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Faith As Memory Of Theophany

Faith As Memory Of Theophany

Reflections on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

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Jan 06, 2022
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Father Matthew Harrington blessing the waters of the Mississippi River on Theophany, 2014

Just returned tonight from two hours of services at church for the Vigil of Theophany. Back for liturgy in the morning. Theophany is the word we Orthodox use for the Feast of Christ’s Baptism. The hymnody is so poetically and theologically rich. For example:

He Who c…

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