February 1, 2015 Sunday of the Prodigal Son, Octoechos Tone 1 Pre-feast of the Encounter of our Lord; Holy Martyr Tryphon

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GREAT VESPERS Kathisma Reading “Blessed is the man…” is sung.   At Psalm 140 In Tone 1 10. Accept our evening prayer, O holy Lord, and grant us forgiveness of sins, for You alone manifested the Resurrection to the world. 9. O you people, walk around Zion...

January 30, 2015 Three Holy Hierarchs, Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom

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  GREAT VESPERS Kathisma Reading “Blessed is the man…” is taken.   At Psalm 140 In Tone 4 8. Let us glorify the three great preachers of the Trinity, the instruments of grace and harps of the Spirit, renowned trumpets of divine preaching who thundered awesome...

January 1, 2015 The Circumcision of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ Our Father Among the Saints Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia (379) Gregory of Nazianzis, father of Gregory the Theologian (374); Holy Martyr Basil of Ankyra (322)

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The eighth day following His birth, the Divine Child was presented in the Temple and circumcised according to the Law existing in Israel since the time of Abraham. On this occasion, He was given the name Jesus, which the Archangel Gabriel announced to the All-Holy...

December 28, 2014 Sunday after the Nativity of our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ; Holy and Just Joseph, King David and James, Brother of the Lord in the Flesh; Tone 4

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During the reign of the wicked Emperor Maximian Hercules, the Christian Faith flourished in Nicomedia and increased day by day. At one time the emperor, staying in this city, learned of the large number of Christians and the progress of the Christian Church, and he...

December 26, 2014 Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of God

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On the second day of the Nativity, the Christian Church gives glory and thanksgiving to the Most-holy Theotokos, who gave birth to our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ. This feast is called “the Synaxis” because on this day all of the faithful gather to...