Yesterday was, for Orthodox on the new calendar, the feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, one of the twelve major feasts of the Church. The feast commemorates the “falling asleep” (death) of the Mother of Jesus and her bodily translation into heaven as the first among humans, after her Son, to experience the Resurrection. [...]
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Mary, the Mother of Jesus: Some Starting Points
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The Annunciation of the Archangel Gabriel to Mary, the Mother of God
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Troparion Tone 4 Today is the beginning of our salvation/ and the manifestation of the mystery which is from eternity./ The Son of God becomes the Son of the Virgin,/ and Gabriel announces grace./ So with him let us also cry to the Mother of God:/ Rejoice, thou who art full of grace!/ The Lord [...]
St John Chrysostom’s Sermon on the Nativity According to the Flesh of the Christ
Posted in Christology, Church Fathers, Homilies, Orthodox Feasts and Fasts, The Mother of God on Saturday, 26 December 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I behold a new and wondrous mystery! My ears resound to the Shepherd’s song, piping no soft melody, but chanting full forth a heavenly hymn. The Angels sing! The Archangels blend their voices in harmony! The Cherubim hymn their joyful praise! The Seraphim exalt His glory! All join to praise this holy feast, beholding the [...]
Goodness and Beauty
Posted in The Mother of God on Thursday, 10 December 2009 | 1 Comment »
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The First Christian
Posted in The Mother of God on Saturday, 21 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!” But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” (Luke 11:27-28 [...]
The Feast of the Protection of Our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary
Posted in Orthodox Feasts and Fasts, The Mother of God on Thursday, 1 October 2009 | 1 Comment »
Troparion of the Protection Tone 4 Most holy Mother of God,/ today we Orthodox joyfully celebrate thy coming among us./ As we gaze at thy icon we cry with compunction:/ Shelter us under thy protection, deliver us from evil,/ and pray thy Son Christ our God to save our souls. Kontakion of the Protection Tone [...]
The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary
Posted in Orthodox Feasts and Fasts, The Mother of God on Saturday, 15 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Troparion Tone 1 In giving birth thou didst preserve thy virginity;/ in falling asleep thou didst not forsake the world, O Theotokos./ Thou wast translated to life, O Mother of Life,/ and by your prayers you deliver our souls from death. Kontakion Tone 2 Neither the tomb nor death could hold the Theotokos,/ who is [...]
Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God
Posted in Orthodox Feasts and Fasts, The Mother of God on Friday, 26 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Troparion Tone 4 Today, like the eternal sun, / Your Icon appears in the sky, O Theotokos. / With rays of mercy it enlightens the world. / This land accepts the heavenly gift from above, / Honoring You as the Mother of God. / We praise Christ our Lord who was born of You. / [...]
Axion Estin
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Axion Estin, Kyrie Eleison
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