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My beloved brothers and sisters in Our Incarnate Lord, CHRIST IS BORN! GLORIFY HIM! ON THE 29th OF DECEMBER OUR HOLY ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH COMMEMORATES THE HOLY FOURTEEN THOUSAND INFANTS (INNOCENTS) SLAIN AT HEROD’S ORDER IN BETHLEHEM Apolytikion (Dismissal) Hymn of the Holy Infants. First Tone BE Thou entreated for the sake of the sufferingsContinue reading “THE COMMEMORATION OF THE HOLY FOURTEEN THOUSAND INFANTS SLAIN AT HEROD’S ORDER IN BETHLEHEM”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Our Incarnate God, CHRIST IS BORN! GLORIFY HIM! ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΝΝΑΤΑΙ! ΔΟΞΑΣΑΤΕ! On the 28th of December, Our Holy Orthodox Christian Church commemorates the Holy Twenty Thousand Holy Martyrs Burned Alive in the Church at Nicomedia and Others Put to Death by Various Means. Apolytikion (Dismissal) Hymn of the Martyrs.Continue reading “ON DECEMBER 28th, Our Holy Orthodox Christian Church commemorates the Holy Twenty Thousand Martyrs at Nicomedia”

CHRIST IS BORN! GLORIFY HIM! ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΝΝΑΤΑΙ! ΔΟΞΑΣΑΤΕ! THE MARTYRDOM OF THE HOLY PROTOMARTYR AND ARCHDEACON STEFANOS (Stephen). Apolytikion (Dismissal) Hymn. Fourth Tone THE crown of the Kingdom hath adorned the brow of thy head because of the contests that thou hast endured for Christ God, thou first of the martyred Saints; for when thouContinue reading “THE MARTYRDOM OF THE HOLY PROTOMARTYR AND ARCHDEACON STEFANOS (Stephen) IS CELEBRATED ON DECEMBER 27th.”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Our Incarnate God, CHRIST IS BORN! GLORIFY HIM! ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΝΝΑΤΑΙ! ΔΟΞΑΣΑΤE! A PRAYER FROM SAINT BASIL THE GREAT The Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great THE HOLY ANAPHORA WITH these blessed powers, Master and lover of mankind, we sinners also cry out and say: truly You are Holy,Continue reading “A PRAYER FROM SAINT BASIL THE GREAT”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Our Incarnate God, CHRIST IS BORN! GLORIFY HIM. The Homeless Christ Child of Bethlehem "…there was NO ROOM FOR THEM IN THE INN." (Luke 2:7). The Son of God is born not in a palace but in a humble cave. "He was laid in a manger, that is, inContinue reading “The Homeless Christ Child of Bethlehem”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Our Incarnate God, CHRIST IS BORN! GLORIFY HIM! THY Nativity, O Christ our God, has caused the light of knowledge to rise upon the world. For therein the worshippers of the stars were by a Star instructed to worship Thee, the Sun of Righteousness, and to know Thee asContinue reading “HOMILY ON THE NATIVITY OF CHRIST”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Our Incarnate God, CHRIST IS BORN! GLORIFY HIM! “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham: Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers…” (Matthew 1:1-25). JESUS means “O Lord, save,” referring to Jesus’ role asContinue reading “THE GENEALOGY OF JESUS”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Our Incarnate God, CHRIST IS BORN! GLORIFY HIM! The Preparation of the Human Race To Receive the Savior. The word of God calls the Savior the Lamb of God "FOREORDAINED BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD" (1 Peter 1:20). "But when the fullness of the time came, God sentContinue reading “THE PREPARATION OF THE HUMAN RACE TO RECEIVE THE SAVIOR”

My beloved brothers and sisters in our Incarnate God, CHRIST IS BORN! GLORIFY HIM! "The Lamb of God Who taketh Away the Sin of the World" (John 1:29) The Orthodox Christian Dogma of salvation in Christ is the central dogma of Christianity, the HEART of our Christian faith. The Lord Jesus Christ is the RedeemerContinue reading “THE TRUE MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS IS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE REDEEMER AND SAVIOR OF THE HUMAN RACE”

My beloved brothers and sisters in God Incarnate, CHRIST IS BORN! GLORIFY HIM! "What Mysteries beyond mind and speech! God, in His compassion is born on earth, putting on the form of a servant that He may snatch from servitude to the enemy them that with fervent love cry out: "Blessed art Thou, O SaviorContinue reading “The Preaching of the Prophets has Reached its Fulfillment”