Holy Week at Lauds – Tell how, when at length the fullness Of the appointed time was come, He, the Word, was born of woman, Left for […]
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Posts archive for 2018
Vespers in Holy Week
Holy Week at Vespers – 1. The royal banners forward go; The cross shines forth in mystic glow Where he, by whom our flesh was made, In […]
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Lauds in Holy Week
Holy Week at Lauds – Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle; Sing the ending of the fray. Now above the cross, the trophy, Sound the loud triumphant […]
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Lauds on Palm Sunday
Lauds on Palm Sunday and in Holy Week – Short Lesson – Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was […]
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The Annunciation of Our Lord (transferred)
March 24 (transferred from March 25) – The Annunciation of Our Lord to the Virgin Mary – No one can say anything greater of her or to […]
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Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop of & Missionary to Aremnia
March 23 – Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop of and Missionary to Armenia – The apostle, national saint, and patron of Armenia, he refused to take part in […]
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Vespers in Lent
Lent at Vespers – Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes. ~Magnificat antiphon on weekdays until Palm Sunday
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Birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach
March 21, 1685 – Birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach, Lutheran church musician and composer, sometimes called the “Fifth Evangelist.” In 1929 the Swedish bishop Nathan Söderblom called […]
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The Passing of Saint Benedict
March 21 – The Passing of St. Benedict – He died at Monte Cassino, Italy, while standing in prayer to God. According to tradition, this occurred on […]
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Vespers in Lent
Lent at Vespers – Give us the discipline that springs from abstinence in outward things with inward fasting, so that we in heart and soul may dwell […]
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