Who is celebrating today, Holy Thursday, April 21st

Today, Holy Thursday, April 21, honors the memory of St. Alexandra the Queen and Saints January and Faustus.

Thus, those who have the names celebrate: Alexandra, Alexia, Alexandra, Aleka, January, Janos, Iani, Phaistos, Phaistos, Faistina.

Great Thursday
On Holy Thursdayin accordance with Saint.gr we perform remembrance: The washing of the Apostles’ feet under the Lord, the Last Supper, that is, the delivery to us under the Lord of the Mystery of the divine Eucharist, the wonderful prayer of the Lord to His Father and the betrayal of the Lord by Judas.

That Thursday night, Before dinner begins, Jesus gets up from the table, puts down his robes, puts water in the sink, and does it all by himself, washing the feet of his disciples. In this way he wants to show everyone that we should not seek supremacy. After washing the feet, he says: “whoever wants to be first, to be last of all”.

First he went to Judas and then to Peter, who was the most impetuous of all and at first the Master stops, but then when he checked him, he gives in with his heart. After washing everyone’s feet, He took His garments and sat down again.

It started then to instruct them to love one another and not to seek out who will be first. Then he spoke to them for betrayal and because they were noisy, he turned calmly to John and pointed him out.

Then He took bread in His hands and said: “Get eat ». He did the same with the glass of wine, saying: “Press this from all of you, because this is My blood, of the new Covenant; Do this to remember Me;». After this moment Judas, as soon as he had eaten the bread, left and agreed with the chief priests to deliver Him to them.

After dinner they all went out to the Mount of Olives, where Christ taught them the unheard and last lessons and he begins to regret and look forward. He leaves on his own and, kneeling, prays extensively. Out of much agony His sweat becomes like drops of thick blood, which fell to the ground. As soon as he completes that earnest prayer, Judas arrives with armed soldiers and a large crowd, and after greeting and slyly kissing His teacher, he surrenders to Him.

So Jesus is arrested and taken prisoner by the High Priests Anna and Caiaphas. The disciples are scattered and the warmest of the others Peter followed him to the priestly court and he also denies that he is His disciple.

Meanwhile the divine teacher appears before the illegal conference, is examined for His disciples and teaching, exorcises God to say whether He is indeed the Christ, and after telling the truth, is found guilty of death, because he immediately cursed. From there on, they spit in his face, hit him, play with him in every way during the whole night, until the morning.

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