ΑΓΙΑ & ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΠΕΜΠΤΗ-HOLY & GREAT THURSDAY
Τῇ ἁγίᾳ καὶ µεγάλῃ Πέµπτῃ, οἱ
τὰ πάντα καλῶς διαταξάµενοι θεῖοι
Πατέρες, ἀλληλοδιαδόχως ἐκ τε τῶν θείων
Ἀποστόλων, καὶ τῶν ἱερῶν Ευαγγελίων,
παραδεδώκασιν ἡµῖν τέσσαρά τινα
ἑορτάζειν· τὸν ἱερὸν Νιπτῆρα, τὸν µυστικὸν
Δεῖπνον (δηλαδὴ τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν καθ'
ἡµᾶς φρικτῶν Μυστηρίων), τὴν ὑπερφυᾶ
Προσευχήν, καὶ τὴν Προδοσίαν αὐτήν
On holy and great Thursday the godly
Fathers, who have arranged all things well,
received from the divine Apostles and the
sacred Gospels and in turn handed down to
us, that today we should celebrate four things:
the sacred Washing of Feet, the Mystical
Supper (that is, the tradition of what we
know as the awsome Mysteries of Holy
Communion), the High Priestly Prayer, and
finally the Betrayal itself.