlot who anointed the Lord with myrrh, because this took place shortly before His saving Passion.

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The woman who applied myrrh to the body of Christ
Anticipated the myrrh and aloes of Nikodemos.

 

Synaxarion for Holy and Great Wednesday 

 

Holy and Great Wednesday: Scripture Readings 

 

Holy and Great Wednesday (Elder Epiphanios Theodoropoulos) 

 

Journey Through Holy Week: Holy and Great Wednesday

Homily on the Sinful Woman (St. Ephraim the Syrian) 

  

Homily for Holy Wednesday (St. Cyril of Alexandria) 

 

An Anacreontic Hymn of St. John of Damascus 

  

Sermon for Holy Wednesday (St. Theodore the Studite)

 

Great Wednesday - Destruction of Society Is Preceded By Godlessness and Depravity

 

Reflection for Holy and Great Wednesday (St. Theophan the Recluse) 

 

Homily on Great Wednesday (St. John of Kronstadt)

 

First Homily for Holy and Great Wednesday (St. Luke of Simferopol) 

 

Second Homily for Holy and Great Wednesday (St. Luke of Simferopol)

Third Homily for Holy and Great Wednesday (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

The Traitor Judas and the Harlot Woman (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

On Holy and Great Wednesday (Elder Petroniu Tanase)

 

A Lesson for the Soul on Holy Wednesday: Be Loving (Archimandrite Athanasios Mitilinaios)

 

The Central Message of Holy Wednesday  

 

Holy Wednesday - The Freedom of Love

 

Holy Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Fourth Century Jerusalem According to Nun Egeria 

 

The Humble and Suffering Bridegroom of the Church 

   

The Bridegroom of our Church 

  

The Bridegroom Comes as a Mad Lover to Redeem His Creation 

 

Behold the Bridegroom Comes in the Middle of the Night

 

On Spiritual Love (St. Theoleptos of Philadelphia)

 

"The Bridal Chamber of Your Soul" (St. Ephraim of Katounakia)

 

Christ the Bridegroom and the Demonic Monster (Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol)

 

Behold, the Bridegroom is Coming - Ιδού, ο Νυμφίος έρχεται 

 

"Bring More Evils Upon Them, O Lord"

 

 

The Repentance of the Sinful Woman

 

The Woman Who Anointed Christ's Feet With Myrrh  

 

The Sinful Woman: A Sheep Without a Shepherd (Metropolitan Seraphim of Kastoria)

 

On the Blessed Tears of Repentance (Metropolitan Seraphim of Kastoria)  

The Despairing Woman (Metropolitan Seraphim of Kastoria)

 

God's Love for People (Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

The Former Prodigal Woman Suddenly Turned Sober-Minded (Great Wednesday)

Υμνο: Η Απεγνωσμένη/The Despairing Woman 

 

A Dramatic Representation of the Anointing of the Lord With Myrrh 

 

Saint Kassiani Resource Page 

 

On the Troparion of Kassiani (P.B. Paschou)

 

Thrasyvoulos Stanitsas and the Troparion of Kassiani 

 

Hymn of Kassiani (Live Performance by Nektaria Karantzi) 

 

Holy Unction and Holy Wednesday 

 

Concerning the Mystery of Holy Unction 

 

The Mystery of Holy Unction 

 

About the Mystery of Holy Unction (Anointing) 

 

Why Do Orthodox Constantly Seek God's Mercy? 

 

St. John Climacus on the Love of Money (or Avarice) 

 

What Would You Do If You Had More Money? 

 

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