Advent of Christ in the Church - Cosmos - Communio

The Church Year and the Advent of Christ

Following upon our Sundays of the Holy Cross, which recapitulate our communion in the Mysterion of the Resurrection, we arrive at The Sunday of Sanctification of the Church, Koodhosh Eetho.
Here begins the Oriental Orthodox Church's Liturgical Year of seasons and feasts -- on the 8th Sunday before the Nativity of the Lord.


Sinai St Gabriel, written by K. Heather Durka

In each of these Sunday Gospels,
we encounter the Archangel Gabriel in his mission to prepare us in receiving the Child of Bethlehem, the Lord of Heaven and earth.

We open the pages of the Gospel Word . . .
and again with Zechariah and Elizabeth, with Joachim and Anna, with Joseph and Mary, with the shepherds and the magi, we sing in communion with the angels, "Holy Holy Holy! Glory to God in the Highest! Christ is born among us!"


St John of Patmos, written by K. Heather Durka

Read More Advent 2004

In these 8 Sundays we encounter Advents of the New Israel in our own lives and the whole of salvation history.
Each Gospel reveals a particular dimension of the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit and a particular typos of Pentecost and the Mysteries of the Kingdom:
Sanctification Sunday (Koodhosh Eetho)
Dedication Sunday (Hoodhosh Eetho)
Annunciation to St. Zechariah
Annunciation to St. Mary
St. Mary visits St. Elizabeth
Birth of St. John the Baptist
Annunciation to St. Joseph
Sunday of the Genealogy of Christ
Christmas Day

Read More, Advent 2006

May the Spirit prepare our hearts in faith, hope, and charity~
Fr. Michael Durka +