Introduction The Feast of Holy Pentecost is celebrated each year on the fiftieth day after the Great and Holy Feast of Pascha (Easter) and ten days after the Feast of the Ascension of Christ. The Feast is always celebrated on a Sunday. The Feast commemorates the...
The Feast of The Ascension is celebrated on the 40th day after Jesus’ Resurrection. This Holy Day, which this year falls on June 2, commemorates an important historic event –Jesus’ departure from earth. More significantly, it is a reminder of God’s plan for our...
The Epistle of Ignatius of Antioch to the Philadelphians Greeting Ignatius, who is also called Theophorus, to the Church of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, which is at Philadelphia, in Asia, which has obtained mercy, and is established in the harmony of...
By: Bishop Nikolai Velimirovich To those who ask: WHY ARE VIGIL LAMPS LIT BEFORE ICONS? First—because our faith is light. Christ said: I am the light of the world (John 8:12). The light of the vigil lamp reminds us of that light by which Christ illumines our souls....
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