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Thread #31332   Message #408022
Posted By: mousethief
28-Feb-01 - 12:12 PM
Thread Name: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music
Yes! we sing the entire the 119th Psalm (with little sung 3- or 4-line mini-hymns between each verse!) on Holy Friday in the evening (it is the Matins of Holy Saturday -- Holy Week gets kinda topsy-turvy in the Orthodox Church!). It's called the Lamentations of Holy Saturday. The verses stuck in-between the Psalm verses are a lamentation for the death of God, and a hopeful looking-forward for the Resurrection. Very poignant. I'm trying to find it online but not having much luck.

Alex