Today Great Lent begins as we follow a fast from meat, dairy, wine and oil. This is from today until Pascha on April 24, 2022.
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The eucharistic Divine Liturgy is not celebrated in the Orthodox Church on Lenten weekdays. In order for the faithful to sustain their Lenten effort by participation in Holy Communion, the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is served. The service is an ancient one in the Orthodox Church. We officially hear about it in the canons Read more... |
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As well as serving the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, we also commemorate the Venerable Alexis the Man of God Saint Alexis was born at Rome into the family of the pious and poverty-loving Euphemianus and Aglais. The couple was childless for a long time and constantly prayed the Lord to grant them a child. Read more... |
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This Sunday was originally dedicated to Saint Polycarp of Smyrna (February 23). After his glorification in 1368, a second commemoration of Saint Gregory Palamas (November 14) was appointed for the Second Sunday of Great Lent as a second “Triumph of Orthodoxy.”...his life story continues at:https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/03/20/12-2nd-sunday-of-great-lent-st-gregory-palamas |
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Today we the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. we also commemorate the Forefeast of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. |
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The Third Sunday of Lent is that of the Veneration of the Cross. The cross stands in the midst of the church in the middle of the lenten season not merely to remind men of Christ’s redemption and to keep before them the goal of their efforts, but also to be venerated as that reality Read more... |
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