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Why is fruit blessed on Transfiguration?
In the Bulgakov Handbook for servers it states: On the feast of Transfiguration grapes are blessed, and in those places in [such as] Russia where grapes do not grow apples […]
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Vesting of a Bishop
One of the more unique aspects to a hierarchal liturgy in the Orthodox Church is the vesting of the bishop on the cathedra in the center of the Temple before […]
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On Bishops
The bishop is the first and highest degree of the clergy in the Orthodox Church (επίσκοπος or episkopos in Greek, which means overseer). A bishop is the successor to the […]
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Preparation for Holy Communion
We must prepare ourselves to the Mystery of the Holy Communion by praying, fasting, humble Christian behavior and spirit as well as by confession. Home and church prayers. A person […]