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Lamentations
service
is
the
"Funeral
Service"
for
Christ
celebrated
on
Good
Friday. |
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The
Epitaph,
representing
the
Burial
Shroud
of
Christ,
is
placed
in
the
"tomb"
for
the
faithful
to
venerate. |
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Everyone
holds
lighted
candles
during
the
service. |
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| The
cantors
leading
the
responses. |
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The
Epitaph
is
then
taken
in
procession
around
the
church. |
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| Upon
re-entering
the
church,
everyone
walks
under
the
Epitaph,
symbolizing
passing
from
death
into
eternal
life. |
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Frs.
Rosco
and
Balanean
enter
the
church
first. |
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The
Epitaph
is
returned
to
the
"tomb"
in
the
darkened
church. |
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| Fr.
Horaţiu
reads
the
Gospel
of
the
burial
of
Christ. |
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At
the
conclusion
of
the
service,
the
faithful
come
forward
in
silence
to
venerate
the
Epitaph. |
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The
"tomb"
remains
in
the
church
until
the
next
day. |
