Services in February 2013 at Audley and Dresden

Services in February 2013 at Audley and Dresden

Fri 1st 7pm Great Vespers of the Meeting of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in the Temple

Sat 2nd 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy of the Feast of the Meeting of

our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in the Temple

Sat 2nd 6pm Great Vespers

Sun 3rd 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy

Wed 6th 11am Divine Liturgy

Sat 9th 6pm Great Vespers

Sun 10th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy

Wed 13th 11am Divine Liturgy

Sat 16th 6pm Great Vespers

Sun 17th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy

Wed 20th 11am Divine Liturgy

Sat 23rd 6pm Great Vespers

Sun 24th 10am Matins; 11am Divine Liturgy

Wed 27th 11am Divine Liturgy

Please arrange House Blessings before March 18th

which is the start of Great Lent

Name days

3rd Archimandrite Simeon

7th Richard

19th Philothei

Reposed

2nd Fr Alban (2009)

10th Photini (2006)

The Feast of the Meeting of the Lord in the Temple

The Feast of the Meeting of the Lord in the Temple
The Meeting of the Lord in the Temple (also called the Presentation) is one of the Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church, celebrated on February 2. This feast is also known as Candlemas, particularly in Western nations, due to the custom of blessing candles on this day. In Eastern tradition, it is often called The Meeting of Our Lord and God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, because the hymns emphasize the incarnate God, the Lord Jesus Christ, meeting with his people, Israel, in the persons of the Prophet Simeon and the Prophetess Anna. In the Gospel of Luke 2:22-35, Mary and Joseph took the infant Christ to the Temple in Jerusalem. He was received in the arms of the elder Simeon, who then prayed, "Now let Thy servant depart in peace... for I have seen Thy salvation." This was one of the things that Mary "pondered in her heart"—the fact that others recognised that her Son was the Messiah.

 

Troparion of the Feast

Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos, full of grace!

From you shone the Sun of Righteousness, Christ our God.

Enlightening those who sat in darkness!

Rejoice, and be glad, O righteous elder;

You accepted in your arms the Redeemer of our souls,

Who grants us the Resurrection.