Holy Week, at Saint Joseph Maronite Catholic Church in Waterville and other Maronite churches, is considered an independent Liturgical Season within the Season of Lent. According to Maronite heritage, it starts with “Naheero,” or the “Coming to the Harbor” on Palm Sunday evening and is over on Easter Sunday. Some may consider one week too short to be considered an independent season. However, Maronites say the intensity of ceremonies and celebrations, and the deep spirituality found in old Syriac texts, prayers and hymns in that week, make it worthy to be the most important week of the year. Photos by Morning Sentinel photojournalist Michael G. Seamans.
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Posted inSidelines, Sports
Sidelines: Making a deal to keep Red Sox highs, also comes along with low points
The Red Sox have had a roller-coaster ride, but it’s easy to forget how things used to be, Dave Bailey writes.
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Maine Tennis Hall of Fame returns after Covid hiatus with eight new inductees
FALMOUTH — Officials of the Maine Tennis Hall of Fame will hold a formal ceremony for eight new honorees at The Woodlands Club here on Saturday, April 22, from 4-6 p.m. The inductees represent classes of 2020 and 2019. Formal ceremonies were not held in those years due to Covid. More individuals will be honored […]
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ArtsFarmington plans to present Antonio Rocha’s world of sound effects
ArtsFarmington will present Antonio Rocha’s world of sound effects, compelling characters, physical comedy and one of a kind storytelling at 7 p.m. Friday, April 14, at the Emery Community Arts Center on Academy Street in Farmington. Rocha will take you on a unique journey of the imagination with stories from around the world that not […]
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Juston McKinney plans Waterville comedy show
Comedian Juston McKinney will take the stage at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 15, at the Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. in Waterville. With multiple appearances on “The Tonight Show,” two “Comedy Central” specials, and two Amazon Prime specials, including his latest, “Parentally Challenged,” it’s no wonder the New York Times called McKinney, “Destined for […]
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Maine Compass: The rest of the story on Maine’s pregnancy centers
On March 23, this newspaper chose to publish an opinion column headlined “Tom Waddell: Maine’s crisis pregnancy centers only serve to deceive” that, ironically enough, was meant to deceive it’s readership, taint the great work and reputation of Maine Pregnancy Centers (MPCs), and spread ill will toward them. What’s equally disturbing is the KJ’s lack of […]
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Maine Compass: Learning and growing from Christianity’s history of antisemitism
Every year during Holy Week, we Christians face a problem. The Gospel narrative that tells of the death of Jesus attributes blame to the Jews instead of the Roman authorities who were the ones that actually charged Jesus with insurrection and hung him on a cross, a Roman method of capital punishment. Because of these […]
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Maine Compass: Peace, joy and reflection on Easter weekend
“Surely it is God who saves me, I will trust in him and not be afraid “For the Lord is my stronghold and my sure defense, and He will be my savior!” — Isaiah 12:2 Like a good wine, it takes time, perhaps a lifetime, to learn to trust our higher power and not be […]
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April 8, 1963: Over 1,800 line up in Winthrop for polio vaccine, former chairman of Maine Public Utilities Commission dies, and a truly ‘sunken road’ in Leeds
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