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O ye incorporeal angels who stand before the throne of God, luminous with the brilliance thereof and everlastingly shining with radiance. As secondary luminaries, entreat Christ, that He grant unto our souls peace and great mercy. O immortal messengers of the truly incorruptible Life, ye most blessed ones who received life from the first Life, ye have become holy beholders of the eternal Wisdom, full of light, and reflecting lamps shown forth as is meet. O ye archangels and angels, principalities, thrones, dominions, six-winged seraphim, and divine, many-eyed cherubim, instruments of wisdom, virtues and powers most divine. Pray ye to Christ, that He grant our souls peace and great mercy. Archives:
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HOLY RESURRECTION BYZANTINE CATHOLIC MISSION
Slava Isusu Chrisu! Slava Na Viky!
Divine Liturgy begins at 4 p.m. Every Sunday
Every Third Sunday of the Month is Food Sunday
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
Divine Liturgy Intention:
Our Offerings
The Archbishop Is Coming!
Wei will be blessed to have His Eminence Metropolitan Basil with us on Sunday, August 22.The Archbishop Is Coming! Metropolitan Basil will celebrate the Divine Liturgy with us at 4 p.m. and join us for a feast afterward. Be sure to attend!
The Dormition of the Theotokos
* Festal Hymns
In giving birth, you preserved your virginity! In falling asleep, you did not forsake the world, O Theotokos! You were
translated to life, O Mother of Life, and by your prayers you deliver our souls from death!
—Troparion Tone 1
Neither the tomb nor death could hold the Theotokos, who is constant in prayer and is our firm hope through her intercessions.
For being the Mother of Life, she was translated to life by the One who dwelt in her virginal womb!
—Kontakion Tone Two
O Pure Virgin, you have won victory over the world by bringing forth God; yet like your Son and Creator, you have submitted to
the laws of nature in a manner above nature. Therefore, in falling asleep, you have risen to live eternally with your Son.
—Matins
* From Church Tradition
Following the day of Pentecost, the Theotokos remained in the city of Jerusalem and comforted the infant Christian community.
At the time of her death — tradition states she was in her early 50s — many of the apostles were scattered,
preaching the Gospel throughout the world. However, they all returned to Jerusalem upon learning of her death. All except
St. Thomas arrived in time for the burial. When the other apostles showed him the tomb in Gethsemane where she had been
buried near her parents, they found the tomb empty. Church Tradition relates that she was bodily resurrected and taken to
heaven, the same reward that awaits all the righteous on the Last Day.
As with the Nativity of the Virgin and the feast of her Entrance to the Temple, there are no biblical or historical sources
for this feast. The Tradition of the Church is that Mary died as all people die, not “voluntarily” as her Son, but
by the necessity of her mortal human nature, which is indivisibly bound up with the corruption of this world.
The Church proclaims that Mary truly needed to be saved by Christ as all human persons are saved from the trials, sufferings,
and death of this world; and that having truly died, she was raised by her Son as the Mother of Life and participates already
in the eternal life of paradise which is prepared and promised to all who “hear the word of God and keep it”
(Luke 11:27-28). Finally, we celebrate the fact that what happens to Mary happens to all who imitate her holy life of
humility, obedience, and love.
—Father Thomas Hopko, The Orthodox Faith, Vol. II
Pastoral Ponderings: Two Celebrations in One
Although today, Aug. 15, is our actual date, we will celebrate the fifth anniversary of our mission next Sunday,
Aug. 22. Metropolitan Archbishop Basil and Bishop Kurtz from Knoxville will both be present, and a catered dinner will
follow Divine Liturgy. Since Holy Family and Holy Resurrection share a common faith and are served by the same pastor as well
as the same church structure, I have expressly invited all the Holy Family parishioners to share in the Divine Liturgy and the
dinner afterward.
As we have noted before, Holy Family is unique among the Catholic parishes in the United States in serving both the Eastern
and Western branches of Catholicism. The past five years have witnessed a beautiful exchange of fellowship between these two
“lungs” of the church, and both communities have enriched each other. So take the opportunity to celebrate next
Sunday, to meet with Archbishop Schott and Bishop Kurtz, and to acknowledge the unity in our diversity.
— Father O’Connell
Ps As always, please make an effort to invite friends, family, coworkers, and anyone you know who’s been away from our mission or the Church for some time. With both bishops in attendance and a catered meal to follow, next Sunday’s celebration should be a truly memorable, happy — and holy — event. Last updated: 21-Aug-2004 |
