445 - Understanding the Icons of Holy Week
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This is a repost of a past video where I discussed the icons of Holy Week in the Orthodox Church and how they relate to each other as a unified symbolic pattern. Have a blessed Pascha.
YouTube version: https://youtu.be/h55O4Kxs6tU
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Start / Introduction
00:48 - Palm Sunday (Entry into Jerusalem)
05:34 - Holy Monday (Bridegroom / Crown of Thorns)
07:54 - Holy Tuesday (Wise & Foolish Virgins)
10:15 - Holy Wednesday (Washing of the Feet)
12:37 - Holy Thursday (Mystical Supper)
14:36 - Holy Friday (Crucifixion)
19:27 - Holy Saturday (Descent into Hades / Anastasis)
21:47 - Resurrection & Empty Tomb
24:09 - Burial & Laying in the Tomb
26:20 - Conclusion / Meaning of Holy Week
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YouTube version: https://youtu.be/h55O4Kxs6tU
Join us at the Symbolic World Summit | May 14-16 | Ohio | Keynote speakers: Jonathan Pageau, Fr. Josiah Trenham, Mary Harrington, Dcn. Seraphim Rohlin, Kale Zelden, Annie Crawford, and Heather Pollington
Buy your tickets: https://symbolicworldsummit.com/
Timestamps:
00:00 - Start / Introduction
00:48 - Palm Sunday (Entry into Jerusalem)
05:34 - Holy Monday (Bridegroom / Crown of Thorns)
07:54 - Holy Tuesday (Wise & Foolish Virgins)
10:15 - Holy Wednesday (Washing of the Feet)
12:37 - Holy Thursday (Mystical Supper)
14:36 - Holy Friday (Crucifixion)
19:27 - Holy Saturday (Descent into Hades / Anastasis)
21:47 - Resurrection & Empty Tomb
24:09 - Burial & Laying in the Tomb
26:20 - Conclusion / Meaning of Holy Week
=====
NEW COURSE: Plutarch: Symbolism in History with Pavel Shchelin
The problem with history is that you are in it. Plutarch teaches us to read power symbolically—asking "whom does the hero serve?" to predict leadership patterns before they play out.
Presenter: Pavel Shchelin
Duration: 8 weeks studying the lives of Greeks and Roman Lycurgus, Alcibiades, Lysander, Pompey, Caesar, and Octavian –as living patterns, not dead men.
Live classes are on Wednesdays at 4-6pm Eastern Time, starting March 18th through May 6th, 2026.
Price: $180 USD - Involved patrons can get a 10% discount. Apply your code at checkout.
Register now: https://www.thesymbolicworld.com/courses/plutarch-symbolism-in-history
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🔓 Become a patron to support us and unlock exclusive monthly symbolism content: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe
💻 Website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com
🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jonathanpageau
🎧 Listen to and review The Symbolic World podcast:
-Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0gI8bUwPtT3gkduHqNh6M5
-Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-symbolic-world/id1386867488
Our website designers: https://www.resonancehq.io/
My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson: https://matthewwilkinson.net/
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