Jesus in His Passion Week
The Passion Week starts on Palm Sunday and it ends on Good Friday.
Throughout the whole week, Jesus moved between two places; namely, the temple where He taught and Bethany where He rested.
The Early Fathers of the Church have arranged a divine calendar for the year by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and on the bases of the mind of God revealed in the books of the Scripture(Exodus 12:2). The purpose of this calendar is that the people of God would be preoccupied throughout the whole year with the Kingdom of heaven.
The Passion Week starts on Palm Sunday and it ends on Good Friday.
Throughout the whole week, Jesus moved between two places; namely, the temple where He taught and Bethany where He rested.
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