"Behold the Bridegroom comes in the middle of the night.." On Holy and Great Monday
In an atmosphere of contemplation and reflection, the Procession of the Bride took place in the Holy Church of Agios Artemios, Patron Saint of Mykonos Island, by the High Priestly Commissioner of Delos and Mykonos Reverend Father Petro Maragos flanked by Elder Georgios Kousathanas with the joint prayer of many believers and especially young people.
“Everything is desired, save man”
He accepts everything to save man
In the Orthodox Church, according to the Calendar, Great Monday is dedicated to the memory of Joseph, of the so-called "Pangalos" of the son of Jacob, which refers to the Old Testament and the unfruitful fig tree, where Christ cursed her and dried up with one of his words:
"Fruit from you is born in the century and the fig tree withered dry"
The trophies that are sung are the "Behold the Bridegroom cometh" and «I see your Nymph"
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"Behold, the Bridegroom comes in the middle of the night;
and blessed is the servant, be found quickly;
unworthy again, being found rathymuando.
See my soul, but the sleep was occupied,
lest you be given over to death,
and of the kingdom without shut up;
but revive me crying;
Saint, Saint, Holy is God;
for the sake of the Mother of God, have mercy on us"
The midnight trope supported “Behold the bridegroom comes…..» in the Lord's parable of the ten virgins, marks the beginning of Holy Week: Mr, the bridegroom of every human soul, it comes in the middle of the night.
Self-shipping
"I see your nymphon, My decorated savior, and I have no clothes, that I may enter into it, make my soul's garment shine, Light sources, and save me".
This beautiful phrase, which is heard in the hexapostelary of Orthros of the first days of M. Week, it best captures the way our Church describes God's relationship with man.
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