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Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts 2019
The service of the Presanctified Gifts is meant to support us in our lengthy and tiresome pilgrimage: On this journey we need help and support, strength and comfort, for the “Prince of this world” has not yet surrendered . . . and in this fi ght, our main help is precisely the Body and Blood…
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Sunday of Orthodoxy 2019
On the first Sunday in Lent, we commemorate the decision of the Seventh Ecumenical Council in 787 A.D. upholding the use of holy icons in Orthodox worship. We also commemorate today the unity of Orthodox belief and the oneness of our Faith—across languages, continents, and centuries. Venerating icons, having them in churches and homes, is…
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Akathist 2019
The Akathist Hymn is a many faceted service. It is a hymn praising the Incarnation of Our Lord, directing its force to Him through His Mother. The praises refer to her as the salvation of mortals, the ladder and bridge to heaven, the Bearer of the Universe. These salutations would be blasphemous if directed toward…
