THE NEW YEAR’s FEAST AT 1450 m
ꒌ ЛИТУРГИЈСКО ПРОСЛАВЉАЊЕ ОБРЕЗАЊА ГОСПОДЊЕГ и светог Василија Великог у Цркви Преображења Господњег на Жабљаку. Неки из оне велике множине окупљене на Бадње вече, када је више људи било напољу него у дупке пуној цркви, још се изгледа нису испавали... :)))
► █░▓ The feast of The Circumcision of our Lord, eight days after the Nativity. This is commemorated on January 1. In this local church (SOC) the old Julian calendar has been observed, which coincides with January 14th of the Gregorian calendar. This particular shrine in Žabljak (Crna Gora) is literally one of the most if not thé most elevated church in the Balkans where the full annual cycle is being served. In orthodox church women usually stand in the northern half and men in the southern half of the nave; this capture covers the former. It is from the closing chapter of the liturgy, and many partakers have already left due to the workday in this tourist place. Those who remain until the end are those who truly feel, love and stick to the grace.
In submitting to the Law of Circumcision, our Lord signifies that He is the fullness and the completion of the Old Covenant. St. Paul says that in Jesus the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily. The Church Fathers explain that the Lord, the Creator of the Law, underwent circumcision in order to give people an example of how faithfully the divine ordinances ought to be fulfilled. The Lord was circumcised so that later no one would doubt that he had truly assumed human flesh, and that his incarnation was not merely an illusion, as certain heretics taught.
Additionally, He received the name Jesus (= Savior) on this day.
That is, the 8th day! Some municipal civil servant weirdo at the counter told me I was late with registering the name of my son 2 or 3 days after his birth. No, see I wasn't. We have a definite example set once and for all. Don't ever fall for the hypocritical reasoning of double-crossing weasel bureaucrats!
(source in part: Orthodox Wiki)
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THE NEW YEAR’s FEAST AT 1450 m
ꒌ ЛИТУРГИЈСКО ПРОСЛАВЉАЊЕ ОБРЕЗАЊА ГОСПОДЊЕГ и светог Василија Великог у Цркви Преображења Господњег на Жабљаку. Неки из оне велике множине окупљене на Бадње вече, када је више људи било напољу него у дупке пуној цркви, још се изгледа нису испавали... :)))
► █░▓ The feast of The Circumcision of our Lord, eight days after the Nativity. This is commemorated on January 1. In this local church (SOC) the old Julian calendar has been observed, which coincides with January 14th of the Gregorian calendar. This particular shrine in Žabljak (Crna Gora) is literally one of the most if not thé most elevated church in the Balkans where the full annual cycle is being served. In orthodox church women usually stand in the northern half and men in the southern half of the nave; this capture covers the former. It is from the closing chapter of the liturgy, and many partakers have already left due to the workday in this tourist place. Those who remain until the end are those who truly feel, love and stick to the grace.
In submitting to the Law of Circumcision, our Lord signifies that He is the fullness and the completion of the Old Covenant. St. Paul says that in Jesus the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily. The Church Fathers explain that the Lord, the Creator of the Law, underwent circumcision in order to give people an example of how faithfully the divine ordinances ought to be fulfilled. The Lord was circumcised so that later no one would doubt that he had truly assumed human flesh, and that his incarnation was not merely an illusion, as certain heretics taught.
Additionally, He received the name Jesus (= Savior) on this day.
That is, the 8th day! Some municipal civil servant weirdo at the counter told me I was late with registering the name of my son 2 or 3 days after his birth. No, see I wasn't. We have a definite example set once and for all. Don't ever fall for the hypocritical reasoning of double-crossing weasel bureaucrats!
(source in part: Orthodox Wiki)
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