This miraculous sign, therefore, served as an expression of the power and majesty of the death of Jesus Christ.

Two Homilies for Holy Saturday
St. Innocent of Kherson

Without the Lord and His grace, even Paradise is not Paradise, but with the Lord and His grace, even hell is not hell.

On Great Friday were accomplished, and the Church commemorates, the holy, saving, and terrible sufferings and death of the Lord Jesus Christ, Who voluntarily endured all this for our sake.

Commemoration of the Holy and Saving Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ
Hieromonk Methodius (Kapustin)

Fathers, brothers and sisters, why do we all need to feel all this again today? Because before the feast we must understand thoroughly what forced the Lord to accept death. And the answer is our sins, our human sins.

Sermon on Holy and Great Thursday
Hieromonk Philaret (Trunin)

The most important event during the Last Supper was the institution by Christ of the sacrament of the Eucharist as a grace-filling means of uniting the faithful with God.