Date: 1st February 2018
Location: St Matthias Church Centre
Time: 6pm
Contact: FrPhilip
The Great Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple
Forty days after the Great Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord, we come to the Great Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple, otherwise known as ‘Candlemass’.
This feast celebrates the meeting of the incarnate God, Our Lord Jesus Christ, with His people Israel, in the persons of the Prophet Simeon and Prophetess Anna.
Troparion
- Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos, full of grace!
From you shone the Sun of Righteousness, Christ our God.
Enlightening those who sat in darkness!
Rejoice, and be glad, O righteous elder;
You accepted in your arms the Redeemer of our souls,
Who grants us the Resurrection.
Kontakion
- By Your nativity, You did sanctify the Virgin’s womb,
And did bless Simeon’s hands, O Christ God.
Now You have come and saved us through love.
Grant peace to all Orthodox Christians, O only Lover of man!