‘Dance, Creation, on Hearing of the Birth of the Young Child’ (Kontakio of the Forefeast of the Nativity)

Hieromonk Serapion of Simonopetra Monastery †   Together with the hymnographer, we wonder profoundly, are at a loss and astonished at the incomprehensible mystery of Christ’s incarnation, which natural time has brought us to celebrate once again this year. What is really beyond understanding, of course, is the line ‘dance, Read more

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Emmanuel

Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios   It is during these Christmas days that we hear another name applied to the Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ.  It is the name taken from the day of His birth in Bethlehem, and this name is Emmanuel.   The first to say this name in Read more

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