One that the
post-Schism West, sadly, has by and large forgotten: The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord Jesus
Christ our God (celebrated on 6 Jan.).
The ramifications of this event for man and the creation, however, are
anything but small and forgettable. They
will resound for all eternity, as we see in one of the hymns for the Forefeast
of Theophany:
Prepare, O Zebulon, / and adorn yourself, O
Naphtali; / river Jordan, cease flowing / and receive with joy the Master
coming to be baptized. / Adam, rejoice with our First Mother / and do not hide
yourself as you did of old in Paradise; / for having seen you naked, / He has
appeared to clothe you with the first garment. / Christ has appeared to renew
all creation.
Read more
about this Feast here:
--This holy icon of the Baptism of the Lord is from the page linked just above.
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Holy Ælfred
the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!
Anathema to
the Union!
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