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October Feasts & Commemorations
This post comes from an email in the "Walk Through the Church Year" series which goes out to folks who sign up to receive two emails per month about major feasts and selected commemorations in the liturgical calendar. To receive these emails in your inbox, sign up here.
The original email was sent out in September of 2024.
by Brendan Byrd
Remembering Those Who Remember Us In Prayer
Faithfulness in the small things is the first step on the road, it is the necessary condition for faith
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Oct 3rd 2024
Starting the New Church Year Together
This post comes from an email in the "Walk Through the Church Year" series which goes out to folks who sign up to receive two emails per month about major feasts and selected commemorations in the liturgical calendar. To receive these emails in your inbox, sign up here.
The original email was sent out in September of 2024.
by Brendan Byrd
Happy New Year!
Welcome to the beginning of the nearly two thousandth year celebrated by the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church as established
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Oct 1st 2024
Preparing For The Cross
This post comes from an email in the "Walk Through the Church Year" series which goes out to folks who sign up to receive two emails per month about major feasts and selected commemorations in the liturgical calendar. To receive these emails in your inbox, sign up here.
The original email was sent out in September of 2024.
by Reader John
Elevation of the Cross by the hand of Georgi Chimev
At my home parish of Holy Cross Antiochian Orthodox Church, September 14 is always extra
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Sep 30th 2024
Walk Through the Church Year With Legacy Icons
The Creation account is read four times each year in the Orthodox Church: on the eves of the greatest feasts of the Lord Jesus—the Nativity, Theophany, and Pascha—and during the first week of Great Lent. It seems like a fitting visual meditation for the start of the new liturgical year, as well. Read more about this icon by Georgi Chimev.
Dear Reader,
Do the feasts and commemorations of the church sometimes sneak up on you? The Church in her wisdom gives us cycles of repe
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Aug 25th 2024
Why We Celebrate Saint Gregory Palamas
Saint Gregory Palamas lived in the 14th century. Born in Asia Minor,
he was raised in the imperial court of Constantinople and later left to
enter the monastic life on Mount Athos. He subjected himself to extreme
asceticism so severe that he was forced to travel to Thessalonica for
medical treatment.In 1341, Saint Gregory was present at a council
that was convened against Barlaam of Calabria. Saint Gregory had
previously held discussions with Barlaam about the Orthodox theology of
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Jul 8th 2024
What Are the Great Feasts?
Sometimes we receive the question: What are the Feasts, anyway?
Those coming from a tradition that does not celebrate Church Feasts may
even think we go to church and eat a big meal together. Do be
sure—sometimes we do! But that's not what it means.
Oxford Dictionary's first definition of
feast is "a large meal." But the second definition is "an annual religious celebration." This comes from the Latin festus, "joyous." It is a joyous day of celebration for the Church.
In the Orth
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Jul 8th 2024
Welcome to the new Legacy Icons
In browsing our new site, we hope that you will find it better organized, better designed, with improved features.New & Updated FeaturesVisual Improvements
The site will be reorganized, with updated images and graphics throughout the site. It will be easier to navigate and find the products you are looking for. And with over half our customers using mobile devices, we have worked to significantly improve the mobile user experience.Filter and Search
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Jul 8th 2024
What does the Bible say about incense?
The burning of incense is a divine command. God gave Moses and Aaron
detailed instructions for the times, places, and methods of burning
incense. It was to be burned perpetually before the Lord, and it was a
holy act of worship (Exodus 30). When the Tabernacle was replaced by the
Temple, incense was offered there (1/3 Kings 9:25).When the
people fell away into sin and idolatry, their offering of incense was
hated by God (Isaiah 1:13), for it was merely an act, and not a true
exp
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Jul 8th 2024
Didache: A Treasure From the Early Church
The Didache, orThe Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, is an early Christian text that most scholars date to the first or early second century.
The Didache was highly regarded by many early Christian authors and
theologians. Athanasius of Alexandria (†373) recommended it to converts,
and it had a great influence on theApostolic Constitutions(375). Before the New Testament canon was formally settled in 692, a number of Biblical canons included theDidache; John of Damascus (†749) was also a
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Jul 8th 2024
The True Cross
According to Orthodox tradition, the Lord's Cross was made from three
kinds of wood: Cypress, Pine and Cedar. This is believed to be a
fulfillment of Isaiah 60:13:
The glory of Lebanon will come to you, with cypress and pine and cedar
together, to glorify my holy place; and I will make my footstool
glorious.
Legacy Icons is pleased to offer a new Wall Cross hand-crafted in our
own woodshop from these three kinds of wood. Place this unique symbol at
the heart of your home praye
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Jul 8th 2024