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My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. PENTECOST: THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Apolytikion (Dismissal) Hymn of the Feast. BLESSED are Thou, O Christ Our God. Thou sent down the Holy Spirit into the fishermen, and ThouContinue reading “PENTECOST: THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. HOMILY TWENTY-FOUR ON PENTECOST By Saint Gregory Palamas Midnight Office Idiomela of the Lity. Idiomelon, Mode 2. In the Prophets Thou announced to us the way of salvation; and now theContinue reading “HOMILY ON PENTECOST”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Lord, God, and Savior JESUS CHRIST, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. HOLY AND DIVINE PENTECOST: ON HOW THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS MANIFESTED By Saint Gregory Palamas +In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the HolyContinue reading “HOLY AND DIVINE PENTECOST: ON HOW THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS MANIFESTED”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ our True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. THE FEAST OF THE HOLY AND GREAT PENTECOST (Part II) Apolytikion (Dismissal) Hymn of the Feast. Mode pl. 4. BLESSED are Thou, O Christ our God. Thou sent down theContinue reading “THE FEAST OF THE HOLY AND GREAT PENTECOST (Part II)”

“When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, THEY WERE ALL WITH ONE ACCORD IN ONE PLACE…” (Acts 2:1). My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ our Lord, God, and Savior JESUS CHRIST, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. “When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they wereContinue reading “The Holy & Great Feast of Pentecost, the Beginning of the Church of Christ on Earth”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ our Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. The “Rudder”, the Holy Canons of the Orthodox Church What a Canon is A CANON, according to Zonaras (in his interpretation of the 39th letter of Saint Athanasios the Great), properlyContinue reading “The “RUDDER”, THE HOLY CANONS OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH (Part II)”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ our Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST!! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. THE “PEDALION” (The “RUDDER”) OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH The Holy Orthodox Eastern Church of Christ RESEMBLES A LARGE SHIP. Just as a ship has its captain, crew, and helm by whichContinue reading “THE “PEDALION” (The “RUDDER”) OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Lord and God and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. THE DIVINE ASCENSION (Part III) Apolytikion (Dismissal) Hymn. Mode 4. Thou Ascended in Glory, O Christ our God, after Thou filled the Disciples with joy, by promising to send themContinue reading “THE DIVINE ASCENSION (Part III)”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, CHRIS IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. THE DIVINE ASCENSION (Part II) To be sure, Christ could have raised human nature to Heaven immediately after His Resurrection, but He did not do it, lest the Resurrection should seem to be an illusion. AfterContinue reading “THE DIVINE ASCENSION (Part II)”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Our Risen Lord and God and Savior JESUS CHRIST, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. THE DIVINE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD AND GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST Apolytikion (Dismissal) Hymn. Mode 4. THOU ascended in glory, O Christ our God, after Thou filledContinue reading “THE DIVINE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD AND GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST”