The Great Fast is our annual preparation for the feast of Pascha. In English, it is often referred to as Holy Lent, from the Anglo-Saxon word for springtime, Lencten.
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The Sunday of the Last Judgment or Meatfare Sunday is the third Sunday using the Lenten Tradition, the liturgical book used in the services of Great Lent. It is the Sunday
The Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32) 11 And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his
New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, is group of saints of the Russian Orthodox Church martyred or persecuted for Christ after the October Revolution of
“When Thou, O Lord, wast baptized in the Jordan, the worship of the Trinity was made manifest! For the voice of the Father bare witness
The circumcision of Jesus is an event from the life of Jesus, according to the Gospel of Luke chapter 2, which states: And when eight days were fulfilled