▁into ▁the ▁church ▁and ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁faithful ▁come ▁forward ▁to ▁v ener ate ▁the ▁cross . ▁R ather ▁than ▁having ▁the ▁G ospel ▁read ▁sole ly ▁by ▁the ▁priest , ▁whole ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁con greg ations ▁particip ate ▁in ▁the ▁reading ▁of ▁the ▁Pass ion ▁G ospel ▁during ▁the ▁Pal m ▁Sunday ▁Mass ▁and ▁the ▁Good ▁Friday ▁service . ▁These ▁read ings ▁have ▁the ▁Pri est ▁read ▁the ▁part ▁of ▁Christ , ▁a ▁narr ator ▁read ▁the ▁narr ative , ▁other ▁reader ( s ) ▁reading ▁the ▁other ▁speaking ▁parts , ▁and ▁either ▁the ▁cho ir ▁or ▁the ▁con greg ation ▁reading ▁the ▁parts ▁of ▁crow ds ▁( i . e .: ▁when ▁the ▁crowd ▁sh outs ▁" C ru c ify ▁Him ! ▁Cru c ify ▁Him ! "). ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Orth odox ▁and ▁Greek - C atholic ▁Church es , ▁the ▁Mat ins ▁service ▁for ▁Good ▁Friday ▁is ▁called ▁Mat ins ▁of ▁the ▁Tw elve ▁Pass ion ▁G osp els , ▁and ▁is ▁remarkable ▁for ▁the ▁inter sp ers ing ▁of ▁twelve ▁read ings ▁from ▁the ▁G ospel ▁Book ▁detail ing ▁chron olog ically ▁the ▁events ▁of ▁the ▁Pass ion ▁– ▁from ▁the ▁Last ▁Su pper ▁to ▁the ▁bur ial ▁in ▁the ▁tomb ▁– ▁during ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁the ▁service . ▁The ▁first ▁of ▁these ▁twelve ▁read ings ▁is ▁the ▁longest ▁G ospel ▁reading ▁of ▁the ▁entire ▁lit urg ical ▁year . ▁In ▁addition , ▁every ▁Wed nes day ▁and ▁Friday ▁throughout ▁the ▁year ▁is ▁dedicated ▁in ▁part