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The Foundations of the Church is a short study of the first seven Ecumenical Councils. The classes are being recorded from the Adult Education Series of Transfiguration Greek Orthodox – Austin, Texas June 1, 8 and 15, 2022. This is the first of the series from June 1, 2022. The video recordings are unedited transcriptions of the Zoom presentation of the class. The presenter is Fr. George P Bithos. The link to the video is below. God Bless…FrG https://youtu.be/8dnD_Ac1yS8
Scriptural Readings for Great and Holy Week
Saturday of Lazarus John 11, 1 – 4
Christ Entry into Jerusalem John 12, 1 – 18. (Palm Sunday)
Bridegroom Service Matthew 21, 18 – 43.
(Palm Sunday Evening)
Bridegroom Service Matthew 22, 15 – 46; 23, 1 – 39.
(Holy Monday Evening)
Bridegroom Service John 12, 17 – 50.
(Holy Tuesday Evening)
Sacrament of Holy Unction 1st. Epistle – James 5, 10 – 16.
1st. Gospel – Luke 10, 25 – 37.
2nd. Epistle – Romans 15, 1 – 7.
2nd. Gospel – Luke 19, 1 – 10.
3rd. Epistle – Corinthians 12, 27 – 31; 13, 1- 8.
3rd. Gospel – Matthew 10, 1, 5 – 8.
4th. Epistle – Corinthians 6, 16 – 18; 7, 1.
4th. Gospel – Matthew 8, 14 – 23.
5th. Epistle – Corinthians 1, 8 – 11.
5th. Gospel – Matthew 25, 1 – 13.
6th. Epistle – Galatians 5, 22 – 6: 2
6th. Gospel – Matthew 15, 21 – 28
7th. Epistle – I Thessalonians 5, 14 – 23
7th. Gospel – Matthew 9, 9 – 13
Bridegroom Service Luke 22, 1 – 39 (Holy Wednesday Evening)
(Great and Holy Thursday Morning)
Vesporal Liturgy of St. Basil The Great
The Institution of the Holy Eucharist
The Gospel Reading is a composite:
Matthew 26, 2 – 20; John 13, 3 -17; Matthew 26, 21 – 39; Luke 22, 43 – 45; Matthew 26, 75 + 27, 1 – 2
Great and Holy Thursday Evening, – The Service of the Twelve Gospels
5. Matthew 27, 3 – 32.
Procession with the Blessed Cross
6. Mark 15, 16 – 31.
7. Matthew 27, 33 – 54.
8. Luke 23, 32 – 49.
9. John 19, 25 – 37.
10. Mark 15, 43 – 47.
11. John 19, 38 – 42.
12. Matthew 27, 62 – 66.
Great and Holy Friday:
The Royal Hours Gospel of the First Hour:
Matthew 27, 1 – 56.
Gospel of the Third Hour
Mark 15, 16 – 41.
Gospel of the Sixth Hour
Luke 23, 32 – 49.
Gospel of the Ninth Hour
John 19, 23 – 37.
The Vespers The Taking Down from the Cross
(The Apokathelosis)
Matthew 27, 1 – 38; Luke 23, 39 – 43;
Matthew 27, 39 – 54; John 19, 31 – 37;
Matthew 27, 55 – 61.
The Lamentations (Matins for Holy Saturday)
Matthew 27, 62 – 66.
Great and Holy Saturday The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
Matthew 28, 1 – 20.
Sunday of Holy Pascha
The Resurrection Service Mark 16, 1 – 8.
The Divine Liturgy of Pascha
John 1, 1 – 17. The Vespers of Love (The Agape Vespers) John 20, 19 – 25.
Christ is Risen
Below find the link to Class 9 in the ABCs of Orthodoxy series: Christ with Us: On the Nativity- We will explore the incarnation by a study of the Kontakion by St. Romanos the Melodist (Please, link to video). This class was presented Dec. 2, 2021. Please start the playback at 3: 50 Min. to avoid early class conversation, not part of the presentation. Thank you and God Bless… FrG
Below find the link to Class 8 in the ABCs of Orthodoxy series: Orthodoxy and Other Faiths- (Please, link to video). This class was presented November 18, 2021. Please start the playback at 7.00 Min. to avoid early class conversation, not part of the presentation. Thank you and God Bless… FrG
Below find the link to Class 7 in the ABCs of Orthodoxy series: The Icon: Theology in Colour- (Please, link to video). This class was presented November 11, 2021. Please start the playback at 6.00 Min. to avoid early class conversation, not part of the presentation. Thank you and God Bless… FrG
Below find the link to Class 6 in the ABCs of Orthodoxy series. This class was presented October 28, 2021. Please start the playback at 3.00 Min. to avoid early class conversation, not part of the presentation. Thank you and God Bless… FrG
Below find the link to Class 5 in the ABCs of Orthodoxy series. This class was presented October 28, 2021. Please start the playback at 4.00 Min. to avoid early class conversation, not part of the presentation. Thank you and God Bless… FrG
Below find the link to Class 4 in the ABCs of Orthodoxy series. This class was presented October 21, 2021. Please start the playback at 5.00 Min. to avoid early class conversation, not part of the presentation. Thank you and God Bless… FrG
Below find the link to Class 3 in the ABCs of Orthodoxy series. This class was presented October 7, 2021. Please start the playback at 2.00 Min. to avoid early class conversation not part of the presentation. Thank you and God Bless FrG
Below please find the link to the video of Class 2. PLEASE start playback at 33.00 min. to avoid considerable dead time, which is just conversation and not the class content in the video. Thank you…..FrG
https://youtu.be/NDL0Z_c7PJY?t=26