A guided tour through the icons of Holy Week, tracing Palm Sunday’s kingly entry to the paradox of a crown of thorns. Short segments explore parables like the wise and foolish virgins, feet-washing and the mystical supper. The crucifixion, Adam’s skull, the descent into Hades, and the empty tomb are shown as interconnected symbolic moments.
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Reposted Video From Before My House Flooded
Jonathan Pageau reposts a video made before his house flooding around 2018–2019.
He frames the episode as an older recording exploring Holy Week icons and asks listeners to enjoy it.
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Palm Sunday Foreshadows The High Joining The Low
The Palm Sunday entry highlights a vision of extremes: Christ as the highest joining with the lowest.
Pageau notes this paradox prepares the viewer for Holy Week's repeated theme of exaltation descending into humiliation and death.
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Thorn Detail Connects Entry Icon To Crown Of Thorns
A later medieval detail adds two children with a thorn to the Entry icon to prefigure the crown of thorns.
Pageau ties that thorn detail to the Bridegroom (Ecce Homo) icon, linking Palm Sunday to the coming mockery and curse of thorns.
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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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