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April 2022

Bible Study

Nicodemus – Bestower of a Regal and Royal Burial for Jesus

Nicodemus was an honored member of the Sanhedrin, which was the ruling body of the Jews or Jewish supreme council (Jn 7: 50–51). He was a strict Pharisee, (strict disciplinarians, who spend their lives observing scribal laws). He held a high position of trust and a leader of the Jews (Jn. Read more…

By Jacob P Varghese, 1 month2 weeks ago
Bible Study

Today is the Commemoration Day of Salvation for the world…..

Christ is Risen from the dead; Let us all arise with Him’. Yesterday I was buried with Thee, O Christ.Today I arise with Thee in Thy resurrection.Yesterday I was crucified with Thee:Glorify me with Thee, O Savior, in Thy kingdom No more ‘Happy Easter’ please!!! Origins of the name “Easter”: Read more…

By Jacob P Varghese, 1 month1 month ago
Bible Study

The Great, Holy Saturday – The Blessed Sabbath (Sabbatum Sanctum) / Christ Repose in the Tomb and His descent into Hades

The Great, Holy Saturday is the day, between the day of sorrow of the Crucifixion of our Lord and the day of Joy of His glorious Resurrection. On, Great and Holy Saturday, the Orthodox Church commemorate and relive the burial of Christ, His repose in the tomb and His descent Read more…

By Jacob P Varghese, 1 month1 month ago
Bible Study

God’s Friday / Good Friday / Passion Friday

Passion Friday or ‘Friday of Passion‘ as we Orthodox rightly call is the day when our Creator died for His creation. He did die for the good of mankind. Christ, Who arrived as a king triumphant, was crucified like a criminal today.Christ, Who was honored with palm branches, is crowned Read more…

By Jacob P Varghese, 1 month1 month ago
Bible Study

Great, Holy Thursday or Maundy Thursday or Covenant Thursday or Pessaha

There is an array of events that are clustered on this last day before Jesus was arrested that are commemorated in various ways in of worship services. These include the washing of the disciples’ feet by Jesus, the last meal together, which was the Passover meal, the institution of Eucharist Read more…

By Jacob P Varghese, 1 month1 month ago
Commemorations

Pope, Mar Julios (Yulios) Patriarch of Rome – April 12

Mar Julius (Yulios), the bishop of Rome, son of Rustics, was born in Rome or was a native of Rome. Further details of his parents or childhood is not available. Rome was and remains the historic centre of the Western Patriarchate and remains a holy place of Orthodox pilgrimage after Read more…

By Jacob P Varghese, 1 month1 month ago
Lectionary

Great Lent 2022 Bible Readings – Week 7 (Holy Week) I Lord Jesus Christ, Save us! / Apr 10 to Apr 16

Week 7 Hosanna/Palm Sunday – (Boys’ and Girl’s Day) Evening: St. Matthew 21: 1 – 17 Midnight: St. Mark11: 1- 11 Morning: St. Luke 19: 28 – 44 Before Holy Qurbana Genesis 49: 8-15; I Samuel 2:18 -26, 16: 1; Daniel 1: 16 – 20; Micah 4:1 -5 I Kings Read more…

By Jacob P Varghese, 1 month1 month ago
Bible Study

Treading into the Holy Passion Week – The Week that changed the world

We have entered into the Great and Holy Week. After fasting with our Lord for 40 days, followed by the arrival of Lazarus Saturday and the Feast of the Lord Jesus Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem, the intensity in the life of an Orthodox Christian life increases. The preparatory service of Read more…

By Jacob P Varghese, 1 month1 month ago
Fasts and Feasts of our Church

Holy Passion Week – Vaadhe D’ Thalmeeno

Christ is certainly coming into our midst. This is what His entry at Jerusalem signifies. The kingdom is in an important sense inaugurated when Christ entered Jerusalem. But Christ will also come into our own midst unexpectedly, amidst our own lives, and in connection to the hour of our departure Read more…

By Jacob P Varghese, 1 month1 month ago
Bible Study

‘Hosanna to the King of kings’

“And the multitudes that went before, cried saying, Hosanna (save us), Son of David, and the ones that followed, shouted, blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord (Matt. 21: 9). The streets of Jerusalem echoed ‘Hosanna in the highest’.” Jesus Christ, the King of kings, made Read more…

By Jacob P Varghese, 1 month1 month ago

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