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| The Holy Theophany Orthodox Mission celebrates their feast with the Divine Liturgy. This small Orthodox community is under the care of Fr. Chrysostom, one of the priests under the Metropolitanate of Hongkong, which is also under the Patriarchate of Constantinople. This community is located at del Rosario, Bacon District, Sorsogon City, Philippines. Before the Agape Meal, the priest distributes laminated wallet size icons of the Holy Theophany (from Fr. Barnabas Chrysanthou of Larnaca, Cyprus), and also school supplies, toys, candies, and chocolates (from Mrs. Ana Davis) to all faithful and thankful members of the community. |
January 6, 2014: FEAST OF THE HOLY THEOPHANY
1/1/2014: The Feast of Circumcision of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the Tradition of the Vasilopita
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| The Holy Martyr Saint Eleftherios parishioners commemorate the Feast of Circumcision of our Lord Jesus Christ and also celebrate the Tradition of the Vasilopita. On the eight day of His Nativity, our Lord Jesus Christ was circumcised in accordance with the Old Testament Law. All male infants underwent circumcision as a sign of God's Covenant with the holy Forefather Abraham and his descendants. (Genesis 17:10-14, Leviticus 12:3) The tradition of baking and cutting a special "pita" (which can mean a loaf, a cake, or even a pie) each year in January 1 is observed in honor of our Holy Father Basil the Great, archbishop of Caesarea, in Cappadocia. - hence its name is Vasilopita. This tradition is observed in both parish churches and in the homes of the faithful. (Reference: The Orthodox Church in the Philippines - Iglesia Ortodoxa sa Pilipinas.) |
December 29, 2013: Sunday After the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ
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| The parishioners of the Holy Martyr St. Eleftherios Orthodox Church in Gubat, Sorsogon, Philippines, especially the children, receives gifts: candies, chocolates, school supplies, and toys from Mrs. Ana Davis, a faithful Orthodox in the United States of America, who is also a friend of Fr. Chrysostom, |
The Feast of the Nativity of the Lord
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| The parishioners of the Holy Martyr St. Eleftherios Orthodox Church in Gubat, Sorsogon, Philippines celebrates the Feast of the Nativity of the Lord with a Divine Liturgy, December 25, 2013. After the Divine Liturgy, each family joyously receives home censers from Fr. Barnabas Chrysanthou of Larnaca, Cyprus. With a thankful heart, they prayed to God to bless the one who blesses them. Another highlights of the celebration is the merry-making of the children, the youth, the adults, and the guests. |
December 15, 2013: Feast Day of St. Eleftherios
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| The Holy Martyr Saint Eleftherios Orthodox Church in Gubat, Sorsogon, Philippines celebrates their patron's feast day with a Divine Liturgy, hears the message from the Metropolitan of Hongkong, each one receives an icon from Deacon Barnabas of Larnaca, Cyprus of St. Eleftherios and Mother Anthea, warmth encouragement from one another while having a very simple agape fasting meal after the Divine Liturgy. |
Nov.24, 2013, HTOM: Churching of the Mother and the Child
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| Churching of the mother (Cyrilla) and her son (Longinus) at the Holy Theophany Orthodox Mission (a small Orthodox Church community located at Del Rosario, Bacon District, Sorsogon, Philippines. This is a mission church of the Holy Martyr Saint Eleftherios Orthodox Church, Gubat, Sorsogon, Philippines, under the care of Fr. Chrysostom, priest under the Metropolitanate of Hongkong and Southeast Asia and Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. |
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