Triumph of Orthodoxy.
Each of the Sundays of Great Lent has its own special theme. This Sunday’s theme is that men can become divine through the grace of God in the Holy Spirit. It was St Gregory Palamas who bore witness that by prayer and fasting human beings can become participants of the uncreated light of God’s divine glory even in this life.
Kontakion ( Tone 8 )
Holy and divine instrument of wisdom,
joyful trumpet of theology,
together we sing your praises, O God-inspired Gregory.
Since you now stand before the Original Mind, guide our minds to Him, O Father,
So that we may sing to you: “Rejoice, preacher of grace.”
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Hey! A new church tone! And here I thought all the hymnography was set ages ago…
(Re the sunglass wearing emoticon.)
And also, yesterday was the First Sunday of Great Lent…is that the one you were talking about? But that’s just picking nits, now. And I totally said that in a British accent.