Schedule of services for the Nativity of Christ 2023 of the year
Friday, 6 January
8.00 – royal clock, Evening, Liturgy of Basil the Great.
22.00 – the beginning of confession for those who wish to take communion at the Christmas service.
24.00 – beginning of the Christmas service.
Saturday, 7 January
18.00 – Sunday Vigil.
Sunday, 8 January
8.00 – royal clock.
9.00 – Divine Liturgy, which will be headed by the archimandrite of the monastery, His Eminence Herman, Metropolitan of Kursk and Rylsk.
Nativity of the Savior
Your Christmas, Christ our God,
the light of the world and the light of the mind…
From the Troparion of the Feast
Your, Christ in the Flesh Christmas
Appeared as the light of reason for the world,
For those, who honored unknown idols
And he revered dreams as a deity..
The Fall closed Eden,
But the Virgin of the Day of the Almighty gives birth to,
And quiet, inconspicuous Bethlehem
Frees us from the ancient oath.
Not in the noisy glory of vain people
And not in luxurious regal halls
The Lord of All Kings is Born,
Christos Gopod – Son of the True God.
And in vain in the doors of huts and houses
The Blessed Family Was Knocking:
For the Eternal Veil of all kinds
There was no place among the people..
God was born, and the world was deaf and blind.
And slept in the night., deep sleep embraced,
But pure Virgo and a simple nativity scene
Seemed like a superb ward.
That, Who holds the times in power,
A day of veils in a cave,
That we may be united in love and faith.
And to lay our sin on ramen.
Descending from Heaven into the Shepherd's Nativity Scene,
The Almighty The Servant's Gaze accepts now,
Earthly existence eats bread
That, Who nourished Israel in the desert.
God the Impregnable and Creator of Ages
Today lies in a wretched manger,
And only for humble shepherds
Angel's Message Sounded Loud:
“The Lord was born now on earth –
For all people, the only Savior.
A light of non-evening shone in the haze.,
In cave darkness – God's Abode“.
And immediately the shepherds hurried.
Bow before the Divine Child:
Blessed are those, who is pure in heart and soul,
Whose mind has not been defamed by sins.
But the Magi also went to worship.,
Leaving the darkness of pagan divination,
And the Sun of Truth in the manger found
Instead of intricate predictions.
Saved and wise, and a simpleton –
All, what goes to the Savior to meet.
But how many hearts are there?,
Listening to the Verbs of Eternal Life?!
Your, Christ, from Virgin Christmas –
The Light of the Mind for the Temporal World.
It's for the faithful – Faith Celebration,
And for others – only the noise of the earth's feast…
The night of malice and disbelief has passed,
The day has come – let us become sons of light,
Let us reject the darkness and all its deeds.:
Behold with us is the God of pre-eternal counsel!
25 December – 7 January 2013 of the year
Monk Paul
Kursk Root Desert
