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EPISODE · Mar 27, 2026 · 26 MIN

How Did It Happen?

from Christian Saints Podcast · host James John Marks

00:00 Introduction01:42 Summary of the 12 readings05:35 Jesus is condemned for claiming to be God10:53 Why Saint Paul was a crucial member of The 1213:32 The 2 odd Psalms which highlight Jesus’ teaching from The Cross23:37 Closing~~~Orthros of The 12 Passion Gospels - How Did It Happen?~~~Reference materials for this episode: The rubrics of the service of the 12 Passion Gospels in English translationScripture citations for this episode:Two additional Psalms read in this service prior to the usual six of Orthros - Psalm 19/20 & 20/21The 12 Gospel readings from the service - John 13:31-18:1 - John 18:1-29 - Matthew 26:57-75 - John 18:28–19:16 - Matthew 27:3-32 - Mark 15:16-32 - Matthew 27:33-54 - Luke 23:32-49 - John 19:19-37 - Mark 15:43-47 - John 19:38-42 - Matthew 27:62-66Psalm 22/23 - Jesus quotes this from the cross~~~In our series of reflections on the Lenten Triodion we have reached the service of Holy Unction, which, strictly speaking, is after Lent is over, but we're going to carry all the way through Holy Week here.The Orthros of The 12 Passion Gospels is the service for the morning of Holy Friday which is typically celebrated on Thursday evening because of the shifted schedule which began on the evening of Palm Sunday (to facilitate holding the Paschal divine liturgy immediately after midnight Saturday night into Sunday morning). In this service we transition from more abstract lessons to the literal, chronological events of Jesus' arrest, trial, mockery, torture, death & burial.In this reflection, Jim turns our attention to why Jesus is condemned to death by The Sanhedrin & why this is so important to the identity of The Christian faith.The Christian Saints Podcast is a joint production of Generative sounds & Paradosis Pavilion. Our hosts are Father Symeon Kees of Iowa City & James John Marks of Chicago.Paradosis Pavilion - https://youtube.com/@paradosispavilion9555https://www.instagram.com/christiansaintspodcasthttps://x.com/podcast_saintshttps://www.facebook.com/christiansaintspodcasthttps://www.threads.net/@christiansaintspodcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/xtiansaintspodcast.bsky.socialIconographic images used by kind permission of Nicholas Papas, who controls distribution rights of these imagesPrints of all of Nick’s work can be found at Saint Demetrius Press - http://www.saintdemetriuspress.comAll music in these episodes is a production of Generative Soundshttps://generativesoundsjjm.bandcamp.comDistribution rights of this episode & all music contained in it are controlled by Generative SoundsCopyright 2021 - 2026

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00:00 Introduction 01:42 Summary of the 12 readings 05:35 Jesus is condemned for claiming to be God 10:53 Why Saint Paul was a crucial member of The 12 13:32 The 2 odd Psalms which highlight Jesus’ teaching from The Cross 23:37 Closing ~~~ Orthros of The 12 Passion Gospels - How Did It Happen? ~~~ Reference materials for this episode: The rubrics of the service of the 12 Passion Gospels in English translation Scripture citations for this episode: Two additional Psalms read in th...

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