Saturday, March 22, 2008

The Harrowing of Hell


Holy Saturday: Christ descends to the grave and opens the gates for the righteous deceased.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

*ascends to heaven

FrGregACCA said...

"Fr. Hosea," an Anglican priest who is possibly on his way to [Byzantine] Orthodoxy, posted an ancient homily concerning this on his blog:

Harrowing of hell

Abu Daoud said...

Dear anonymous: I am speaking of Christ's descent to Sheol, the land of the dead, the bosom of Abraham, where the righteous souls waited until Holy Saturday. This is the catholic and orthodox tradition.