00:00 Introduction
02:20 The structure of the vesperal portion
09:21 Why The Bible should have more than 66 books
11:22 The structure of the Divine Liturgy of St Basil for Holy Saturday
17:31 This service describes salvation in detailed images
31:55 Closing

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Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great - What is Salvation?

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Reference materials for this episode:

Reference materials for this episode:

The rubrics of the services, in English translation, of The Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great


Scripture citations for this episode:

The fifteen Old Testament readings
- Genesis 1:1-13
- Isaiah 60:1-16
- Exodus 12:1-12
- The Book of Jonah
- Jesus of Navi (Joshua) 5:10 - 15
- Exodus 13:20 - 15:19
- Sophronios (Zephaniah) 3:8 - 15
- 3rd Kingdoms (1st Kings) 17:8 - 24
- Isaiah 61:10 - 62:5
- Genesis 22:1 - 18
- Isaiah 61:1 - 10
- 4th Kingdoms (2nd Kings) 4:8 - 37
- Isaiah 63:11 - 64:5
- Jeremiah 38:31 - 34 (31:31 - 34)
- Daniel 3 (including the song of the 3 youths from the Greek manuscript tradition)

Epistle reading
- Romans 6:3 - 11

Gospel reading
- Matthew 28:1 - 20

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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 morning of Holy Saturday finds us at the very brink of the celebration of Pascha, Passover, The Resurrection of Jesus The Messiah. All vespers services mark the beginning of the new day (there was evening, there was morning, the first day) & so in this service we transition from Sabbath to The Lord's Day. However, we're still in this accelerated timeline of Holy Week & so we cannot yet fully proclaim Christ is Risen. Yet, in the middle of this service we do transition from the darkness of Holy Week into the white of purity & resurrection & we proclaim who The Messiah is & what it is He saves us from & what it is He saves us for.

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