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Holy Friday - Removal of Christ From the Cross

Fri, Apr 14

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Las Vegas

Service of the Apokathilosis (Removal of Christ From the Cross)

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Holy Friday - Removal of Christ From the Cross
Holy Friday - Removal of Christ From the Cross

Time & Location

Apr 14, 2023, 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Las Vegas, 5300 El Camino Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89118, USA

About The Event

On the afternoon of Great Friday, we conduct the service of the Great Vespers with great solemnity. This Vesper service concludes the remembrance of the events of the Lord's passion, and leads us towards watchful expectation as we contemplate the mystery of the Lord's descent into Hades, the theme of Great Saturday.

In popular language the Vesper Service of Great Friday is often called the Apokathelosis, a name derived from the liturgical reenactment of the deposition of Christ from the Cross. The service is characterized by two dramatic liturgical actions: The Deposition or Apokathelosis Apokathilosis -literally the Un-nailing); and the Procession of the Epitaphios ('Epitafios, i.e. the icon depicting the burial of Christ encased within a large embroidered cloth).

The rite of the Apokathelosis originated in the Church of Antioch. During the course of the nineteenth century it came to Constantinople and from there it passed gradually into the Church…

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Architects & Iconographers

Architect: Christ J. Kamages  

 

Iconographers: Christofanis, Andromachi, and Eleni Voutsinas

 

Iconostasis Iconographer: George Kopsidas

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5300 South El Camino Road

Las Vegas, NV 89118  

 

Phone: 702.221.8245

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