This feast, mentioned in the title of these lines, is one of our major Church feasts. It is celebrated on Wednesday, halfway between Pascha and Pentecost, the period also known as the Feast of Pentecost. Twenty-five days have passed since our celebration of Pascha. The significance of this feast is that it reminds us of ...
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Orthodox Feasts
The Feast of Holy Theophany
Among the feasts of Theophanies, this is the most evident feast in its indicating that God, as a Trinity, is here now. Look! Follow the evangelical story in its detail. The story says that the heavens parted, and God the Father spoke. He said of Jesus, the Word incarnate, that this is my beloved Son, ...
Read moreThe Synaxis in Honor of the Virgin
It is of the eloquence of the Church to insist, on more than one occasion, to elevate our humanity. Take, for instance, the feasts that extend for us the salvation of Christ the Lord. The Church celebrates the feast. Then, the next day, She calls us to celebrate the second character in it. Today, Mary ...
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Of the ecclesiastical feasts which we wrong ourselves by neglecting, as they had been neglected by those who participated in organizing holidays in our country, is the feast of the Lord's Ascension into Heaven. The thing, which many Christians miss, is that this feast, the feast of the Divine Ascension, is another aspect of Pascha. ...
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