Great Vespers

Great Vespers is served with Lytia. This is the beginning of our Patron’s Feast Day!

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The Beheading of the Prophet, Forerunner of the Lord, John the Baptist: The Evangelists Matthew (Mt.14:1-12) and Mark (Mark 6:14-29) provide accounts about the martyric end of John the Baptist Read more…

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Great Vespers will be served with Lytia as we are beginning the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos.

Great Vespers

Great Vespers will be served with Litya. The hymns at Vespers today speak of the sun appearing dim compared to the divine light of the Transfiguration. https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/08/08/102228-afterfeast-of-the-transfiguration-of-our-lord