The Three Main Components of the Feast. Sermon on Holy and Great Saturday

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The Three Main Components of the Feast. Sermon on Holy and Great Saturday

Sermon on Holy and Great SaturdayHieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)It is very important for us Christians in these hours and days to preserve all that we have gained during Lent, despite our weakness, and it is imperative that we remember three things.

The silent sadness of Holy Saturday prepares us to enter into the jubilation of Easter

Now, at last, we understand what sin has done: by sin, death entered into the world; and it passed upon all men.

Holy Saturday, the last day of Holy Week, is a time of silence and reflection for Christians before celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday; this commemoration is interpreted as the victory of life over death.

Holy Saturday At the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter

Reading I Genesis 1:1—2:2

Today is Holy Saturday. This is the day when the faithful in churches keep watch at the Lord's Sepulcher and prepare for the Easter Vigil. For Christians, this is the most important liturgy of the year. Today, during the day, parishes also bless the food that we will eat together with our loved ones during Easter breakfast.