Great Blessing of the Waters
On Saturday Jan. 7, from 5:30 – 7pm, we have our Great Vespers service with the Great Blessing of Water.
This beautiful ceremony is carried out during Theophany and holy water is prepared in each parish. Congregants are free to take the holy water home with them. A portion is kept and used by the church throughout the year. Also, house blessings are completed during the subsequent weeks using the holy water prepared during the Feast of Theophany.
Today is the second day of the Forefeast of Theophany. Today’s hymns invite us to go in spirit to the Jordan River where the Creator comes to be baptized. He is the Light which shines in the darkness (John 1:5), and today He begins to overcome that darkness.