Mon 2 Apr 2007
Lazarus Saturday
Posted by Andrew Mitry under Holy Pascha Week
On the Saturday before Palm Sunday, the church commemorates the raising of Lazarus.
The resurrection of Lazarus is a prophesy not only the resurrection of the Lord, eight days later, but also the resurrection of all the righteous on the last day, which begins the “eighth day” of eternity.The resurrection of Lazarus is the last and greatest miracle our Lord performed before His Crucifixion. Through this miracle, the Lord declares His complete humanity and perfect divinity when He said, “I am the Resurrection and the Life.” (Jn. 11:25). As man, Christ asked where Lazarus was, wept for him, and asked for the people to roll the stone away for Him. Yet as God, He raised Lazarus from the grave even though his body was probably decayed.
Taken from page 28 in the Treasures of the Fathers.
The church starts us off with a preview of the Holy Pascha Week, a journey, if we choose to take it, where we die and resurrect with Christ.
