Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presided over the service of the Great Vespers of the Descent from the Cross on Holy and Great Friday on May 3, 2024, at Saint Michael’s Home in Yonkers, New York.
The Archbishop joined Bishop Andonios of Phasiane and the St Michael community for this sorrowful service.
“This is a very painful moment in Holy Week, when we behold with our eyes, and hear with our ears, the effects of hatred, envy, greed, and every kind of sin. We behold the Lord, in the Service of Ἀποκαθήλωσις, the Descent from the Cross, without the breath of life. In this mystery of God’s death in the flesh, we see the ultimate sacrifice of the Creator of the universe. He dies, so that we may live,” the Archbishop remarked in his Homily.
Photos: GOARCH/Dimitrios Panagos