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The Ascension of the Lord
The Feast of the Ascension of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ.
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The Feast of the Ascension of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ.
On Wednesday of the sixth week of Pascha, we celebrate the Leavetaking of the Feast. While most Feasts have their Leavetaking on the eighth day,
On the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, the Ecumenical Patriarchate every year celebrates the feast of the Synaxis of All our Holy Fathers, Archbishops and Patriarchs of Constantinople as a memorial.
Clean Monday and General Rules for the Lenten Fast.
Catechetical Homily at the Opening of Great Lent 2019
On the same day, the Fourth Sunday of the Fast, we celebrate the memory of our Holy Father John, the author of The Ladder.
The Ladder of Divine Ascent is an ascetical treatise on avoiding vice and practicing virtue so that at the end, salvation can be obtained.
On this day, the Third Sunday of the Great Lent, we celebrate the Veneration of the Honorable and Life-Giving Cross.
In the Orthodox spiritual tradition prayer has a broad, comprehensive and profound meaning.
