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Peter Preble
Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Peter Preble
Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Tag Liturgy
Special Litanies on Mother’s Day
Today is the celebration of Mother’s Day in the United States and although I will not be preaching about Mother’s Day today I will be adding the following petitions to the Great Litany at the start of the Divine…
Great and Holy Thursday
On the evening of this day, which was the eve of the feast of unleavened bread (that is, the Passover), our Redeemer supped with His twelve disciples in the city. He blessed the bread and the wine, and gave us…
Liturgy Returns to Oxford
Oxford’s Keble College played host to a very special ceremony when it welcomed Bishop Jerome of Manhattan, of the Russian Orthodox Church. When His Grace celebrated a Western Orthodox Episcopal Liturgy on Friday, it was the first time the service…
Send Your Holy Spirit on Us
I have mentioned in a previous essay that the Romanian Archdiocese here in America, of which I belong, is working on a new Romanian/English translation of the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. I have been part of this as…
Our Strength is in Our Unity
Liturgy Schedule for Lent
St. Michael Orthodox Church and St. Columba of Iona Orthodox Monastery publishes the list of Divine Services during Great Lent. The schedule is printed below. Monday, Tuesday, Friday6:30 am ~ Midnight Office8:00 am ~ Canonical Hours (1st, 3rd, 6th)5:15 pm…
The Passing of Fr. George Papadeas
Most of you that read these pages will have never heard of the name of Fr. George Papadeas but we all owe him a very large debit of gratitude. Fr. George is the first one, I believe, that translated the…
14 September ~ Elevation of the Holy Cross
Saint Helen, the mother of Saint Constantine the Great, when she was already advanced in years, undertook, in her great piety, the hardships of a journey to Jerusalem in search of the cross, about the year 325. A temple to…
The Churching of Women
Yesterday, I wrote about the Service of the Naming of the Child. I mentioned in that article the service of the Churching of Women. That is the subject of today’s article. As with the Naming Service, this service has fallen…