Chapter, Paragraph
1 Intro | leaves to the judgment of the great day [The Church is One,
2 1 | Stephen: And on that day a great persecution arose against
3 1,1 | India, where he is held in great veneration as a founder
4 1,4 | Faith. In addition, three great Sees were singled out —
5 1,4 | see the activities of the great Cappadocian Fathers, St.
6 1,4 | Theologian), St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory of Nyssa,
7 1,4 | of Nyssa, as well as the great Alexandrian Father, St.
8 1,4 | Father, St. Athanasius the Great. The First Council of Constantinople
9 1,4 | Tome of Pope St. Leo the Great of Rome, which affirmed
10 1,4 | commemorated on the First Sunday of Great Lent. Thus, with the resolution
11 1,5 | The Great Schism.~In 1054 occurred
12 1,5 | the Christian world — the Great Schism between the Orthodox
13 1,5 | Universal Church.~The second great problem was the Filioque (
14 1,7 | Period.~ ~St. Anthony the Great († 356).~St. Anthony, commemorated
15 1,7 | Alexandria.~ ~St. Athanasius the Great, Patriarch of Alexandria (†
16 1,7 | January 18 and May 2, was a great defender of the Orthodox
17 1,7 | spirituality.~ ~St. Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea
18 1,7 | Scripture. During the Sundays of Great Lent, as well as on his
19 1,7 | Liturgy of St. Basil the Great is served, although probably
20 1,7 | the weekday services of Great Lent.~ ~St. Gregory the
21 1,7 | friend of St. Basil the Great and was a leading opponent
22 1,7 | brother of St. Basil the Great and is commemorated on January
23 1,7 | dogmatic works, including his Great Catechism.~ ~St. John Chrysostom,
24 1,7 | of that of St. Basil the Great, probably only certain prayers
25 1,8 | and the Second Sunday of Great Lent, was a pious Monk of
26 1,8 | Council.~ ~St. Photius the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople (†
27 1,0 | matter, while the Possessors, great supporters of the idea of
28 1,0 | Patriarchate by Tsar Peter I (the Great) in 1721. The Patriarch
29 1,0 | Empress Catherine II (the Great — 1762-96) and their lands
30 1,1 | monasteries, the oldest (Great Lavra) dating to the beginning
31 1,1 | Monks there. This is due, in great part, to the halt of vocations
32 1,2 | In the 18th Century, the great Orthodox Christian missionary
33 1,2 | mainland of Alaska. Despite great difficulties, this Mission
34 1,2 | its work. Notable was the great spiritual and missionary
35 1,3 | before God. Once there was a great tidal wave threatening the
36 1,3 | the Mission because of the great distances involved, Father
37 1,4 | apostle. In recognition of his great apostolic and missionary
38 1,4 | extended to Canada, where great numbers of Orthodox and
39 1,4 | Metropolitan Leonty was a man of great ecclesiastical experience,
40 2,4 | well as Saints Basil the Great and John Chrysostom, for
41 2,4 | on the Holy Table during Great Lent, within which is placed
42 2,4 | placed in the Fix during Great Lent.)~ ~Behind the Holy
43 2,5 | Typical Psalms); and before Great Compline). The Announcement
44 2,5 | following the Liturgy.~During Great Lent on weekdays, the Announcement
45 2,5 | 9th Hours, as well as at Great Compline — three strikes
46 2,5 | 9th Hour, and twelve for Great Compline. During Passion
47 2,5 | and the Third Sunday of Great Lent, as well as at the
48 2,5 | the Holy Cross during the Great Blessing of Waters and after
49 2,5 | church, and also at the Great Doxology of the Matins of
50 2,6 | Service, expressing their great joy and spiritual triumph~
51 3,1 | The Five Cycles.~ ~The Great Cycle of Life.~The life
52 3,1 | There is, first of all, the great cycle of life, which embraces
53 3,1 | there also belongs in this great cycle the Sacraments or
54 3,1 | prayers of the day.~ ~The Great Feasts.~Among the feasts
55 3,1 | importance come the Twelve Great Feasts, which can be divided
56 3,1 | of the Mother of God.~ ~Great Feasts of the Lord:~ ~1.
57 3,1 | Jesus Christ (Aug. 6)~ ~Great Feasts of the Mother of
58 3,1 | consists of a joining of Great Vespers and Matins into
59 3,2 | This is followed by the Great Litany, which is sometimes
60 3,2 | and the evening after a Great Feast, the Great Litany
61 3,2 | after a Great Feast, the Great Litany is followed by a
62 3,2 | and ever...” on Sundays or Great Feasts is called the Dogmatic,
63 3,2 | God Who this day has shown great bounty towards us.~At the
64 3,2 | lessons (preserved only on Great Feasts and the weekdays
65 3,2 | Feasts and the weekdays of Great Lent) at Vespers. There
66 3,2 | are read at this point on Great Feasts contain prophecies
67 3,2 | Testament Epistles are read.]~At Great Vespers (All-Night Vigil)
68 3,2 | of Fervent Supplication (Great Vespers), the prayer, “Grant,
69 3,2 | Verses) on Verses).~At Great Vespers (All-Night Vigil)
70 3,2 | Lord be upon you...” (if Great Vespers). The Vesper Service
71 3,2 | death and repentance. On Great Feasts and Saturday evenings,
72 3,2 | are two types of Compline: Great Compline and its shorter
73 3,2 | shorter form, Small Compline.~Great Compline consists of three
74 3,2 | Prayer of St. Basil the Great. Thus, in this first part
75 3,2 | simply an abridgment of the Great Compline. Besides the usual
76 3,2 | Compline usually replaces Great Compline in parish use and
77 3,2 | the weekdays outside of Great Lent. Thus the Evening Service
78 3,2 | the Light!” Here in the Great Doxology immediately following
79 3,2 | Prayers) are followed by the Great Litany (just as at the beginning
80 3,2 | of the Lord!” [During the Great Lent and on Memorial Saturdays,
81 3,2 | Trinity.~On Sundays, whether a Great Feast or not, the Polieley (
82 3,2 | the Tone of the Week.~On Great Feasts and Sundays, a Gospel
83 3,2 | to have mercy on us. On Great Feasts a special supplication
84 3,2 | only on the Tuesdays of Great Lent.~In the shortened version
85 3,2 | Ikos, if there be one. On Great Feasts, the Song of the
86 3,2 | the Doxology is sung — the Great Doxology; on ordinary days
87 3,2 | good will to men!” The Great Doxology ends with the Trisagion.~
88 3,2 | the All-Night Vigil, the Great Doxology is followed by
89 3,3 | Liturgy of St. Basil the Great, and the Liturgy of the
90 3,3 | Deacon's parts) begins the Great Litany (often called the
91 3,3 | exclamation at the end of the Great Litany, “For unto Thee are
92 3,3 | and major Feast Days. On Great Feast Days, special Antiphons
93 3,3 | 5th Century there was a great earthquake in Constantinople.
94 3,3 | Cross and the 3rd Sunday of Great Lent), the Trisagion is
95 3,4 | Clergy and Faithful, the Great Entrance is made, typifying
96 3,4 | Sacrifice on God's part is His great mercy towards us and is
97 3,4 | some other hymn if it be a Great Feast).~While this is being
98 3,5 | Liturgy of St. Basil the Great.~The Liturgy of St. Basil
99 3,6 | unbefitting the contrition of Great Lent to serve the full Liturgy
100 3,6 | Chrysostom or St. Basil the Great, so that these Liturgies
101 3,6 | Wednesdays and Fridays of Great Lent, as well as on Thursday
102 3,6 | monastery falls on a weekday of Great Lent, or if one of a small
103 3,6 | regular beginning, Psalm 104, Great Litany, Kathisma (usually
104 3,6 | after the mid-point of the Great Lent, a special Litany was
105 3,6 | is upborne, fulfilled.” A Great Entrance is made from the
106 3,6 | Chrysostom or St. Basil the Great.~ ~
107 3,7 | Amen as their assent to the great Eucharist Prayer. St. Augustine
108 3,7 | singers only.~It was Peter the Great in the 18th Century who
109 3,7 | patronage of Catherine the Great, still remains the best
110 3,7 | Century there was already a great interest among Church musicians
111 3,7 | seek to be anchored to the great Tradition.~This great Tradition,
112 3,7 | the great Tradition.~This great Tradition, however, insists
113 3,8 | divided into several books:~ ~Great Euchologion.~This contains
114 3,8 | Bishop.~ ~Book of Hours.~The Great Book of Hours (Greek — Horologion)
115 3,8 | abbreviated form of the Great Book of Hours, called simply
116 3,8 | Saturdays and Sundays during Great Lent (except from Lazarus
117 3,8 | Texts for the services of Great Lent.~ ~Pentecostarion.~
118 3,9 | general usage (except during Great Lent) and only the Theme
119 3,9 | Except for Feasts and during Great Lent, the Scripture Lessons
120 3,9 | Troparion sung at Matins on Great Feasts and Sundays.~ ~
121 3,0 | and prostrations, and with great frequency, we make the Sign
122 3,0 | the moment.~ ~Prostration (Great Metanoia — Great Poklon).~
123 3,0 | Prostration (Great Metanoia — Great Poklon).~Here the worshipper
124 3,1 | spiritual life, in general, great emphasis is placed in the
125 3,1 | According to St. Basil the Great, Adam, the first-created
126 3,1 | fasting as being of especially great importance.~In fasting the
127 3,2 | before the beginning of Great Lent~2. Great Lent and Holy
128 3,2 | beginning of Great Lent~2. Great Lent and Holy Week~ ~Yearly
129 3,3 | canonical fasting periods (Great Lent, the Apostles' Fast,
130 3,3 | or when the feast of a great Saint (or Saints) is celebrated
131 3,3 | the rules of fasting for Great Lent, Wednesdays and Fridays,
132 3,3 | Saturdays and Sundays in Great Lent, with the exception
133 3,3 | because of the Vigil for the Great Canon. Wine is allowed —
134 3,4 | Great Lent and the Paschal Cycle.~
135 3,4 | so to speak — the 40-day Great Lent.~The Forty Days of
136 3,4 | Lent.~The Forty Days of Great Lent commemorates Israel'
137 3,4 | Mt. Horeb (1 Kings 19:8). Great Lent also recalls the forty
138 3,4 | the Temptor.~The time of Great Lent encompasses forty days,
139 3,4 | weeks of preparation for the Great Lent itself — the Sundays
140 3,5 | Pascha.~The time of the Great Lent is dependent on the
141 3,5 | reasons that there is often a great variance from one year to
142 3,6 | weeks before the start of Great Lent) is the Sunday of the
143 3,6 | Preparation (two weeks before Great Lent) is the Sunday of the
144 3,6 | the upcoming rigors of the Great Fast. The theme of this
145 3,6 | The last Sunday before the Great Lent, Cheesefare Sunday,
146 3,6 | after the singing of the Great Prokeimenon, the liturgical
147 3,6 | Lenten melodies used.~ ~Great Lent.~On the Monday following
148 3,6 | formally begin the 40-day Great Lent and, of course, one
149 3,6 | served on the weekdays of Great Lent (with the exception
150 3,6 | the penitential Service of Great Compline is sung, at which,
151 3,6 | Thursday of the Fifth Week) the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete
152 3,6 | throughout the weekdays of Great Lent and the first half
153 3,6 | All of the Sundays of Great Lent (with the exception
154 3,6 | Liturgy of St. Basil the Great. This Liturgy is especially
155 3,6 | prayers.~ ~First Sunday of Great Lent — Sunday of Orthodoxy.~
156 3,6 | Orthodoxy.~The First Sunday of Great Lent is dedicated to the
157 3,6 | Centuries.~ ~Second Sunday of Great Lent — St. Gregory Palamas.~
158 3,6 | Palamas.~The Second Sunday of Great Lent is dedicated to St.
159 3,6 | Matins.~ ~Third Sunday of Great Lent — Veneration of the
160 3,6 | Cross.~The Third Sunday of Great Lent is dedicated to the
161 3,6 | The Fourth Sunday of Great Lent — St. John Climacus.~
162 3,6 | Church to be read during Great Lent. In the course of this
163 3,6 | week (the Fifth Week of Great Lent) the Great Canon of
164 3,6 | Week of Great Lent) the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete
165 3,6 | danger.~ ~The Fifth Sunday of Great Lent — St. Mary of Egypt.~
166 3,6 | Egypt.~The Fifth Sunday of Great Lent is dedicated to St.
167 3,6 | Sixth — marks the end of Great Lent and the beginning of
168 3,8 | the eleventh hour, to the great Paschal Banquet. Matins
169 3,8 | had abstained during the Great Lent. A special item among
170 3,9 | characterized by the singing of the Great Prokeimenon. All of the
171 3,9 | Holy of Holies that our Great High Priest, Jesus Christ,
172 4,1 | The Twelve Great Feasts.~ ~ The Nativity
173 4,1 | Theotokos (Sept. 8)~The first Great Feast to fall in the Church
174 4,1 | Once, during the time of a great Feast, the offering which
175 4,1 | approaching time when the great and comforting promise of
176 4,2 | glory.~When Constantine the Great, Equal-to-the-Apostles (
177 4,2 | left for Jerusalem with a great quantity of gold, and the
178 4,2 | immediately came to life. With great joy, the Orthodox Queen
179 4,4 | Church proclaims at the Great Compline during the All-Night
180 4,4 | rejoiced exceedingly with great joy; and going into the
181 4,4 | bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all
182 4,7 | external aspect of this great event in the Gospel narrative
183 4,7 | tribe of Asher; she was of a great age, having lived with her
184 4,8 | His name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the
185 4,1 | Great Feasts of the Paschal Cycle.
186 4,1 | the people following the Great Miracle-Worker who had raised
187 4,1 | believed in Him rejoiced with a great joy, for they believed that
188 4,1 | Jerusalem Jesus was met by a great multitude of people, rejoicing
189 4,1 | had been astounded by this great miracle, cried in joyous
190 4,2 | was also expressed by the great Preacher of Christ's teaching,
191 4,2 | we now have in Heaven a great Mediator and Advocate for
192 4,2 | we must be worthy of the great mercies of God, capable
193 4,3 | day of the Lord comes, the great and manifest day. And it
194 4,4 | And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel
195 4,4 | day of redemption by the great revelation of God's truth
196 4,4 | is the completion of the Great Work for the redemption
197 4,4 | glorious Resurrection, the great and wonderful manifestation
198 4,4 | the Lord, and the Twelve Great Feasts, there are several
199 4,8 | that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced
200 4,8 | that John later became a great Prophet and was privileged
201 4,0 | Kingdom of God. Even so great a prophet as John had not
202 4,0 | such as would come from a great prophet.~The Holy Evangelist
203 4,0 | these are:~ ~St. Anthony the Great, Father of Monasticism (
204 4,0 | Holy Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian
205 4,0 | Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Great Prince Vladimir (July 15).~
206 5 | Monasticism, was St. Anthony the Great († 356). Yet, even in the
207 5 | supervision, guided by his great experience in spiritual
208 5 | father, St. Pachomius the Great (†348). In his coenobitic
209 5 | communal monastic life. Even as great an ascetic as Saint Seraphim
210 5 | called, in such cases, the Great Abbot) a deputy will be
211 5,1 | Stavrophore), and 3) Monk of the Great Schema (Russian — Skhimnik).
212 5,1 | of the Angelic Habit (or Great Schema). Thus we can say
213 5,1 | perfection — is the taking of the Great Schema. Since ancient times
214 5,1 | Monks have spoken of the Great Schema as the culmination
215 5,1 | preparatory step to the Great Schema. The Common Life (
216 5,1 | the life of a Monk of the Great Schema) within a Monastery
217 5,1 | Catechumen in the Order of the Great Schema (with parallels in
218 5,1 | Profession by St. Basil the Great.~Then, in order to test
219 5,2 | conclusion of this, the Great Litany is recited by the
220 5,2 | Monastery.~ ~Order of the Great Schema.~As noted earlier,
221 5,2 | Monk is the Order of the Great Schema (or Angelic Habit).
222 5,2 | adhered to.~The Order of the Great Schema differs from that
223 5,2 | Paraman, the Monk of the Great Schema receives a garment
224 5,2 | with veil, the Monk of the Great Schema is given a pointed
225 6,4 | mankind was accomplished the great mystery of godliness (1
226 6,6 | the salvation of man.~The great assembly of Saints in the
227 6,7 | And, as St. Athanasius the Great says, “He who takes anything
228 6,7 | the person praying with great spiritual consolations:
229 6,0 | lawyer, Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law (
230 6,0 | all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And
231 6,0 | better for him to have a great millstone fastened round
232 6,0 | and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of
233 6,0 | prosperity of another: There is great gain in godliness with contentment;
234 6,2 | heavenly like a mirror.”~Great is the strength of pure
235 6,2 | difficult to attain as it is great, for it demands much effort
236 6,2 | for appearance and beauty; great is he who is dispassionate”;
237 6,2 | Only-Begotten Son of God, is the great Peacemaker — The Prince
238 6,2 | be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in Heaven.~ ~
239 6,2 | the Lord gives us joy, how great must be the joy that awaits
240 7 | according to St. Basil the Great (f379), “what the word transmits
241 7,1 | this time report of the great miracles performed by the
242 7,1 | logo to Him because of the great throng of people listening
243 7,1 | Capital of the Orthodox. With great honor the Image of the Savior
244 7,2 | were always regarded with great love and honor. Many of
245 7,2 | gathered before the walls of Great Novgorod, intending to capture
246 7,2 | Mongol army (led by the great invader Batu). Later receiving
247 7,2 | Most-Holy Theotokos. Later, with great fervor, Grand Prince Vasily (
248 7,2 | was the Mother of God, the great Protectress of Christians.
249 7,2 | Icon in his hands. With great rejoicing and ceremony the
250 7,2 | its honor testify to the great love and veneration in which
251 7,2 | spot where the pearl of great price — the Mother of God'
252 7,2 | this miraculous Work.~With great honor the Icon was brought
253 8,1 | after which follows:~1. The Great Litany and~2. The Sanctification
254 8,3 | Liturgy of St. Basil the Great — celebrated on the Sundays
255 8,3 | celebrated on the Sundays of Great Lent and certain Feast Days.~
256 8,3 | celebrated on Weekdays of Great Lent and Holy Week. (At
257 8,3 | Liturgy of St. Basil the Great when, after the blessing
258 8,3 | In the prayer before the Great Entrance, the Priest prays: “
259 8,4 | Lament for Sin.~St. Basil the Great says, “Weep over your sin:
260 8,4 | unconscious, covert and overt, great and little, committed by
261 8,4 | nakedness each one of my sins, great and small, voluntary and
262 8,7 | On the Eves of the Twelve Great Feasts, patronal feasts
263 8,7 | or monastery, and other great feasts. In all of the Fasts (
264 8,7 | feasts. In all of the Fasts (Great Lent, Apostles' Fast, Dormition
265 9,1 | Sign of the Cross. Here a great deal of self-exertion and
266 9,2 | rule of prayer. All the great ascetics had such a rule
267 9,2 | such prayer, done with such great effort, is especially pleasing
268 9,3 | can pray in thought with great zeal, and while sitting
269 9,3 | can call upon God with a great cry (I mean an internal
270 9,4 | with them your prayer is great: you pray in unanimity,
271 9,6 | before the start of the Great Fast. On the following day,
272 9,6 | and Fourth Saturdays of Great Lent.~Since the usual Divine
273 9,6 | celebrated on the weekdays of Great Lent, but rather the Liturgy
274 9,6 | originally initiated by Great Prince Dimitry Donskoy on
275 9,6 | 1380. In remembrance of his great victory over the Tatars
276 9,7 | Prayer is found to be a great source of joy and reassurance.~ ~
277 9,8 | depth. As St. Basil the Great wrote, “the Book of Psalms
278 9,8 | explained by their authors' great experience of prayer. The
279 9,8 | soul,” writes St. Basil the Great, “the giver of peace, for
280 10,1 | Gibeonites (Ch. 9). This led to a great battle with the chieftains
281 10,1 | Chr. 10-29) — David as a great Monarch and the Founder
282 10,1 | secular appearance, lies some great religious truths. In the
283 10,1 | especially evident during the Great Lent when it is read every
284 10,1 | three days in the belly of a great fish comprise one of the
285 10,2 | Uriel concerning some of the great mysteries of the moral world.~ ~
286 10,2 | 50:24) — a eulogy of the great men of Israel's past. This
287 10,2 | penitential prayer (read at the Great Compline Service) is purported
288 10,2 | conquests of Alexander the Great, the division of the Empire
289 10,3 | power and kingdom.~ ~The Great Commandment~(Matt. 22:37-
290 10,3 | all your mind. This is the great and first, commandment And
291 10,3 | inspired by Chapter 11, the great Chapter of Faith.~ ~James.~
292 10,5 | Matthew 5:1-12~The Great Commandments ....................
293 10,5 | Luke 18:10-14~The Great Commission.......................
294 10,6 | Great Prayers of the Bible.~Prayers
295 10,7 | Sundays Preparatory to Great Lent.~33rd Sunday after
296 10,7 | 11-14:4 Matt. 6:14-21~ ~Great Lent.~1st Sunday of Great
297 10,7 | Great Lent.~1st Sunday of Great Lent Heb. 11:24-26, John
298 10,7 | Orthodoxy 32-12:2~2nd Sunday of Great Lent Heb. 1:10-23 Mark 2:
299 10,7 | John 10:9-16~3rd Sunday of Great Lent Heb. 4:14-5:6 Mark
300 10,7 | the Cross~4th Sunday of Great Lent Heb. 6:13-20 Mark 9:
301 10,7 | 11:27-28~5th Sunday of Great Lent Heb. 9:11-14 Mark 10:
302 10,7 | Readings For the Twelve Great Feasts*~Feast Epistle Gospel~
303 10,7 | Holy Pascha and the Movable Great Feasts (Palm Sunday, Ascension
304 11,1 | Tradition, St. Anthony the Great (f 356) wore the T-Cross
305 11,1 | back to very early times in Great Britain and Ireland. It
306 11,1 | out of the north, and a great cloud, with brightness round
307 11,2 | Church has been likened to a great ship bearing men through
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