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The development of ceremonies related to the Tomb of Christ

Author(s): Franciszek Małaszyński
Subject(s): History, Theology and Religion, Systematic Theology, Pastoral Theology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: Tomb of Christ; Paschal Triduum

Summary/Abstract: The custom of constructing the Tomb of Christ in the final days of the Holy Week has been present since the early centuries of Polish Christianity. Following the Good Friday liturgy, a cross (in later centuries also the Eucharist) was placed inside the tomb and kept there until the night of the Resurrection. The article presents the development of ceremonies related to the Tomb of Christ in the Syrian, Maronite, Byzantine and Western Churches

  • Issue Year: 6/1999
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 249-254
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Polish