Rather, it is the opportunity to participate in the grace and salvation of God, through the action of His Son Jesus Christ. For Armenian Christians, Holy Week is not a play or a symbol. Armenian Christians do not recreate or even simply memorialize past events during liturgy. The density of the events leads to a density of liturgical services where the faithful are able to participate in the redemptive work of God. Services commemorate the events of the Gospel and the Life of Christ that are the culmination of His earthly ministry: the Last Supper, Betrayal in the Garden and His arrest, Crucifixion, Burial, and finally, on Easter Sunday, His glorious Resurrection. Holy Week, the week leading up to Easter Sunday, is the fullest week of liturgy in the Armenian Apostolic Church. Ms 1657/440 of the Armenian Mkhitarist Library of San Lazzaro, Veniceįrom the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it was recently on display The Earliest Surviving Image of the Ordination of a Clergyman in the Armenian Church A Ritual Book of Ordination from Cilician Armenia, 1248