The life of the saints is the life of Christ himself, continuing throughout the ages. We are united to them on the basis of the human nature that Christ reformed through his incarnation, death and resurrection. In the divine liturgy, and especially the Eucharist, we participate in the life of Christ and its events and in the life of the saints, because we are all one body, Christ, the saints and ourselves, and we are all “one in Christ Jesus.”
Introduction The divine service, by which we mean the group of rituals, prayers, and liturgical services, constitutes the framework of liturgical life. Its goal is to carry it to and from us
Introduction: Preaching Elements in the Prayers of the Early Church Perhaps many of the first prayers, and in thanksgiving itself, were sermons, and carried
His life Saint Basil was born in Caesarea, Cappadocia[1] in the year 330 AD. From a prominent aristocratic family. His paternal grandfather was called Basilius. He left everything
1. The Lord our God is one Lord. The Lord, your God, is one Lord (Deuteronomy 6:4), and He is known as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Father is different
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As is clear from the name, this liturgy is the service of eating the holy things that have been sanctified and consecrated in a previous liturgy. It is the service
Adventists falsely and Judaizingly accuse Christians of violating the law by neglecting the “Sabbath” obligation as it was defined in ancient times (Exodus 20:8-11), because it is “the Sabbath,” as
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