Today the Orthodox Church celebrates the Circumcision of the Lord: The Giver of the Law submits to the Law as He has taken on our human nature.
Troparion — Tone 1
Enthroned on high with the Eternal Father and Your divine Spirit, / O Jesus, You willed to be born on earth of the unwedded handmaid, your Mother. / Therefore You were circumcised as an eight-day old Child. / Glory to Your most gracious counsel; / glory to Your dispensation; / glory to Your condescension, O only Lover of mankind.
Ko... moreToday the Orthodox Church celebrates the Circumcision of the Lord: The Giver of the Law submits to the Law as He has taken on our human nature.
Troparion — Tone 1
Enthroned on high with the Eternal Father and Your divine Spirit, / O Jesus, You willed to be born on earth of the unwedded handmaid, your Mother. / Therefore You were circumcised as an eight-day old Child. / Glory to Your most gracious counsel; / glory to Your dispensation; / glory to Your condescension, O only Lover of mankind.
Kontakion — Tone 3
The Lord of all accepts to be circumcised, / thus, as He is good, excises the sins of mortal men. / Today He grants the world salvation, / while light-bearing Basil, high priest of our Creator, / rejoices in heaven as a divine initiate of Christ.
Ever wonder what happened to some of the people briefly mentioned in the New Testament? They were not simply NPCs, they had names, they had lives, they had their part in the building of the Church.
