On the Saturday before Holy Week, the Orthodox Church commemorates a major feast of the year, the miracle of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ when he raised Lazarus from the dead after he had lain in the grave four days. Here, at the end of Great Lent and the forty days of fasting and
penitence, the Church combines this celebration with that of Palm Sunday.
Monthly Archives: April 2020
Saturday of the Holy and Righteous Friend of Christ, Lazarus
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Service of Akathist Hymn to The Theotokos in English
Fifth Salutations to the Theotokos, 3/04/2020
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Service of Akathist Hymn to The Theotokos in Greek
Fifth Salutations to the Theotokos, 3/04/2020
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Sunday of St John Climacus
Our Holy Father John Climacus (of the Ladder)
Commemorated on the 4th Sunday of Lent, 29 March 2020
After the death of his spiritual father, John took himself off to a cave, where he lived for twenty years in strict asceticism. His disciple, Moses, fell asleep one day in the cool shade of a huge rock. John was at prayer in his cell, and, perceiving that his disciple was in danger, began to pray for him. Moses came up to him later, fell to his knees and began to thank him for saving him from certain death. And he related how he had heard John calling him in his sleep and had jumped up at the very moment that a rock fell. Had he not Jumped out of the way, the rock would certainly have killed him.
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St Vasilios Greek Orthodox Church 