Holy and Great Tuesday Resource Page

On Holy and Great Tuesday, we commemorate the 
Parable of the Ten Virgins in the Holy Gospel.

Verses

Great Tuesday bringeth us ten virgins,
Who win a victory from the impartial Master.

 

Synaxarion for Holy and Great Tuesday

  

Holy and Great Tuesday: Scripture Readings 

 

Holy and Great Tuesday (Elder Epiphanios Theodoropoulos) 

 

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

 

An Interpretation of the Hymnography of Matins on Holy Tuesday

 

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

 

The Parable of the Ten Virgins and the Instability of the World (St. John of Kronstadt)

 

A Lesson for the Soul on Holy Tuesday: Be Watchful (Archimandrite Athanasios Mitilinaios)

 

"I See Your Bridal Chamber" (Elder Ephraim of Arizona) 

 

The Humble and Suffering Bridegroom of the Church 

 

Great Tuesday - The Sufferings of our Lord Jesus Christ

 

The Bridegroom of our Church 

 

The Bridegroom Comes as a Mad Lover to Redeem His Creation 

 

Christ the Bridegroom and the Demonic Monster

 

"The Bridal Chamber of Your Soul"

 

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

 

"Bring More Evils Upon Them, O Lord" 

 

 

 

"They That Are Wise": A Depiction of the Parable of the Ten Virgins 

 

"The Symposium of the Ten Virgins" (St. Methodios of Olympus)

 

3 Holy Fathers On the Parable of the Ten Virgins 

 

The Parable of the Ten Virgins (St. Cyril of Alexandria) 

 

Kontakia on the Ten Virgins (St. Romanos the Melodist) 

 

Let Us Not Be Like the Foolish Virgins (St. Mark the Ascetic) 

 

St. Seraphim of Sarov on the Parable of the Ten Virgins 

  

The Oil of Fellowship 

 

The Fourth Path of Repentance 

 

The Last Things and the Kingdom of God 

 

The Eschatological Nature of Asceticism 

 

The Coming Judgment

 

Hypocrisy: The Illness of our Time

 

The Hypocrites