Chapter, Paragraph
1 2,1 | sobór), because, on solemn feast days, not only the church’
2 2,11| different names — such as the “feast bell,” the “Sunday bell,”
3 4,5 | movements of the Paschal Feast.~ ~
4 4,6 | The Paschal Feast.~— as being the day of the
5 4,6 | Resurrection of Our Lord, is the feast of feasts. Besides this
6 4,6 | of feasts. Besides this feast there are twelve more, some
7 4,6 | the hymns belonging to the feast are sung at all services.
8 4,6 | part in the event which the feast commemorates. Thus the day
9 5,6 | explaining the meaning of the feast, or praising the Saint in
10 5,6 | Saint in whose honor the feast is instituted. Paremia are
11 6,2 | added the troparion for the feast, as a reminder of the mercies
12 6,6 | church before the icon of the feast. The Gospel lesson is adapted
13 6,6 | paid to the icon of the feast which is laid on a lectern
14 6,7 | except in the great Twelve Feast days, when various other
15 6,9 | thy servants dedicate a feast of victory and of thanksgiving
16 7,1 | indicating the nature of the feast.~ ~The Entry with the Gospel.~
17 7,1 | kontakion for the day or feast, in which are pictured the
18 7,1 | to bless thee.” On great feast days, the choir sings in
19 8,1 | Christ.~ Troparion of the Feast. — “Thy nativity, O Theotokos
20 8,1 | Exaltation of the Cross.~ The feast of the Exaltation of the
21 8,1 | Greek Emperor Heraclius. The feast is named the Exaltation,
22 8,1 | that, on the vigil of the feast, after Vespers, the Cross
23 8,1 | The celebration of this feast is accompanied by strict
24 8,1 | Christ.~ Troparion of the feast. — “Today is the prelude
25 8,1 | flesh.~ The vigil of this feast is observed by keeping a
26 8,1 | and the kontakion of the feast. This ceremony is afterwards
27 8,1 | Matins. — On the day of the feast itself, after the Liturgy,
28 8,1 | Baptism of Jesus Christ.~ The feast of the Baptism of our Lord,
29 8,1 | also received the name of “Feast of Illumination.”~ Troparion
30 8,1 | Illumination.”~ Troparion of the Feast.— “When Thou wast baptized
31 8,1 | Thee.” — Kontakion of the Feast:— “Thou hast appeared today
32 8,1 | place on the Vigil of the feast, after the Liturgy or Vespers.
33 8,1 | repeated on the day of the feast after the Liturgy, on rivers
34 8,1 | of the troparion of the feast. After the ceremony, the
35 8,1 | and the kontakion of the feast in the middle of the church,
36 8,1 | Prophetess.~ Troparion of the Feast. — “Rejoice, thou who art
37 8,1 | The Annunciation.~ The feast of the Annunciation is celebrated
38 8,1 | to the Virgin Mary. This feast usually comes in Lent, sometimes
39 8,1 | salvation.~ Troparion of the Feast. — “Today is the fountainhead
40 8,1 | features of the services on the feast of the Annunciation are
41 8,1 | Matins on the day of this feast the Polyeleos is sung, excepting
42 8,1 | omitted, the canon of the feast is sung together with the
43 8,1 | for the day on which the feast falls: on Saturdays and
44 8,1 | of John Chrysostom.~ ~The Feast of the Apostles Peter and
45 8,1 | Apostles Peter and Paul.~ The feast of the Apostles Peter and
46 8,1 | special feature of this feast is the fast which precedes
47 8,1 | The substance of this feast’s hymns is expressed in
48 8,1 | worthy celebration of the feast of the Dormition we prepare
49 8,1 | lasting until the day of the feast — the 15th of August. The
50 8,1 | The special feature of the feast is the bringing forth of
51 8,2 | with the greatest Christian feast, Easter, “the Day of the
52 8,2 | worthy celebration of this feast, others continue the festivities,
53 8,2 | The preparation for the feast consists of two fasts, that
54 8,2 | preparation for the Paschal Feast comprises ten weeks.~ The
55 8,2 | ten weeks.~ The Paschal Feast lasts seven days. But the
56 8,2 | days on which falls the feast of some Saint, in whose
57 8,2 | feast-days the paremia of the feast is added. After the first
58 8,2 | in the troparion of the feast: “In confirming the common
59 8,2 | hands and the feet. If the feast of the Annunciation happens
60 8,3 | Resurrection of Christ. This feast is called the Pascha, —
61 8,3 | name of the Old Testament feast instituted in commemoration
62 8,3 | Egyptian bondage, because that feast was the prototype of the
63 8,3 | prototype of the Christian feast. Then the blood of the lamb
64 8,3 | Church names this day “the Feast of Feasts” and “the triumph
65 8,3 | of all the hymns of this feast is expressed in the troparion “
66 8,3 | The entire week is one feast. Therefore the services
67 8,3 | special features of the feast of the Pascha is the consecration
68 8,4 | the forty days until the feast of the Ascension. The first
69 8,4 | Ascension is celebrated the feast commemorating the Descent
70 8,4 | Christ. It is called the feast of the Pentecost and lasts
71 8,4 | days. The first day of this feast is sacred to the honor and
72 8,4 | Church prepares for this feast by commemorating all the
73 8,4 | In honor of this great feast, the Church dispenses from
74 10,2 | Pentecost) and before the feast of St. Dimitri of Thessalonica (
75 10,2 | Saturday before St. Dimitri’s feast was instituted in memory
76 11 | one feature of the day’s feast.~ *If the service is
77 11 | service on the eve of the feast consists of the Royal Hours
78 11 | Vespers. On the day of the feast, the Liturgy of Chrysostom
79 11 | and, on the day of the feast, the Liturgy of Basil the
80 11 | Vigil on the eve of the feast begins with Great Compline.~ *
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