The biography of this martyr Nicephorus clearly demonstrates how God rejects pride and crowns humility and love with glory. There lived in Antioch two close friends, the learned priest Sapricius and the simple ordinary citizen Nicephorus. Somehow, their friendship...
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...
