We are moving into the sixth season of our Liturgical Cycle; after Pentecost to the Season of Transfiguration. In this period the Church commemorates the crowning of the saints and Martyrs. The essence of the Transfiguration is revealed in its symbols. An unusual gathering” that has deep eschatological meaning, giving Read more
The Pentateuch refers to Aaron’s Rod (Staff) in the Book of Exodus Ch. 7 ff and in Numbers Ch. 17. The rod was probably much like a crude walking stick or a shepherd’s staff or a weapon. In the first instance, the staff of Aaron, also considered as property of Read more
Patriarch Jacob saw a dream, of a ladder fixed on earth, rising high into the heaven, with the angels ascending and descending on it (Gen. 28: 10-17). This dream signified the One Who is the link between, reconciled Heaven and forgiven Earth. Jacob’s ladder which unites heaven and earth, points Read more
As the Lord commanded Moses, he said to Aaron ‘Take a golden pot, put one full omer of manna in it, and lay it up before God to be kept for your generation” (Ex. 16: 33). Our Lord Jesus Christ is the ‘True Manna’ Who descended from heaven and to Read more
The Ark of the Covenant contained the Israel’s most sacred objects and each object prefigured Christ. Mosha chamachora – pedaka drushtanthamMariyame slomo –jeevajalathin munkuriyam….. Peace thee Mary – Ark of mysteries,That Moses did make – Thy symbol as veil divine God commanded Moses on Mount Sinai to make a Sanctuary Read more
BVM bore Christ in her virginal womb as the bush on Mount of Horeb bore God in its flame Mulmarameriyaatheri thyee than naduvil-kandathupolChinmayanamariaamil vasichusareempoondu..…… ‘As the fire enflamed the bush, yet did not it burn, So did God come down and well in the virgin’s womb,He was incarnate of her, losing Read more
Akhila jagalpathiya naayaka, Naayetti goshichangathi bahumanichu Mariaam, valuthaam Padaaythaan… Like a ship did Mary bear, Laud an honour be, Him the Captain and the Lord, God of all the world….. The Ark of Noah is a precursor of the Mother of God that contained Christ and His Church. St. Peter Read more
The Orthodox Church honors and venerates Ever Blessed Virgin Mary as ‘more honourable than the Cherubim and more glorious beyond comparison than the Seraphim……….’ She is placed first among the saints. Her name is commemorated in every service, and her intercession sought before the throne of God, is frequently requested, in hymns Read more
‘Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints’ Ps. 116: 15 Relics include the physical or earthly remains of a saint or of a person who is considered holy, as well as other objects which have been ‘sanctified’ by being touched to his or her Read more
We are approaching the Fast of Fifteen days, that culminates with the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Mother of God), known is the West under the name of the Assumption of St. Mary, (assuming of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary into Heaven by God). This feast is Read more