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The Sunday of Orthodoxy at Bigorski

"This is the faith of the Apostles, this is the faith of the Fathers, this is the faith of the Orthodox, this faith has established the universe." (Excerpt from the Synodikon of Orthodoxy) Orthodoxy, or true faith, is essential for the life of a Christian, for without it, there is a great danger of falling…

The First Akathist to the Heavenly Queen Mother

Rejoice, for thou art the throne of the King. Rejoice, for thou bearest the Bearer of all. Rejoice, thou star, announcing the sun. Rejoice, womb, of the divine incarnation. Rejoice, O Bride Unwedded! The time of the Great Lenten prayer, which these days like penitential sighs was torn from the soul, we crown with the…

First Friday of Lent – Clean Friday

Like a vine hanging on the cross, O Savior, You have watered the ends of the universe with the wine of immortality, Christ. Therefore, I cry out to You: Me, who am heavily darkened by the drunkenness of sins, after You have filled me with the sweetness of true humility, strengthen me to abstain from…

First Thursday of Lent – Clean Thursday

Lord, wishing to save me, an unworthy one, with Your immeasurable mercy, I, a sinner, have taken up repentance. Therefore, I come to You, praying: with fasting, bend my soul towards You, for I have fled to You, the only one who is most merciful. (Verse from the hymn of the Matins service) With the…

Clean Wednesday – A Time of Spiritual Stillness (Trimeron)

We have already deeply embarked on a forty-day journey towards the Great and Passionate Week and towards the Glorious Resurrection. Mystically, we travel as the Israelite people, delivered from Babylonian captivity, journeyed through the desert towards the promised land; we ascend in spirit as the Old Testament righteous, the great Moses, climbed Mount Sinai to…

First Tuesday of Lent – Clean Tuesday

As pilgrims on earth, like all our fathers, let us guard the fleeting time of our blameless life, O our Savior, and have mercy on us, as the Lover of mankind. Here we are already taking the second step into the life-giving wilderness of Lent, and as we delve deeper into its elevated spaces, we…