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Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
Brothers and sisters, there is a whole lot going on this morning, so pay attention. This service just makes me happy, even go a bit silly for some reason. Divine Liturgy This Liturgy begins as a celebration of Christ’s victory over Satan and death “down below”, and by the middle we are celebrating the Resurrection […]
Read More »At last! a Holy Week service (and the only one) that is “in sync” with the time of day. We’re going to cover: 1 The ceremonies, 2 The Scripture readings. Beginning with last night’s Procession of the Cross of Christ and continuing through Pascha, the ceremonies are intended to draw us more fully into these wonderful closing events of […]
Read More »Before we begin: Palm Sunday at Saint Porphyrios Church, Gaza City: The Royal Hours These are the short (by Orthodox Holy Week standards) daily services sung regularly in monasteries at certain “hours” – First Hour (dawn), Third Hour (9 a.m.), Sixth Hour (Noon), Ninth Hour (3 p.m.). Before certain great feasts, Scripture readings are […]
Read More »Some advice: For the remaining three days of this Holy Week, if it’s a choice between reading this Blog and going to church, don’t read this Blog. Go to church. If you can’t get to church, try to watch Live-stream, either live or later by video. I hope these Posts may help you (and me) […]
Read More »We all know that in the Orthodox Church the Divine Liturgy is always a celebration, not allowed during the penitential weekdays of the Great Lenten Fast. We also know that Holy Week is our most penitential period. Furthermore, running with our peculiar Holy Week schedule (which I’ll not go into again here), this actually turns […]
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