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“The
Lenten worship is...a school of repentance. It teaches us what is repentance
and how to acquire the spirit of repentance. It prepares us for and leads
us to the spiritual regeneration without which ‘absolution’ remains meaningless.
It is, in short, both teaching about repentance and the way of repentance.
And since there can be no real Christian life without repentance, without
this constant ‘re-evaluation’ of life, the Lenten worship is an essential
part of the liturgical tradition of the Church.”
— Protopresbyter
Alexander Schmemann
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About
Great
Lent
Icon of Christ from Hagia Sophia in Constantinople
Dating Pascha in the Orthodox Church By Dr. Lewis J. Patsavos, Ph.D., Professor of Canon Law, Holy Cross School of Theology, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America General information with an explanation of the five-week difference compared with the western church in 2002.
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The
Origins of Pascha and Great Week | Part
1 | Part
2 - By the
Rev. Alkiviadis Calivas. A lengthy and comprehensive historical perspective on
how the Passion and Resurrection of Christ has become the celebration as we know
it today in the Greek Orthodox Church.
Resources for Great Lent: The Great Fast of Preparation - From the Monachos.Net website of Matthew C. Steenberg. A Family Lesson: How Will We Prepare for Pascha? - By Phyllis Meshel Onest, M.Div. Based on an article in The Orthodox Servant, the newsletter of the Department of Religious Education, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, March 1992. The Great Lent - A week by week meaning, by the Rev. George Mastrantonis. Includes a week by week description of the Great Lent, the Institute of Lent, the origin of fasting, the further development of fasting, the meaning of the feast days of Lent, the four preparatory weeks Before Lent, the seven Sundays of the Great Lent, and the significance of Lent. First Sunday of Lent: The Sunday of Orthodoxy - From the web site of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Pre-Lent - Great Lent - From the web site of the Orthodox Church in America. For Youth - What's Up With Lent - By Melissa K. Bazos and Anna Nicole Kyritsis. From the web site of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. For Youth Workers - New Ideas for Lent - By Melissa K. Bazos and Anna Nicole Kyritsis. Lent is a wonderful time to help young people learn more about their faith by gathering regularly and doing activities related to the particular Sunday in Great Lent. Great Lent and Pascha - Homilies, catechesis, prayers, etc. from the web site of St Nicholas Orthodox Church (ROCOR), Dallas, TX Great Lent and Pascha - Resources from the web site of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church (ROCOR), Dallas, TX. Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts - From the web site of the Orthodox Church in America. On Bells - The ringing of the bells serves two functions in the Orthodox Church. The first is for calling the faithful to divine services, and the second is to announce the beginning of various parts of the services to those faithful who are absent from the church. From the web site of Little Russia, San Antonio, TX. Preparing for Great Lent - From Orthodox America, a publication of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. The Great Lent: A Week by Week Meaning - By the Rev. George Mastrantonis. From the web site of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. The
Saturday of Lazaros and Palm Sunday
- By The Rev. Alkiviadis Calivas. Commentary on the main themes of Lazarus
Saturday and Palm Sunday. From the web site
of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
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| Holy Week | Holy
Week Meditation and Study Guide - By
Father Andrew Demotses, rector of St.
Vasilios Greek Orthodox Church, Peabody, MA. The web page begins:
"The services of Holy Week transform us into eyewitnesses and direct
participants in the awesome events of the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus
Christ. In readings taken from both Old and New Testaments, in hymns,
processions, and liturgical commemoration, we see the fulfillment of the
Messianic prophicies, and the mighty acts by which God Himself, in the person
of Jesus Christ, grants us forgiveness for our sin, and rescues us from the
pain of eternal death."
Holy Week in the Eastern Orthodox Church - A Daily Account of the Solemn Services During Holy Week in the Eastern Orthodox Church, by the Rev. George Mastrantonis, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Great Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday - Great Thursday - Great Friday - The Great and Holy Saturday - By the Rev. Alkiviadis Calivas. In addition to comments on the main themes of Holy Saturday and some general observations, the author provides ruberics for celebrating these most important liturgical services according to Greek usage. |
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| Sermons,
Letters, Services, Music, Etc.
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The
Akathist Hymn to the Most Holy Lady Theotokos
The Akathist Hymn to our Sweetest Lord Jesus Christ The Great Canon of St Andrew of Crete - The text of the Great Canon is here presented in a formatted version, with complete rubrics for use in services. Scriptural references are also provided in parentheses, following the individual troparia. The Great Canon is one of the great works, if not the great work, of the Church's "hymnography of repentance." The Canon brings each of us into the story of Scripture; stirs us with moving imagery to realize the depths of our sin. We begin to see our exile, our distance from Christ; and from that distance, we begin to repent. Lenten Prayers and Services - An explanation from the web site of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Recommended Lenten Reading - A list of books from the web site of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America to help us on the Lenten journey. Lectionary of Lenten Readings for Weekday Services - A formatted collection of Old Testament readings for Great Lent, organized by week. The text from the Septuagint Old Testament. The Life of Our Holy Mother, St Mary of Egypt - By St Sophronius. On Admonition and Repentance - Sermon by St. Ephraim the Syrian. From the NewAdvent Catholic web site. On the Flesh of Christ - By Tertullian. This was written in refutation of certain heretics who denied the reality of Christ's flesh, or at least its identity with human flesh, fearing that, if they admitted the reality of Christ's flesh, they must also admit His resurrection in the flesh and, consequently, the resurrection of the human body after death. From the NewAdvent Catholic web site. On Repentance - By Tertullian. From the NewAdvent Catholic web site. On Repentance That Leads to joy: the Spirituality of St. John Klimakos (Climacus) - By Matthew C. Steenberg. You will need the SPIonic Greek font in order to properly view the Greek passages cited in this document. There is a link just below the title that will pop open a small window so that you can download the font in a Mac or Windows format. The Paschal Homily of Our Father among the Saints John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople - From the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. Sunday of Orthodoxy
Three Fragments from the Homily on the Cross and Passion of Christ - By St. Methodius, Bishop of Olympus in Lycia. Date of birth unknown; died a martyr, probably in 311. From the NewAdvent Catholic web site. TOP |
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| About
Fasting |
Fasting From Iniquities and Foods - By the Rev. George Mastrantonis, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. From a Lenten Siberian Cookbook - This is from the Introduction to Lenten Cuisine, a Russian cookbook compiled by N.G. Gorelova, M.V. Prokhorova, L.M. Khaslavskaya, Novosibirsk, 1993. Lenten Fasting - From the web site of the Orthodox Church in America. On Fasting - By Tertullian. From the NewAdvent Catholic web site. On Fasting - By Bishop Maximos. From the web site of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. St. John Chrysostom on Fasting Reflections on the Issue Fasting in Great Lent - By Father Joseph Allen. From the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
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