In all Eastern Orthodox Churches, this troparion or prayer is spoken or sung frequently in worship: “O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance. Grant victories to the Orthodox Christians over their adversaries; and by virtue of Thy Cross, preserve Thy habitation.” This ancient prayer was, one might say, a “national anthem” that was...
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March 1, 2003June 22, 2022Vital Signs
Heavenly Windows
Recently, I read some words that were spoken by Saint Macarius, a fourth-century monk who expresses so powerfully what God in Jesus Christ came and continues to come to do among us: When man falls under the power of the darkness of the devil’s night, he is troubled and distressed by the dreadful wound of...