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Tuesday after the Ascension. The Most Important Thing in Life Is the Only Non-Seasonal Thing We Do

05/30/2017

Then He led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up His hands He blessed them. While He blessed them, He parted from them, and was carried up into heaven. And they returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple blessing God. Luke 24: 50-53 There are many “seasons” in life, seasons that are anticipated, seasons that are endured, seasons that are enjoyed, seasons that end, sometimes even seasons that

Tuesday of the Prodigal Son. Your Body Belongs to the Lord

02/07/2017

The body is not meant for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body… Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? . . . Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God? . . . So glorify God in your body. 1 Corinthians 6: 13, 15, 19, 20 (Epistle on the Sunday of the Prodigal

Meeting of the Lord

02/02/2017

Forty days after Christ was born He was presented to God in the Jerusalem Temple according to the Mosaic Law. At this time as well His mother Mary underwent the ritual purification and offered the sacrifices as prescribed in the Law. Thus, forty days after Christmas, on the second of February, the Church celebrates the feast of the presentation called the Meeting (or Presentation or Reception) of the Lord. The meeting of Christ by the

The Third Day of Christmas. Saint Stephen: The Death of a Revolutionary

12/27/2016

By Father Lawrence Farley Saint Stephen is usually hailed as the first Christian martyr, but he is more than that. His death was also a boundary, and the blood which flowed from his body as the stones hit him became a river, one which separated the faith of the Christians from the religion of Judaism. For unlike the martyrs who followed him, Stephen was not killed by the pagan Romans, executed under a law which

Dormition of the Theotokos

08/15/2016

The feast of the Dormition or Falling-asleep of the Theotokos is celebrated on the fifteenth of August, preceded by a two-week fast. This feast, which is also sometimes called the Assumption, commemorates the death, resurrection and glorification of Christ’s mother. It proclaims that Mary has been “assumed” by God into the heavenly kingdom of Christ in the fullness of her spiritual and bodily existence. As with the nativity of the Virgin and the feast of

The Great and Holy Monday: The Services of the Bridegroom (Part I)

04/25/2016

Sunday through Monday Evening Introduction Beginning on the evening of Palm Sunday and continuing through the evening of Holy Tuesday, the Orthodox Church observes a special service known as the Service of the Bridegroom. Each evening service is the Matins or Orthros service of the following day (e.g. the service held on Sunday evening is the Orthros service for Holy Monday). The name of the service is from the figure of the Bridegroom in the

You Were Presented in the Temple

02/02/2016

By Father Stanley Harakas On February 2, our Orthodox Church celebrates a beautiful moment in the life of Christ – The Presentation of Christ at the Temple. According to the Jewish practice at that time, the first-born son of a family was to be brought forty days after his birth to the Temple in Jerusalem for sacrifices to be made. Since the coming Messiah was expected to be a first-born son, it was done in

Synaxis of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John

01/07/2015

In the Orthodox Church it is customary, on the day following the Great Feasts of the Lord and the Mother of God, to remember those saints who participated directly in the sacred event. So, on the day following the Theophany of the Lord, the Church honors the one who participated directly in the Baptism of Christ, placing his own hand upon the head of the Savior. St John, the holy Forerunner and Baptist of the

The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary (Part II)

08/15/2014

Then came the third hour (9 A.M.), when the Dormition of the Mother of God was to occur. A number of candles were burning. The holy Disciples surrounded her beautifully adorned bed, offering praise to God. She prayed in anticipation of Her demise and of the arrival of Her longed-for Son and Lord. Suddenly, the inexpressible Light of Divine Glory shone forth, before which the blazing candles paled in comparison. All who it saw took

Seventh Day of Christmas Advent: The Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple

11/21/2013

During the first days of the Christmas fast the Church celebrates the feast of the entrance of the child Mary into the Jerusalem temple. Called in the Church The Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple, this festival, which is not among the biblically recorded events, is one of the twelve major feasts of the Orthodox Church year. Its purpose is not so much to commemorate an historical happening as to celebrate a

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Tuesday after the Ascension. The Most Important Thing in Life Is the Only Non-Seasonal Thing We Do

Tuesday of the Prodigal Son. Your Body Belongs to the Lord

Meeting of the Lord

The Third Day of Christmas. Saint Stephen: The Death of a Revolutionary

Dormition of the Theotokos

The Great and Holy Monday: The Services of the Bridegroom (Part I)

You Were Presented in the Temple

Synaxis of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John

The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary (Part II)

Seventh Day of Christmas Advent: The Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple

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