The fortieth day after His birth, the All-Holy Virgin brought her Divine Son into the Temple of Jerusalem, in accordance with the Law, to dedicate Him to God and to purify herself. “Consecrate to me every first-born that opens the womb among the Israelites both...
30th Sunday after Pentecost Text from “The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship”; Pg. 333 (Tone 2) – Our Venerable Father Macarius of Egypt (c. 390); Mark Bishop of Ephesus Troparion (Tone 2): When You went down to death, O Life Immortal,* You struck Hades...
Sunday after Theophany Text from “The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship”; Pg. 796 & Pg. 357 (Tone 8) First Antiphon Verse 1: When Israel came forth from Egypt, the house of Jacob from an alien people * Judah became His sanctuary, Israel His dominion (Ps...
Jan 06: Holy Theophany of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ Text from “The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship”; Pg. 788 Liturgical Instruction: If Jan 06 lands on a Sunday or Monday the Typicon prescribes the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great. First...
Each of these saints have their own feast day. St. Basil the Great, January 1; St. Gregory the Theologian, January 25; and St. John Chrysostom, January 27. This combined feast day, January 30, was instituted in the eleventh century during the reign of Emperor Alexius...
