Eve of the Nativity of Christ

December 24, 2009 by John Couretas · Leave a Comment

Kontakion in the Third Tone
On this day the Virgin cometh to a cave to give birth to God the Word ineffable, Who was before all the ages. Dance for joy, O earth, on hearing the gladsome tidings; with the Angels and the shepherds now glorify Him Who is willing to be gazed on as a [...]

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The Nativity of Our Lord — 2008

December 24, 2008 by John Couretas · Leave a Comment

Now then I pray you accept His Conception, and leap before Him; if not like John from the womb, yet like David, because of the resting of the Ark. Revere the enrolment on account of which thou wast written in heaven, and adore the Birth by which thou wast loosed from the chains of thy [...]

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