By Fr. Patrick Reardon In the Christian East, the Baptism of our Lord is honored in the Church’s annual celebration of Theophany (commonly called Epiphany in the West) on January 6. This feast is celebrated, moreover, as the manifestation of God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This emphasis is clear in the troparion of […]
The Feast of the Entrance
Click here for the text of Vespers, Orthros, and the Divine Liturgy variables. Click here for the Typica service. (When reading Typica instead of attending Liturgy, you will need both the Typica and Divine Liturgy texts.) Reading According to the tradition of the Church, the Theotokos was brought to the Temple at three years of […]