The Byzantine Shrine on Beacon Hill
An everyday window into the glory of Christ and His saints
recent posts
- October 20th – Saint Jonah, Bishop of Manchuria
- October 19th – Holy Martyr Varus and companions
- October 18th – Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke
- October 17th – Holy Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian, and of their brothers: Leonitus, Anthems and Euprepius
- October 16th – Holy Martyr Longinus the Centurion
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Month: March 2026
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Holy Tuesday Holy Week: A Liturgical Explanation for the Days of Holy Week 3. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY: THE END These three days, which the Church calls Great and Holy have within the liturgical development of the Holy Week a very definite purpose. They place all its celebrations in the perspective of End Times; they remind…
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Great and Holy Monday Holy Week: A Liturgical Explanation for the Days of Holy Week 3. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY: THE END These three days, which the Church calls Great and Holy have within the liturgical development of the Holy Week a very definite purpose. They place all its celebrations in the perspective of End Times;…
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Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem Palm Sunday Palm Sunday is the celebration of the triumphant entrance of Christ into the royal city of Jerusalem. He rode on a colt for which He Himself had sent, and He permitted the people to hail Him publicly as a king. A large crowd met Him in a…
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The Raising of Lazarus Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday Visible triumphs are few in the earthly life of our Lord Jesus Christ. He preached a kingdom “not of this world.” At His nativity in the flesh there was “no room at the inn.” For nearly thirty years, while He grew “in wisdom and in stature,…
