The Eastern Rite

Hebrews 9:11-14 Galatians 3:23-29 Mark 10:32-45 Luke 7:36-50 After faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. St Mary Sunday is one of those days in the Orthodox year with two Gospels and two Epistles. The cross-reading of Hebrews and Galatians, Mark and Luke, creates an interesting experience, no? The life of St [...]

Romans 13:11-14:4 Matthew 6:14-21 Hebrews 7:7-17 Epistle, Meeting Luke 2:22-40 Gospel, Meeting A sketch… The Sunday of Forgiveness. The Expulsion from the Garden. Valentines day on the Secular calendar.* The Eve of the Meeting of the Lord in the Temple on the CHurch’s calendar. *And the Western Church calendar: St Valentine is commemorated in the [...]