by stbadmin | Feb 3, 2018
Seeing that bodily disposition is important in worship and spiritual life, in general, great emphasis is placed in the Orthodox Church on fasting; if one should add up all of the fasting seasons and days of the Church calendar, he would find that more than half of the...
by stbadmin | Feb 3, 2018
The fasting rules, found for the most part in the Typikon (mainly Chapters 32 and 33), and repeated in appropriate places of the Menaion and Triodion, are dependent on the Church’s cycle of feasts and fasts. In general, with a few exceptions, all Wednesdays and...
by stbadmin | Feb 3, 2018
Paschal Cycle: 1. Meatfast the week before the beginning of Great Lent 2. Great Lent and Holy Week Yearly Cycle: 1. Nativity (St. Philip’s) Fast Nov. 15 through Dec. 24 2. Apostles’ (Peter and Paul) Fast from the Monday after All Saints Sunday through June...
by stbadmin | Feb 3, 2018
Alleluia. (See Prokeimenon.) Antiphons. The first three hymns sung at the Divine Liturgy (Ps. 103; Ps. 146 and Only-begotten Son… the Beatitudes) are called Antiphons (steps) because they are sung in steps or stages by two Choirs singing opposite each other....
by stbadmin | Feb 3, 2018
The Feast of Feasts the Holy Pascha the Resurrection of the Lord-is the climax of the Church’s liturgical year and is also the most glorious, most joyful and bright festival of the Christian Church. On it Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ arose as victor over...
