Orthodox Feasts of Jesus Christ & the Virgin Mary: Liturgical Texts with Commentary

Publication Data: Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2000
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 129
Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.5 cm × 13.8 cm × 1.1 cm
ISBN: 0‒88141‒203‒1

   
Hugh Wybrew

“Like the first book in this series, Orthodox Lent, Holy Week and Easter, this present book was written by an English Anglican (Episcopalian) primarily for Christians of Western tradition, and was first published in the United Kingdom. So the original Introduction, still included here, briefly compares the western and eastern cycle of fixed festivals, which celebrate the incarnation of God in Christ, and the birth, death and resurrection of his Virgin Mother. [...]Orthodox readers of the present edition will be familiar with their own calendar, which information relating to the the western calendar may be of interest to them.”
—“Preface to the American Edition”

CONTENTS

   Preface to the American Edition
   Introduction
1 The Development of the Christian Year
2 Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary
   Forefeast of the Birth of the Mother of God
   Birth of the Mother of God
   Commemoration of Sts Joachim and Anna
3 Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
   Forefeast of the Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple
   Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple
4 Christmas
   Forefeast of the Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ
   Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ
   Synaxis of the Mother of God
5 Epiphany
   Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord Jesus Christ
   Theophany of Our Lord Jesus Christ
   Synaxis of St John the Baptist
6 Presentation of Christ
   Forefeast of the Meeting of Our Lord Jesus Christ
   Meeting of Our Lord Jesus Christ
   Commemoration of Sts Simeon and Anna
7 Annunciation
   Forefeast of the Annunciation of the Mother of God
   Annunciation of the Mother of God
   Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel
8 Transfiguration
   Forefeast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ
   Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ
9 Assumption
   Forefeast of the Dormition of the Mother of God
   Dormition of the Mother of God