How Did It Happen?

00:00 Introduction
01:42 Summary of the 12 readings
05:35 Jesus is condemned for claiming to be God
10:53 Why Saint Paul was a crucial member of The 12
13:32 The 2 odd Psalms which highlight Jesus’ teaching from The Cross
23:37 Closing

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Orthros of The 12 Passion Gospels - How Did It Happen?

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Reference materials for this episode:

The rubrics of the service of the 12 Passion Gospels in English translation


Scripture citations for this episode:

Two additional Psalms read in this service prior to the usual six of Orthros
- Psalm 19/20 & 20/21

The 12 Gospel readings from the service
- John 13:31-18:1
- John 18:1-29
- Matthew 26:57-75
- John 18:28–19:16
- Matthew 27:3-32
- Mark 15:16-32
- Matthew 27:33-54
- Luke 23:32-49
- John 19:19-37
- Mark 15:43-47
- John 19:38-42
- Matthew 27:62-66

Psalm 22/23
- Jesus quotes this from the cross

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In our series of reflections on the Lenten Triodion we have reached the service of Holy Unction, which, strictly speaking, is after Lent is over, but we're going to carry all the way through Holy Week here.

The Orthros of The 12 Passion Gospels is the service for the morning of Holy Friday which is typically celebrated on Thursday evening because of the shifted schedule which began on the evening of Palm Sunday (to facilitate holding the Paschal divine liturgy immediately after midnight Saturday night into Sunday morning). In this service we transition from more abstract lessons to the literal, chronological events of Jesus' arrest, trial, mockery, torture, death & burial.

In this reflection, Jim turns our attention to why Jesus is condemned to death by The Sanhedrin & why this is so important to the identity of The Christian faith.

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