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The Dormition of the Mother of God – Transition to Life [2]

Elder Efraim, Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopaidi, the Holy Mountain   After the Lord’s Resurrection, it was Our Most Holy Lady who was the support of the Apostles and the newly-founded Church of Christ. It was she who taught the new Christians, guided them and comforted Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 7 monthsAugust 15, 2022 ago
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The Dormition of the Mother of God – Transition to Life

Elder Efraim, Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopaidi, the Holy Mountain   Every time we celebrate the Dormition of the Mother of God it’s as though we have Easter again. The summer Easter. Our Lady the Mother of God prepares Easter for us. A glorious crossing ‘from Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 7 monthsAugust 14, 2022 ago
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The Dormition of the Mother of God: a liturgical approach

Ioannis Foundoulis   The feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God is celebrated on August 15 by the Christian world and is the greatest of those established by the Church in honour of the Mother of the Lord. It may be the oldest of all. The first evidence Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 7 monthsAugust 13, 2022 ago
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The Dormition Fast

From the 1st to the 14th of August we fast in honor of Our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God. It’s a strict fast, with fish eaten only on the feast of the Transfiguration of the Savior (6 August). If 15 August falls on a Wednesday or Friday there Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 8 monthsAugust 1, 2022 ago
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A Transition to Life: The Dormition of the Mother of God

Elder Ephraim of Arizona †   Every time we celebrate the Dormition of the Mother of God, it’s as if we’re having Easter – the Easter of the summer. Our Lady the Mother of God prepares Easter for us. A glorious crossing “from death to life”. A second Easter, holy Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsAugust 16, 2021 ago
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The Holy Dormition of our Most Pure Lady, the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary

Saint Gregory Palamas   If ‘the death of the saints is precious and the memory of the righteous is blessed’, with how much greater praise should we keep the memory of the ‘saint of the saints’ through whom the whole of sanctity came to them, that is the memory of Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsAugust 15, 2021 ago
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The Elevation of the Bread in Honour of the Most Holy Mother of God

Saint Maximos the Greek   The Only-Begotten Son and Word of God, who became a human person for us (though He was sinless), voluntarily underwent the crucifixion, death and burial so that our human nature, which the father of evil had caused to be cast out of paradise in olden Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsAugust 14, 2021 ago
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Orthodoxy Now Quarterly Magazine. Summer 2021

Contents pg. 4 Director’s Message I believe God spoke to the hearts of many of us 26 years ago at the parish I was serving in Ft. Lauderdale to offer something more than just a weekly presence of our faith. I don’t think that I completely understood the meaning and Read more…

By myOCN, 2 yearsJune 16, 2021 ago

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