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Holy Thursday
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On Holy Thursday, April 19, 2021, in the temple of Transfiguration of the Lord, Archbishop Alexander in concelebration with Bishop Nicholas celebrated the evening prayer, reading 12 Passion Gospels, which tell about sufferings of Christ...
Palm Sunday
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On Palm Sunday, April 25, 2021, in the temple of Transfiguration of the Lord, the festive Divine Liturgy was celebrated by Archbishop Alexander in concelebration with Bishop Nicholas in honor of the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on the eve of severe sufferings and crucifixion on the cross two thousand years ago....
The Orthodox Feast “The Annunciation to Our Lady”
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The Christian feast of the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated April 7 (March 25 in old calendar), is one of the twelve Great Feasts of the church year. It was set up in the honor of the announcement by the archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive and become the mother of Jesus, the Son of God, who would become the salvation for the lost humanity...
The Orthodox Feast “The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple”
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The Feast "Presentation of the Lord at the Temple" in the time of Emperor Justinian spread from Jerusalem to the whole East. Celebrated it on the forty day after the Birth of Jesus. The name of the feast came from the fact of meeting of God’s Son, Holy Virgin with religious Simeon. In the spiritual sense, this meeting is a symbol of the meeting of the Old and New Testaments...
Eve of the Theophany
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On January 18, 2021, on the Eve of the Theophany (Eve of Baptism) Archbishop Alexander in concelebration with Bishop Nicholas ministered the festive prayer service and accomplished the first Great Rite of Water Consecration in the Transfiguration of the Lord Temple.
Christmas
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In the morning of January 7, 2021, in the Temple of Transfiguration of the Lord, Bishop Nicholas celebrated the solemn Divine Liturgy in honor of the Nativity of the Lord.
Christmas Eve
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On Christmas Eve, January 6, 2021, in the Transfiguration of the Lord Temple, Bishop Nicholas made the solemn thanksgiving service, during which five loaves, wine, oil, wheat, kutia (sweet grain pudding, Ukrainian traditional Christmas dish), fish and other gifts of God were blessed to celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ...