Events

The passion of Christ takes a special form, with a series of twelve Gospel readings that begins with Christ’s discourse at the Last Supper and ends with the account of His burial. There comes a ‘high point’ shortly before the sixth Gospel, when the priest carries a large Cross from the sanctuary and sets it up in the center of the church. This ceremony, originated in the Church of Antioch.

(K. Ware, The Lenten Triodion).