Showing posts with label Sts. Joachim and Anna. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sts. Joachim and Anna. Show all posts
Thursday, September 9, 2021

Elder Symeon Kragiopoulos on the Nativity of the Theotokos: "The heavier the burdens we’ve got to lift in this world, the greater God’s blessing will be..."

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The Nativity of the Theotokos ( source )     The heavier the burdens we’ve got to lift in this world, the greater God’s blessing will be, a...
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Tuesday, September 8, 2020

"Today has come the beginning of our salvation, O people..."

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The Nativity of the Theotokos ( source )    Today has come the beginning of our salvation, O people, for behold, she who was chosen be...
Monday, September 7, 2020

Homily on the Nativity of the Theotokos by Metropolitan Avgoustinos Kantiotes

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The Nativity of the Theotokos ( source )   Homily on the Nativity of the Theotokos by Metropolitan Avgoustinos Kantiotes There was on...
Tuesday, July 21, 2020

"Rejoice, O noetic swallow, that heralds the springtime of grace for us..."

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Sts. Joachim and Anna, together with their daughter, the Most-Holy Theotokos ( source )    Rejoice, O noetic swallow, that heralds the ...
Thursday, November 21, 2019

The Entrance of the Theotokos: The Monastic Feast of Panagia

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The Entrance of the Theotokos to the Temple, fresco by Manuel Panselinos, Protaton, Mount Athos ( source )    The Entrance of the Theo...
Friday, September 6, 2019

"Today is the prelude of universal joy..."

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The Nativity of the Theotokos ( source )    Today is the prelude of universal joy. Today blows the breeze foretelling salvation, for t...
Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Akathist to Sts. Joachim and Anna the Ancestors of God

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Sts. Joachim and Anna with their daughter, the Most-holy Theotokos ( source )     Note: A wonderful edition of this beautiful Akathist...
Wednesday, July 25, 2018

"Anna surpasses every word of praise..."

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St. Anna holding the Most-holy Theotokos, the Myrrh-streaming icon treasured at St. Tikhon's Monastery in PA  ( source )    Anna su...
Friday, September 8, 2017

"He Who seals the abyss, and opens it again..."

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The Nativity of the Theotokos ( source )    He Who seals the abyss, and opens it again, Who takes up water into the clouds, and makes ...
Friday, December 9, 2016

The Conception of St. Anna: "O divine announcement!"

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Sts. Joachim and Anna embracing the Most-holy Theotokos ( source )    "O divine announcement! O strange telling! If I conceive ...
Monday, September 7, 2015

"Today the gates of the barren are opened..."

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The Most-holy Theotokos as an infant, being embraced by her parents, Sts. Joachim and Anna ( source )    Today the gates of the barren...
Friday, July 24, 2015

"As we observe this memorial of Christ's ancestors…"

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Sts. Joachim and Anna, with the Most-Holy Theotokos ( source )     As we observe this memorial of Christ's ancestors, * ...
Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Excerpt from an Encomium on the Ancestors of God, Sts. Joachim and Anna

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The Most-Holy Theotokos as a newborn, being embraced by her parents, Sts. Joachim and Anna ( source )   Excerpt from an Encomium on the...
Saturday, September 7, 2013

Homily on the Nativity of the Theotokos, by St. Andrew of Crete

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The nativity of the Theotokos ( source )   Homily on the Nativity of the Theotokos, by St. Andrew of Crete The present feastday is ...
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Saturday, April 13, 2013

The Vigil Lamp of the Skete of St. Anna, Mount Athos

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The icon of St. Anna and the Theotokos, the Skete of St. Anna, Mount Athos ( source )   The Vigil Lamp of the Skete of St. Anna, Mount...