Sunday before the Nativity of Christ; Sunday of the Holy Fathers; The Ten Holy Martyrs of Crete (249-51) – December 23. Text from “The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship”; Pgs. 345 (Tone 5) & 744 (SHF). Troparion (Tone 5): Let us the faithful acclaim...
Two Sundays before Christmas – Sunday of the Holy Ancestors; The Holy Prophet Haggai (Aggee) (6th c. BC); December 16. Text from “The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship”; Pgs. 341 (Tone 4) & 741 (SHF). Troparion (Tone 4): When the disciples of the Lord...
Twenty-eighth Sunday after Pentecost; The Conception of Saint Anna When She Conceived the Most Holy Mother of God – December 09. Text from “The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship”; Pg. 337 (Tone 3) & Con. of St. Anna Pg. 737 Troparion (Tone 3): Let the...
Dec 06: Our Holy Father Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia (Traditionally ca. 337) Text from “The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship”; Pg. 734 Troparion (Tone 4): The truth of your deeds made you for your flock a rule of faith* and an image...
Twenty-seventh Sunday after Pentecost; The Holy Prophet Habakkuk (Avvakum); Passing into Eternal Life (1973) of Blessed Ivan Sleziuk Catacomb Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk and Confessor – December 02. Text from “The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship”; Pg. 333...