Dec 25: Nativity in the Flesh of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ Text from “The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship”; Pg. 755 Liturgical Instruction: If December 25 lands on a Sunday or Monday the Typicon prescribes the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the...
The Nativity in the Flesh of our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ: GREAT VESPERS WITH DIVINE LITURGY OF SAINT BASIL THE GREAT – Dec 24. This evening Liturgy is the first Eucharist of Christmas. Fully vested the priest insences the entire temple as usual and...
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...