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What is the name of the special service held on the evening of Good Friday, when the Epitaphios (a decorated bier representing Christ's tomb) is carried in procession through the streets?

On Good Friday evening, the Epitaphios (a richly embroidered cloth depicting the dead Christ, placed on a flower-covered bier) is carried in a solemn candlelit procession symbolising Christ's funeral, the most moving rite of Holy Week.

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