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• The Feast of the Holy Name, Jesus

  
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  The Feast of the Holy Name is celebrated eight days after the Nativity , January 1. Under the Law of Moses, all male infants were to be circumcised on the eighth day after birth (Lv. 12:3). It was also customary at this time to name the child. The collect and readings for this feast may be found here . Luke ...
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• The Circumcision of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

  
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  Troparion of the Feast Tone 1 Thou Who art by nature God, didst without change take human form,/ O most compassionate Lord,/ and in fulfilling the Law of Thine own will didst receive circumcision in the flesh,/ to banish hades and roll away the veil of our passions./ Glory to Thy goodness; glory to Thy compassion;/ ...
  6 days ago

• The Ecstasy of Christmas

  
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  The collect and readings for Christmas Day may be found here . The appointed gospel was John 1:1-14. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  2 He was in the beginning with God.  3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What ...
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• St John Chrysostom’s Sermon on the Nativity According to the Flesh of the Christ

  
  This Is Life!: Revolutions Around the Cruciform Axis — Authority: 123
  I behold a new and wondrous mystery! My ears resound to the Shepherd’s song, piping no soft melody, but chanting full forth a heavenly hymn. The Angels sing! The Archangels blend their voices in harmony! The Cherubim hymn their joyful praise! The Seraphim exalt His glory! All join to praise this holy feast, ...
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• The Blessed and Holy Nativity of our Lord God and Savior Jesus the Christ

  
  This Is Life!: Revolutions Around the Cruciform Axis — Authority: 123
  “Then the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of his father David. And ...
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• The Cradle of Birth and New Life – A Sermon for Christmas Eve

  
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  The collect and readings for Christmas Eve may be found here . The appointed gospel is Luke 2:1-20. In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be ...
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• Nativity Sermon of St. Isaac the Syrian

  
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  This Christmas night bestowed peace on the whole world; So let no one threaten; This is the night of the Most Gentle One - Let no one be cruel; This is the night of the Humble One - Let no one be proud. Now is the day of joy - Let us not revenge; Now is the day of Good Will - Let us not be mean. In this Day of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Andhra leaders opposing Telangana continue fast

  
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  Hyderabad, Dec 20 (IANS) Opposing the proposed division of Andhra Pradesh, Congress MP L. Rajagopal, state legislator Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy and others Sunday continued their hunger strike in hospitals and demanded that they be shifted to Hyderabad.Vijayawada MP Rajagopal, who was removed from his hunger strike camp ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Time of our Salvation Approaches

  
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  Behold, the time of our salvation approacheth; make thou ready, O cave; for it is time for the Virgin to give birth: and thou, Bethlehem of Judah, rejoice and be happy; for from thee shall shine forth our Lord. Listen O, mountains and hills and the regions about Judah; for Christ cometh to save man whom he did create; ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Feast of St. John of the Cross – Mystic of the Dark Night

  
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  Today, December 14, we commemorate St. John of the Cross, a new addition to the Episcopal liturgical calendar. He is probably best known for the term “the dark night of the soul,” which is also the poem in which he wrote about “the soul’s happiness in having passed through the dark night of faith, in ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe

  
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  Today, December 12, is the Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe . Blessed Virgin of Guadalupe, Mother of the true God for whom we live, bearer of Jesus Christ who gives us His Spirit and gives life to the Church. We thank you because you are our loving and compassionate Mother; because you hear our weeping, our ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Feast of Thomas Merton

  
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  Today, December 10, we remember, celebrate, and give thanks for the life and resurrection of Thomas Merton. This is a new and welcome commemoration to the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church as set forth in Holy Women, Holy Men – Celebrating the Saints . The date of this commemoration marks the ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Conception of the Most Holy Theotokos

  
  This Is Life!: Revolutions Around the Cruciform Axis — Authority: 123
  Troparion Tone 4 Today the bonds of barrenness are broken, / God has heard the prayers of Joachim and Anna. / He has promised them beyond all their hopes to bear the Maiden of God, / by whom the uncircumscribed One was born as mortal Man; / He commanded an angel to cry to her: / “Rejoice, O full of grace, / the ...
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• Ambrose, Bishop of Milan

  
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  In 373, while serving as governor in Northern Italy, Ambrose became involved in the election of the Bishop of Milan as the mediator between the battling factions of Arians (those who believe the Word of God to be a creature) and Athanasians (those who believe the Word of God is fully divine even as the Father is ...
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