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Fasting day (no meat, dairy, poultry, fish, wine, or oil).

 

 

 

Forty days after Christ was born He was presented to God in the Jerusalem Temple according to the Mosaic Law. At this time as well His mother Mary underwent the ritual purification and offered the[...]

 

Daily Vespers service of the Orthodox Church.In the Orthodox Church the liturgical day begins in the evening with the setting of the sun. This practice follows the Biblical account of creation: “And there was evening[...]

Fasting day (no meat, dairy, poultry, fish, wine, or oil).

 

 

 

 

 

The Sunday after the Sunday of Zacchaeus is devoted to the Publican and the Pharisee. At Vespers the night before, the TRIODION (the liturgical book used in the services of Great Lent) begins.Two men went[...]

 

The word liturgy means common work or common action. The Divine Liturgy is the common work of the Orthodox Church. It is the official action of the Church formally gathered together as the chosen People[...]

For this study, we are reading and discussing St. Sophrony’s autobiography, We Shall See Him as He Is.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Sunday after the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee is the Sunday of the Prodigal Son. This parable of God’s forgiveness calls us to “come to ourselves” as did the prodigal son, to[...]

 

The word liturgy means common work or common action. The Divine Liturgy is the common work of the Orthodox Church. It is the official action of the Church formally gathered together as the chosen People[...]

 

Fasting day (no meat, dairy, poultry, fish, wine, or oil).

Daily Vespers service of the Orthodox Church.In the Orthodox Church the liturgical day begins in the evening with the setting of the sun. This practice follows the Biblical account of creation: “And there was evening[...]

 

 

 

Fasting day (wine & oil allowed)

 

 

 

Leavetaking of the Feast of the Annunciation

 

 

Meatfare Sunday

 

 

The word liturgy means common work or common action. The Divine Liturgy is the common work of the Orthodox Church. It is the official action of the Church formally gathered together as the chosen People[...]

 

For this study, we are reading and discussing St. Sophrony’s autobiography, We Shall See Him as He Is.

Meatfare Fast (fish, wine, oil, and dairy allowed).

Daily Vespers service of the Orthodox Church.In the Orthodox Church the liturgical day begins in the evening with the setting of the sun. This practice follows the Biblical account of creation: “And there was evening[...]

Daily Vespers service of the Orthodox Church.In the Orthodox Church the liturgical day begins in the evening with the setting of the sun. This practice follows the Biblical account of creation: “And there was evening[...]

 

 

Daily Vespers service of the Orthodox Church.In the Orthodox Church the liturgical day begins in the evening with the setting of the sun. This practice follows the Biblical account of creation: “And there was evening[...]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The word liturgy means common work or common action. The Divine Liturgy is the common work of the Orthodox Church. It is the official action of the Church formally gathered together as the chosen People[...]

 

Fasting day (no meat, dairy, poultry, fish, wine, or oil).

 

 

 

Fasting day (no meat, dairy, poultry, fish, wine, or oil).