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Blessed Feast of Christ the Light

February 2, 2013church, feastsMeeting of the LordGretchenJoanna

The Presentation of Christ in the Temple

Mine eyes have seen Thy Salvation!

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2 thoughts on “Blessed Feast of Christ the Light”

Pom Pom says:

February 2, 2013 at 10:13 pm

Beautiful, GJ!

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Martha says:

February 9, 2013 at 1:48 pm

We celebrate next week…what a lovely icon! ♥

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I am Gretchen Joanna, an Orthodox Christian widow; mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, living in Northern California.

Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life. -Troparion of the Resurrection

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Psalms quoted are from The Psalter, translated from the Greek Septuagint by the Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Boston, Massachusetts, 2007. The numbering of the Psalms in the Septuagint differs from that found in Psalters and Bibles translated from the Hebrew.

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