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Author: Judith Brant

Fourth Sunday of Great Lent St. John Climacus

April 7, 2019 by Judith Brant Leave a Comment

On the Fourth Sunday of the Fast, we celebrate the memory of our Holy Father John the author of the Ladder.In the Church services for the fourth Sunday the Holy Church offers us a great example of the life of fasting in the person of the Venerable John of the Ladder, who, “having overcome the … [Read more…]

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Third Sunday of Great Lent Veneration of the Holy Cross

March 31, 2019 by Judith Brant Leave a Comment

Third Sunday of Great Lent Veneration of the Holy Cross The Third Sunday of Lent is called “The Veneration of the Cross.” At the Vigil of that day, after the Great Doxology, the Cross is brought in a solemn procession to the center of the church and remains there for the entire week-with a special … [Read more…]

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THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE MOST HOLY THEOTOKOS

March 25, 2019 by Judith Brant Leave a Comment

THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE MOST HOLY THEOTOKOS March 25The Feast of the Annunciation is one of the earliest Christian feasts, and was already being celebrated in the fourth century. There is a painting of the Annunciation in the catacomb of Priscilla in Rome dating from the second century. The Council of Toledo in 656 mentions … [Read more…]

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Second Sunday of Great Lent Gregory Palamas

March 24, 2019 by Judith Brant Leave a Comment

On the Second Sunday of the Fast, we celebrate the memory of our Father among the Saints, Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica.The situation in St. Gregory’s time was that Orthodoxy was being debased; it was becoming worldly and being changed into either pantheism or agnosticism. Pantheism believed and taught that God in His essence was … [Read more…]

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The First Sunday of Great Lent The Sunday of Orthodoxy

March 18, 2019 by Judith Brant Leave a Comment

The First Sunday of Great Lent The Sunday of Orthodoxy The Sunday of Orthodoxy is the first Sunday of Great Lent. The dominant theme of this Sunday since 843 has been that of the victory of the icons. In that year the iconoclastic controversy, which had raged on and off since 726, was finally laid … [Read more…]

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