"O Holy Confessor and Patriarch, Father Tikhon, Chosen by God in a turbulent time, you glorified God in complete holiness; and attained greatness through humility. Pray to Christ God to Whom you were also crucified, that He may save our souls."
St Tikhon, Apostle to America (Apr 7/ Apr 20), was a zealous labourer for Christ's Church in North America and Russia. He returned to Russia to steer Russian Church as Primate in the hardest years of the revolutionary atheistic regime. St Tikhon was known for his loving manner with everyone and was never overbearing. Even when he had to reprimand someone, he did so in a good-natured, sometimes even joking, manner that encouraged the person to correct their mistakes.
St Tikhon, Apostle to America (Apr 7/ Apr 20), was a zealous labourer for Christ's Church in North America and Russia. He returned to Russia to steer Russian Church as Primate in the hardest years of the revolutionary atheistic regime. St Tikhon was known for his loving manner with everyone and was never overbearing. Even when he had to reprimand someone, he did so in a good-natured, sometimes even joking, manner that encouraged the person to correct their mistakes.
The Akathist to the Mother of God commemorated on the 5th Saturday of Lent is believed to originate from the 6th and 7th centuries, when Intercessions to the Holy Theotokos on three occasions drove back would-be invaders from Constantinople.
The icon-before which the Akathist was sung shows the Mother of God seated on a throne, and surrounded by Prophets with scrolls. The icon was given to the Dionysiou Monastery on Mt. Athos by Emperor Alexius Comnenos. There, it began to flow with myrrh. There were at least three wonderworking copies of this icon in Russia before the Revolution.
The icon-before which the Akathist was sung shows the Mother of God seated on a throne, and surrounded by Prophets with scrolls. The icon was given to the Dionysiou Monastery on Mt. Athos by Emperor Alexius Comnenos. There, it began to flow with myrrh. There were at least three wonderworking copies of this icon in Russia before the Revolution.
Binding his donkey to the vine, And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, He washed his garments in wine, And his clothes in the blood of grapes. Genesis 49:11
“Hosanna in the Highest!“
Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday)
Troparion — Tone 1
By raising Lazarus from the dead before Your passion,
You did confirm the universal Resurrection, O Christ God!
Like the children with the palms of victory,
We cry out to You, O Vanquisher of death;
Hosanna in the Highest!
Blessed is He that comes in the Name of the Lord!
Troparion — Tone 4
When we were buried with You in Baptism, O Christ God,
We were made worthy of eternal life by Your Resurrection!
Now we praise You and sing: Hosanna in the highest!
Blessed is He that comes in the Name of the Lord!
“Hosanna in the Highest!“
Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday)
Troparion — Tone 1
By raising Lazarus from the dead before Your passion,
You did confirm the universal Resurrection, O Christ God!
Like the children with the palms of victory,
We cry out to You, O Vanquisher of death;
Hosanna in the Highest!
Blessed is He that comes in the Name of the Lord!
Troparion — Tone 4
When we were buried with You in Baptism, O Christ God,
We were made worthy of eternal life by Your Resurrection!
Now we praise You and sing: Hosanna in the highest!
Blessed is He that comes in the Name of the Lord!
You became man, O Christ.
You took human nature from the Virgin!
As a man, you asked where Lazarus was buried,
Though as God, you know all things!
You have given us a pledge of your own resurrection
By raising your friend as if from sleep, O Word of God,
Though his flesh had tasted corruption from four days in the tomb.
#LazarusSaturday
You took human nature from the Virgin!
As a man, you asked where Lazarus was buried,
Though as God, you know all things!
You have given us a pledge of your own resurrection
By raising your friend as if from sleep, O Word of God,
Though his flesh had tasted corruption from four days in the tomb.
#LazarusSaturday
On Great and Holy Monday, we remember Christ's divine power and of God's judgment symbolized in Christ’s cursing of the fig tree. The tree portrayed the Jewish synagogue, which had not produced the fruit of faithful obedience to God and so was stripped of all spiritual grace. (Matthew 21: 18-20)
We also remember the patriarch Joseph, betrayed by his brothers and sold to foreigners for thirty pieces of silver. In the Old Testament story (Genesis 37, 39, 41), Joseph typifies in himself the betrayal, Passion, death and glorification of out Lord Jesus Christ.
We also remember the patriarch Joseph, betrayed by his brothers and sold to foreigners for thirty pieces of silver. In the Old Testament story (Genesis 37, 39, 41), Joseph typifies in himself the betrayal, Passion, death and glorification of out Lord Jesus Christ.
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Bridegroom Matins is a service specific to the first four evenings of Holy Week and commemorates the last days in the earthly life of the Lord.
Christ the Bridegroom in the parable of the ten Virgins (Matthew 25: 1-13), is the same Bridegroom of the Church as described in the Book of Isaiah (chapter 54). The title Christ the Bridegroom indicates His divine presence and watchfulness during Holy Week and His selfless love for His Bride, the Church.
Video: Behold the Bridegroom Cometh. Choir of Valaam Monastery, Russia., in English. Full video at https://mewe.com/join/orthodoxfaith
Christ the Bridegroom in the parable of the ten Virgins (Matthew 25: 1-13), is the same Bridegroom of the Church as described in the Book of Isaiah (chapter 54). The title Christ the Bridegroom indicates His divine presence and watchfulness during Holy Week and His selfless love for His Bride, the Church.
Video: Behold the Bridegroom Cometh. Choir of Valaam Monastery, Russia., in English. Full video at https://mewe.com/join/orthodoxfaith
“Accept the fountains of my tears, You who draw out from the clouds the water of the sea.”
The Troparion of Kassianias (The Hymn of Kassiani), chanted on the evening of Holy Tuesday, was composed by Ergoumenissa (Abbess) Kassiani, the founder of a women’s monastery in Constantinople, where she devoted her life to asceticism and the composing of liturgical poetry. The best known of her compositions is the Doxastikon Hymn on the Aposticha of the Bridegroom Orthros (Matins) for Great and Holy Wednesday. In Greek parish churches, it is chanted on Tuesday evening.
“Lord, when the woman who had fallen into many sins perceived Your divinity, she assumed the role of a myrrh-bearing woman, and lamenting brought fragrant oils to anoint You before Your burial.
‘Woe is me,’she says.
‘Night for me is a frenzy without restraint, very dark and moonless, a sinful love-affair.
Accept the fountains of my tears, You who draw out from the clouds the water of the sea.
Take pity on me, and incline to the sighing of my heart, You who bowed the heavens by Your ineffable self-emptying.
I shall cover Your unstained feet with kisses, and wipe them dry again with the locks of my hair; those feet, whose sound at twilight in Paradise echoed in Eve's ears, and she hid in fear.
Who can reckon the multitude of my sins, or fathom the depths of Your judgments, O my life-saving Saviour?
Do not despise me, Your servant, since without measure is Your mercy.’”
The hymn is performed in this video by professor of Byzantine music and arch cantor Nikodimos Kavarnos and his choir.
https://youtu.be/o12p6gh446k
The Troparion of Kassianias (The Hymn of Kassiani), chanted on the evening of Holy Tuesday, was composed by Ergoumenissa (Abbess) Kassiani, the founder of a women’s monastery in Constantinople, where she devoted her life to asceticism and the composing of liturgical poetry. The best known of her compositions is the Doxastikon Hymn on the Aposticha of the Bridegroom Orthros (Matins) for Great and Holy Wednesday. In Greek parish churches, it is chanted on Tuesday evening.
“Lord, when the woman who had fallen into many sins perceived Your divinity, she assumed the role of a myrrh-bearing woman, and lamenting brought fragrant oils to anoint You before Your burial.
‘Woe is me,’she says.
‘Night for me is a frenzy without restraint, very dark and moonless, a sinful love-affair.
Accept the fountains of my tears, You who draw out from the clouds the water of the sea.
Take pity on me, and incline to the sighing of my heart, You who bowed the heavens by Your ineffable self-emptying.
I shall cover Your unstained feet with kisses, and wipe them dry again with the locks of my hair; those feet, whose sound at twilight in Paradise echoed in Eve's ears, and she hid in fear.
Who can reckon the multitude of my sins, or fathom the depths of Your judgments, O my life-saving Saviour?
Do not despise me, Your servant, since without measure is Your mercy.’”
The hymn is performed in this video by professor of Byzantine music and arch cantor Nikodimos Kavarnos and his choir.
https://youtu.be/o12p6gh446k
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"Behold, the Bridegroom Comes"
Great and Holy Thursday Matins and washing of the feet, Archbishop Ambrose at St. Petersburg Theological Academy
Original, full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ0fN1VPJtM
Great and Holy Thursday Matins and washing of the feet, Archbishop Ambrose at St. Petersburg Theological Academy
Original, full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ0fN1VPJtM