Category: Triodion

Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee

Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee

O Creator of all above and below,

as Thou receivest the thrice-holy hymn from the angels,

so also from mankind receive the Triodion.

He who lives like a Pharisee is far from the Church,

for Christ is received within, [...]

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What is the Triodion?

What is the Triodion?

This is the Orthodox liturgical book that contains the variable portions of the Liturgy and other services for a particular period of the Orthodox ecclesiastical calendar. It begins on the fourth Sunday before the Great Lent, the Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee, and ends on Saturday [...]

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Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee: Triodion Begins

Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee: Triodion Begins

The Pharisees were an ancient and outstanding sect among the Jews known for their diligent observance of the outward matters of the Law. Although, according to the word of our Lord, they “did all their works to be seen of men” (Matt. 23:5), and were hypocrites (ibid. 23: 13, 14, [...]

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GREAT AND HOLY SATURDAY

GREAT AND HOLY SATURDAY

Great and Holy Saturday is the day on which Christ reposed in the tomb. The Church calls this day the Blessed Sabbath.

 

The great Moses mystically foreshadowed this day when he said:

God blessed the seventh day.

This is the blessed [...]

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GREAT AND HOLY SATURDAY-COMMENTS ON THE MAIN THEMES

GREAT AND HOLY SATURDAY-COMMENTS ON THE MAIN THEMES

 

On Great Saturday the Church contemplates the mystery of the Lord’s descent into Hades, the place of the dead. Death, our ultimate enemy, is defeated from within. “He (Christ) gave Himself as a ransom to death in which we were held captive, sold under sin. Descending into [...]

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SAINT AMPHILOCHIOUS ON THE BURIAL OF OUR SAVIOR

SAINT AMPHILOCHIOUS ON THE BURIAL OF OUR SAVIOR

Let us commemorate today the solemnity of the burial of our Saviour. He has undone the bonds of death of those who were in hades, filled hades with His splendour, and roused from sleep those lying there; and we on earth rejoice exultant, recalling to mind His Resurrection, and now we fear death no [...]

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THE LORD’S DESCENT INTO HADES

THE LORD’S DESCENT INTO HADES

 

Something strange is happening- – there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness.

The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep.

The earth trembled and is still because God has fallen asleep in the flesh and he has raised up all who have slept ever since [...]

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HOLY SATURDAY MORNING IN HONG KONG

HOLY SATURDAY MORNING IN HONG KONG

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THE SERVICE OF EPITAPHIOS IN HONG KONG

THE SERVICE OF EPITAPHIOS IN HONG KONG

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THE SERVICE OF APOKATHELOSIS IN HONG KONG

THE SERVICE OF APOKATHELOSIS IN HONG KONG

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