by Thomas Azer | Mar 1, 2020 | Hidden Treasures, Lent Series
Pearls of the Great Fast “Fasting during certain days is as medicine but not fasting during the forty days is a great sin.” -St. Augustine (Sermon 62) Why do We Observe the Great Fast? As a remembrance of the fast of our Savior that He fasted Imitation and...
by Mina Azer | Feb 24, 2020 | Hidden Treasures, Lent Series
Readings of the Great Lent For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ. (2 Cor. 4:6) History and Structure of the Great Lent In the early...
by Mina Azer | Jan 5, 2020 | Advent Series, Hidden Treasures
A Contemplation on the Long Praxis Response: “Shere Ne…” Hail to Bethlehem, the city of the prophets in which Christ was born, the Second Adam. Background The Praxis Response is sung before the reading of the Book of Acts of our Fathers the Apostles. The word praxis...
by Mina Azer | Dec 30, 2019 | Advent Series, Hidden Treasures
A contemplation on the Hymn “E-Parthenos” Today the Virgin gives birth to the Supreme Essence and the earth offers the manger to the Unapproachable. The angels with the Shepherds glorify, and the wise men with the star journey, for to us is born a new Child, God...
