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Orthodox Terminology
AGAPE VESPERS PDF Print E-mail
AGAPE VESPERS - ( Vespers of Love) Agape Vespers is served on the evening of Pascha. It follows the order of Great Vespers. After the prokeimenon the Gospel account of the empty tomb (John 20:19-25) is read. It is customary to read this pericope in many different languages, demonstrating the universal nature of the Good News of Christ's victory over sin and death. It is also customary for the clergy and the people to make a procession around the Church during the chanting of the aposticha.
 

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A life of spiritual endeavor is the mother of sanctity; from it is born the first experience of perception of the mysteries of Christ - - which is called the first stage of spiritual knowledge. - Pearls from Saint Isaac of Syria
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