Vigils are starting on Palm Sunday night until Good Friday, when singing the Lamentations of the Lord. The word “denia” comes from slavic “vdenie” and mean nocturnal vigil or service. In Transylvania, we meet the word “straste”. This term has the meaning of “passion”. The phrase “go in strasti” means “go to denia”.
Vigils are done only in two weeks during a year the church namely, in the fifth and seventh week of Lent. It has kept the name of Denia for Matins of Holy Week, because they commit evening, according Troparion: “Behold, the Bridegroom comes at midnight …”.
Denia is a Vigil Even if it differs from what Typikon indicated by Vigil. Denia is just Matins simple ordinary days, while Vigil supposed Matins and Vespers united with Litia. But as simple Matins, Matins Denia is unlike ordinary day, because it covers only specific songs and prayers Easter period (troparion “Behold, the bridegroom cometh …” enlightening “Your larder thy Savior” Troparion “When disciples exalted …”).

Specifics of the Passion Week – jobs and traditions

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before officiating holy Liturgy. In Maundy Thursday Liturgy officiating St. Basil the Great united with the Vesper. Thursday Passion is the day in which, besides the Holy Lamb, who uses the Divine Liturgy, the lift another Offering that sanctifies with the other, without having to utter twice prayers epiclesis and free to bless each separately. They are placed on the same disc and are brought together at the Holy Table Great Entrance. Agnet second warning light is kept until it is dried and crushed by a special ordinance. After being crushed, it is placed in an ark on the Holy Table of Altar. This Offering, the priest shares during the year, those of good reasons can not come to church. All of this Offering share to the infants are baptized.
In some monasteries in Holy Thursday foot washing ritual takes place that recalls the gesture of humility of Christ made before the Last Supper – wash the disciples’ feet. In monasteries, the abbot is the one who washes the feet of the monks.
Good Friday is a no liturgy day . In the morning of this day, remove the epitaph of the Holy Altar and sits on a table in the middle of the church. This table is in front of Maundy Thursday Holy Cross removed. Lamentations officiating evening service, during which surround the church of the Holy Shroud (a canvas that represents the tomb of the Saviour commissioning stage). After the procession, the priests will sit on the altar table for the epitaph, where he will stay until Wednesday on the eve of Ascension.

Denia significance of Holy Week

Monday in Holy Week Passion, the Church reminds us of Patriarch Joseph who was sold by his brothers to Egypt. It is prefigured Christ, Judas sold.
Also during the months commemorates Denise barren fig tree cursed by Christ to dry because it had no fruit. It is a parable of human time, which must retain that God is both love and justice. So the judgment, He will not only reward, but will and punish those who have not borne fruit.
Tuesday is the remembrance of the ten virgins. We remember that in the parable had only five virgins without oil lamp and the other five had and candle and oil. The lamp is oil-free self-realization in total indifference of others. The lamp oil piety is accompanied by charity.
In Wednesday of the Holy Week commemorates the passion is sinful woman who washed with tears and anointed with myrrh feet of Jesus, before His Passion, as a symbol of repentance and correcting human sinner. Wednesday is the day when Judas sold him pharisees Christ, the thirty pieces of silver.
Holy Thursday is dedicated to the memory of four events in the life of the Savior: washing the disciples’ feet as an example of humility Last Supper at which the Savior instituted the Sacrament of Holy Eucharist, prayer hierarchical and early passions by selling Lord.
Specific Denia of Thursday night the 12 Gospels are read and removing solemn Holy Cross in the church nave. It is customary that when the priest reads from the Gospels, his faithful light candles and sit down on my knees.
Good Friday is the holy remembrance, fearful Passion of the Savior and witnessing the grateful thief who gained heaven.
Holy and Great Saturday commemorated the burial of Christ’s body and soul descent to hell to raise the age of those damages asleep.
Saturday evening, the Resurrection service begins. It arrived the day of the Holy Resurrection Church asks us “to enlighten us with celebration and some others we embrace, and to call them brothers and those who hate us and so we cry out: Christ is risen from the dead, death by death stepping and those in the tombs bestowing life. “