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Tomorrow is the Saturday of Lazarus. ![]()
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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. ![]()
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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. In triumph and joy the Church bears witness to the power of Christ over death and exalts Him as King before entering the most solemn week of the year. The week that leads the faithful in remembrance of His suffering and death and concludes with the great and glorious Feast of Pascha.![]()
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Wishing you and your family a blessed Holy Week ahead ✝️🌿🙏🏼❤️
Join us to witness the beautiful Baptismal Service of our most recent Catechumens on Holy Saturday - May 4, 2024 at 9:00am and then stay for the Vesperal Divine Liturgy starting at 10:00am ❤️🙏🏼✝️
Wow, what a great turnout! God bless HOPE HOPE - Helping.Others : Prophet.Elias and its volunteers/supporters for all they do to help those in need. Kalo Pascha everyone!
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Due to a clergy meeting for all priests in Toronto, Great Compline is canceled for tomorrow night, Monday April 22. Thank you!
Today, on the 5th Sunday Of Great Lent, we commemorate St. Mary of Egypt.![]()
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St. Mary, who grew up in Alexandria in the sixth century, is a beautiful example of God’s love and and capacity for forgiveness, and the power of repentance. ![]()
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St. Mary, once a sinful non-believer, is regarded as a symbol of steadfastness after fasting in the desert for 47 years! ![]()
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Following 47 years in solitude, she met the priest St. Zosima in the desert, who pleaded with her to tell him of her life. She recounted her story with great humility while also demonstrating her gift of clairvoyance; she knew who Zosima was and his life story despite never having met him before. Finally, she asked Zosima to meet her again the following year at sunset on Holy Thursday by the banks of the Jordan.![]()
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Zosima did exactly this, though he began to doubt his experience as the sun began to set that night. Then Mary appeared on the opposite side of the Jordan; crossing herself, she miraculously walked across the water and met Zosima. When he attempted to bow, she rebuked him, saying that as a priest he was far superior, and furthermore, he was holding the Holy Mysteries. Mary then received communion and walked back across the Jordan after giving Zosima instructions about his monastery and that he should return to where they first met exactly a year later. When he did so, he found Mary’s body with a message written on the sand asking him for burial and revealing that she had died immediately after receiving the Holy Mysteries the year before (and thus had been miraculously transported to the spot where she now lay). So Zosima, amazed, began to dig, but soon tired; then a lion approached and began to help him, that is, after Zosima had recovered from his fear of the creature. Thus St. Mary of Egypt was buried. ![]()
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Swipe to see the Kontakion of the Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt: (third tone)