The Icon for the Feast of Pentecost is titled the Descent of the Holy Spirit. We read this in Slavonic at the top of the icon. The event is recalled in Acts 2:1-4. The group had gathered to observe the Jewish Feast of Pentecost, “when there came a sound like the...
As part of the Vibrant Parish Program of the Ukrainian Catholic Church which began in 2011, the Mission Days Guidebooks were produced over three years. These Guidebooks are meant to be a guide for the faithful through the ten days from the Ascension of our Lord to the...
The Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian; Our Venerable Father Arsenius the Great (408-50); Arsenius the Great (450) All-night Vigil Feast. GREAT VESPERS Kathisma Reading Blessed is the man… is sung. At Psalm 140 In Tone 1 Lead my soul forth from...
The Repose of our Venerable Father Theodosius, Hegumen of the Monastery of the Caves at Kyiv and Organizer of the Cenoebitic (Common) Life in Rus’ (1074) and the Holy Martyrs Timothy and Maura (286-305) Polyeleos Feast. GREAT VESPERS Kathisma Reading Blessed is...
Fifth Sunday after Pascha – Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, Tone 4; Our Father Among the Saints Athanasius the Great (373) GREAT VESPERS AND DIVINE LITURGY GREAT VESPERS Kathisma Reading “Blessed is the man…” is sung. At Psalm 140 In Tone 4 Lead my soul forth...