Posts Tagged ‘Feasts’
2023 Daily Lenten Journey – Day 27
In the middle of Great Lent, we encounter a totally different experience. The Feast of the Annunciation is the only day a ‘regular’ Liturgy is celebrated during the week. It is a day when fasting is lessoned. It is a day when the Church celebrates, not matter when it occurs. Growing up Greek in America…
Read MoreWhy Bless Material Things?
Beginning today, the Orthodox Church on the New Calendar celebrates the Feast of Theophany (Epiphany) with as much grandeur, maybe even more than Christmas. Among the special church services, liturgies and Holy Water blessings, many Orthodox Christians will gather around natural bodies of water for a blessing. During the special blessing service, the Holy Spirit…
Read MoreEpisode 385 – God Does Everything He Asks of Us
As we consider our New Year Resolutions, it is important to remember that God has done everything that He asks of us. In commemorating the Circumcision of Christ, a physical reality of Christ, the Church reminds us that God has complete the Law where we were and are lacking. Transcript: I was wondering the other…
Read MoreOrthodoxy 101 – The Twelve Great Feasts
There are twelve such Feast Days: Christmas, Pascha, Ascension, the Transfiguration and the Annunciation are but a few. The significance of all Twelve Feast Days is both historical commemorations and events that have meaning for our lives today.
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