This morning, Assumption Catholic School students, faculty, and parishioners of the Ukrainian Assumption Catholic Church gathered in deep reverence for one of the most solemn and moving services of the Church year—Good Friday Vespers with the burial procession of the Holy Shroud, or Plashchanitsa.

As the choir, clergy, Sisters, and students joined voices in prayer and reflection, the image of Christ’s lifeless body—portrayed on the winding sheet—was carried in solemn procession around the church. Three times we walked in silence and awe, remembering the weight of that holy moment when our Lord was laid in the tomb. The Plashchanitsa was then placed for veneration on a replica of the Holy Sepulchre.

To all who came—to pray, to sing, to weep, to witness—thank you.

The Church remains open for veneration of the Holy Shroud 12 pm today.