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The Exaltation of the Holy Cross: a complete gu...
There is a feast in the Orthodox liturgical year that puzzles at first encounter: a great feast observed with the same strict fast as Good Friday. A feast of joy,...
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross: a complete gu...
There is a feast in the Orthodox liturgical year that puzzles at first encounter: a great feast observed with the same strict fast as Good Friday. A feast of joy,...
The Nativity of the Mother of God: a complete g...
On September 1, the Orthodox Church celebrates the beginning of a new liturgical year — the beginning of the Indiction, as the hymns call it. And eight days later, as...
The Nativity of the Mother of God: a complete g...
On September 1, the Orthodox Church celebrates the beginning of a new liturgical year — the beginning of the Indiction, as the hymns call it. And eight days later, as...
The Dormition of the Mother of God: a complete ...
At the height of summer, when the days begin to shorten and the heat reaches its peak, the Orthodox Church celebrates one of its most tender and mysterious feasts: the...
The Dormition of the Mother of God: a complete ...
At the height of summer, when the days begin to shorten and the heat reaches its peak, the Orthodox Church celebrates one of its most tender and mysterious feasts: the...
The Transfiguration of the Lord: a complete gui...
The Transfiguration of the Lord — in Greek Metamorphosis tou Kyriou, "the transformation of the Lord" — is one of the Twelve Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church, the Dodekaorton....
The Transfiguration of the Lord: a complete gui...
The Transfiguration of the Lord — in Greek Metamorphosis tou Kyriou, "the transformation of the Lord" — is one of the Twelve Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church, the Dodekaorton....
Orthodox Pentecost — The Descent of the Holy Sp...
Orthodox Pentecost — whose full liturgical name is The Feast of the Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles — is one of the Twelve Great Feasts of the...
Orthodox Pentecost — The Descent of the Holy Sp...
Orthodox Pentecost — whose full liturgical name is The Feast of the Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles — is one of the Twelve Great Feasts of the...
The Ascension of the Lord: a complete guide to ...
The Ascension of the Lord — known in Greek as Análepsis tou Kyríou, meaning "the taking up of the Lord," and also as Episozomene, "salvation from on high" — is...
The Ascension of the Lord: a complete guide to ...
The Ascension of the Lord — known in Greek as Análepsis tou Kyríou, meaning "the taking up of the Lord," and also as Episozomene, "salvation from on high" — is...