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Sanctify the Waters

01/06/2015

By Father John Breck On January 6, Christians of Western tradition (Roman Catholics and Protestants) commemorate the Epiphany or manifestation of the newborn Christ to the Magi. To Orthodox Christians, this day celebrates the Theophany or revelation of the Holy Trinity, not at Christ’s birth, but at his baptism in the Jordan River. It marks a significant interruption in the sequence of Scripture passages read at this time of year, by inserting the baptismal scene

The Fifth Day of Christmas: Light Shines in the Darkness (Feast Day of the Holy Innocents)

12/29/2014

Your Nativity, O Christ our God, made the light of knowledge dawn on the world. For through it those who worshipped the stars were taught by a star to worship You, the Sun of righteousness, and to know You, the Dawn from on high. O Lord, glory to You! (Apolytikion of the Nativity) THE SEASON OF CHRISTMAS is a feast of light and joy, since we celebrate the coming of “the true Light which gives

The Seventh Day of Christmas: The Sun of Righteousness

12/31/2013

One of the titles of the Messiah in the prophetic writings of the Bible is the Sun of Righteousness. It is found in the prophet Malachi. For behold, the day comes, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. But for you who fear My name,

Sixth Day of Christmas Advent: Christ Is Born, Glorify Him! (Part II)

11/20/2013

By Saint Gregory Nazianzen, the Theologian Clap your hands together, all people. For unto us a Son is born, unto us a Child is given, and the government shall be upon His shoulders. . . . Let John the Baptist cry aloud: Prepare ye the way of the Lord! And I too will cry aloud about the power of this Day. He who is without flesh has become incarnate. The Son of God becomes the

Second Friday after Pascha: ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ! CHRIST IS RISEN!

05/17/2013

Ecstatic Wonder, by Father John Breck On the eve of the Sunday of the Holy Myrrh-bearing Women, the Matins service includes Christ’s resurrection appearances as they are recounted at the close of St Mark’s Gospel. If Biblical scholars are correct, these last verses, Mark 16:9-20, did not originally belong to the Gospel narrative. This series of appearances of the risen Lord was apparently gathered together by the early Church for catechetical purposes and was only

WHAT IS THE PIVOT POINT OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP? (Part II)

01/09/2013

At the other end of the twelve days is Christ’s Theophany. In the early history of the Church the Nativity and the Baptism of Christ were celebrated together. The Armenian Apostolic Church still observes this union. In the rest of Christianity it soon became evident that the Birth of the Lord and His Baptism as an adult made for an incongruent single observance. Thus the two were separated. But there was a point

Theophany (or Epiphany) and Christmas (Part I)

01/03/2013

Theophany is one of the great Feasts of the Lord of the ecclesiastical year. It is also called Epiphany and the Day of Lights and is celebrated on the 6th of January. The names of this Feast indicate the understanding of the ancient Church concerning this Feast. This understanding is connected with the revelation of God, that is, the manifestation of the One God in Trinity through the Incarnation of the Son of God, our

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Sanctify the Waters

The Fifth Day of Christmas: Light Shines in the Darkness (Feast Day of the Holy Innocents)

The Seventh Day of Christmas: The Sun of Righteousness

Sixth Day of Christmas Advent: Christ Is Born, Glorify Him! (Part II)

Second Friday after Pascha: ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ! CHRIST IS RISEN!

WHAT IS THE PIVOT POINT OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP? (Part II)

Theophany (or Epiphany) and Christmas (Part I)

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