At our church St. John The Evangelist, remembrance of the dead will be Sunday, April 23rd, after St. Mass. Memorial Easter What is Memorial Easter? Memorial Easter is the most significant of all the days that mention death communal and are given alms. It’s the only day that commemorates all the dead at the cemetery. …
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Feast of the Resurrection inaugurates Pentecostarion period. With the Resurrection of Christ during the kingdom of God opens for hymns and prayers evoked by the Church. God’s kingdom is the kingdom of the Holy Trinity. The period from Easter to Pentecost, is a revelation of the Trinity upward, constantly highlighting the Trinity, the fundamental doctrine …
Continue reading The time of ”Blooming Triodion”Christ is risen! The most beautiful and uplifting feast is the day of Resurrection. This is the day the purest joys of the sweet caresses, the largest wonders on the deepest mysteries. It is “the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” Christ is alive! … Christ lives! …
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Continue reading (Română) Semnificația fiecărei zile din Săptămâna PatimilorVigils are starting on Palm Sunday night until Good Friday, when singing the Lamentations of the Lord. The word “denia” comes from slavic “vdenie” and mean nocturnal vigil or service. In Transylvania, we meet the word “straste”. This term has the meaning of “passion”. The phrase “go in strasti” means “go to denia”. Vigils are …
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Continue reading (Română) Intrarea în Ierusalim, drum spre ÎnviereÎn Postul Mare, în zilele de rând se posteşte post aspru, însă sâmbăta şi duminica postul primeşte ceva din lumina Învierii, veşmintele nu mai sunt întunecate, ci strălucitoare. Postul alimentar continuă, dar primeşte mângâierea Liturghiei, adică a Împărtăşirii cu Trupul şi Sângele lui Hristos. Această realitate deschide o lume a luminii şi bucuriei prin care …
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