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Riddles and Meanings of the Bright Feast of Baptism
Arkady Mahler On January 19, according to the Gregorian calendar, the Orthodox world celebrates the great feast of the Theophany, which is also called the Baptism of the Lord. For a modern person this feast often seems secondary and remains shadowed by the recently passed feast of the Nativity of Christ. However, for the Ancient…
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Circumcision of the Lord. Essence of the Feast
On January 14 the Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast of the Circumcision of the Lord in fulfillment of the ancient law of God given to the people of Israel through Abraham. God commanded to circumcise the foreskin of all male infants on the eighth day of birth. Through circumcision the baby entered into covenant with God,…
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The Protection of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary. Archpriest Valentin Sventsitskiy.
Today is the great feast – The Protection of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary. What are we celebrating? In the Blachernae Church at four o’clock in the morning, during the all-night vigil, Saint Andrew the Fool-for-Christ saw the Mother of God in heaven, praying for the people. And he…
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We Worship Thy Cross, O Lord! Sermon on the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord. Archpriest Oleg Stenyaev
The Exaltation of the Life-Giving Cross took place in the days of Emperor Constantine and his mother Helena. In the Gospel of John, which was read the day before during the All-night Vigil last night, we heard the words: ”And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of…
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Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Sermon by Priest Daniil Sysoev
In the name of Father and Son and Holy Spirit! I congratulate you all on the great holiday – the Nativity of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary! On the very day of the Nativity of the Mother of God we both rejoice and exult, because She is born who gave birth to…
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The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist. Sermon by Priest Daniil Sysoev
In the name of Father and Son and Holy Spirit! I congratulate you on the great feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist! Today, the greatest born of women falls victim to female deceit. Ever since the time of John Chrysostom, it has been customary in the Church to dedicate two sermons to…
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The Assumption as a Personal Easter of Every Christian. Sermon by Archpriest Oleg Stenyaev
In the name of Father and Son and Holy Spirit! Today the Holy Church commemorates the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Today we are going to talk about the meaning of the assumption. The transformation of the death of the Mother of God into sleep, repose, Her ascent in the flesh to heaven is…
