A Lazarus Saturday Baptism

52 Weeks in Orthodoxy

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At the Divine Liturgy of Lazarus Saturday the baptismal verse from Galatians: As many as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ (Gal 3.27) replaces the Thrice-holy Hymn thus indicating the resurrectional character of the celebration, and the fact that Lazarus Saturday was once among the few great baptismal days in the Orthodox Church Year (you can learn more about that here).

Lazarus Saturday marks the day, one week before Holy Pascha, that the Church commemorates Jesus raising of Lazarus from the dead. It was on this Saturday that our new friend Robert was baptized and chrismated as an Orthodox Christian, thus beginning his new life and walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. He joined two others in the sacrament on April 16 at St. Philathea Greek Orthodox Church in Athens, GA.