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Lamentation & Epitafios

Name: Lamentation & Epitafios
Start: 2025-04-18T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-04-18T23:00:00-04:00
Location: Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral

At Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral

Boerum Hill

Step into one of Brooklyn's oldest Greek Orthodox traditions as the cathedral fills with candlelight, incense and haunting Byzantine chants for Good Friday's Lamentation. Watch the decorated Epitaphios bier circle the nave in solemn procession, an ancient ritual that draws the whole community together in grief and beauty.

Greek Orthodox ritual

Byzantine tradition

Good Friday ceremony

Historic cathedral

Tips

🏛️founded 1913, Brooklyn's Greek Orthodox Cathedral since 1966

🥚return Sunday for Pascha Meal and Easter Egg Hunt

Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral

64 Schermerhorn St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA

www.brooklynblvd.nyc

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