The Eastern Rite

The image of the Virgin of Guadalupe that is in the temple. Troparion Tone 4 When you appeared in the New World, O Theotokos, you fixed your image on Juan Diego’s rose laden tilma. All the poor, hungry, and oppressed seek you, Lady of Guadalupe. We gaze upon your miraculous icon and find hope, crying [...]

OR THE WEEK From 1 October – the Eastern Feast of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos – to 7 October – the Western Feast of Our Lady of Victory – a set of prayers to Our Lady asking her help and protection for all Christians. These two feasts seem to me analogues. And [...]