On the 17th of February, I was officially chrismated into the Russian Orthodox Church by Fr. Sergey (Voronin) at the Church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos in Beijing. Praise and thanksgiving to Our Lord, God and Saviour; to the All-Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary; and to Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew for guiding me this far! And thank you to all of the people who have helped, encouraged and debated with me on this road I’ve only just started walking, especially Fr. Isaac, Fr. Valery and of course Fr. Sergey. I feel humbled and grateful to have been given this blessing; I hope that by God’s grace and by the cooperation of my unworthy will I may keep it with gratitude and right glory.
Thanks again, everyone.
Most Holy Theotokos
It is very meet and right to call thee blessed,
Who didst bring forth God,
Ever blessed and most pure
And the Mother of our God.
More honourable than the cherubim,
And more glorious than the seraphim,
Who without spot didst bear the Eternal Word,
Thee, very Mother of God,
We laud and magnify!
Who didst bring forth God,
Ever blessed and most pure
And the Mother of our God.
More honourable than the cherubim,
And more glorious than the seraphim,
Who without spot didst bear the Eternal Word,
Thee, very Mother of God,
We laud and magnify!
Holy Apostle Matthew
Pray to God for me, O Holy Apostle Matthew, well-pleasing to God, for I eagerly betake myself to thee, who art the speedy helper and intercessor for my soul.
Bede the Venerable
Ss. Cyril and Methodius, our fathers among the Saints
Holy Fathers Cyril and Methodius, together with your five apostolic students and all the holy saints of Czech, Slovak and Carpathian Rusin lands, pray to God for us!
Silk and Chai
Kindred Spirits
Zhongguo Tong
Social Matters
Hooray and thank God. Now please encourage that nice Mr Lindsay in a similar direction. Also, thanks very much indeed fro you blog. As a labour-supporting, Tory, Monarchist, Orthodox Englishman it obviously irritates me tremendously to have some jumped-up colonial explaining my own ideas to me, but I suppose that is good for my humility. Please keep up the good work
ReplyDeleteHi Matthew! Christ in Our Minds!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks, and indeed I shall! I may indeed be a jumped-up colonial, but I do hope that I don't disappoint!
All the best,
M