Orthodox nativity

Orthodox Christians include members of the Eastern Orthodox Church which is prevalent in Russia and Eastern Europe, and also the Oriental Orthodox churches such as Coptic, Ethiopian and Syrian. With such an array of religious traditions and local...

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Nativity of Jesus by Nica Lucia of Romania

St. Gabrilia the New (source) Selected hymns from the Service to St. Gavrilia the Ascetic of Love (+1992) - Commemorated on March 28th (the day of her repose) and July 18th (the translation of her Holy Relics), composed by Dr. Charalampos Bousias. Prosomoia of the Vespers Stichera in the Fourth Tone. You have given a sign. O Gavrilia, you became a lamp of goodness, shining with light to the ends of the world in the last days, working and preaching love to all, O Mother, and having worked…

If you are at all like me, you are beginning to make your Christmas shopping lists. I generally wait until the last minute to purchase Christmas gifts. I do this for three reasons: During the Nativity Fast our family tries to keep the focus on prayer, fasting, almsgiving, and anticipating the Nativity. So, weRead More

The Nativity - Christmas by Stelios Stelios of Cyprus

On the church calendar, there are twelve days from Christmas Day to the Eve of Theophany (or Epiphany), and in England and many parts of the West, these twelve days were traditionally celebrated as the season of Christmastide. Orthodox Christians fast for the forty days prior to the Nativity of Christ, and enjoy a fast-free period for the eleven days following the feast. We have great resources for your Nativity celebrations!

Christmas Novena prayer for the feast of our Lord's Nativity can be used at any time of the year as a devotion in honor of the Infant Jesus.