How long
have I been doing this, and yet I still didn’t remember (or didn’t know) all
the stuff in Orthodixie‘s list of Bright Week practices?
Specifically:
– During Bright Week, our prayers in church and
at home are sung and not read as we sing all week the feast of the risen
Christ: Christ is risen!
– During Bright Week, we do not read from the
psalter at home or in church for the prophecies have been fulfilled: Christ is
risen!
– During the entire Paschal season there is no
prostrating or kneeling permitted in church or at home for we stand with the
resurrected Christ: Christ is risen! [Ha! I did remember that one. Hooray!]
– During the Paschal season we begin all of our
prayers at home and in church by singing the troparion of Pascha: “Christ is
risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs
bestowing life!”
– During the Paschal season and extending to
Pentecost, we do not pray “O Heavenly King, the Comforter, the Spirit of
Truth…” for the Comforter comes on Pentecost. Christ is risen!
That last
one is harder than it sounds. You know how it is when you’re doing the
Trisagion Prayers first thing in the morning. If I don’t do “O Heavenly King,”
I may just sit there for a three or four minutes not being able to think what
comes next.
Source: https://blogs.ancientfaith.com/thissideofglory/2006/04/24/bright-week-dos-donts/
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