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The icon of the Most Holy Theotokos on the iconostasion, at the beginning of Mesonyktikon, the Midnight Office. She is seated on a throne, and holds the Christ Child before her. He raises His right hand in blessing. At the four corners of the throne are Prophets whose writings foreshadowed the Virgin Mary […] This year, Archbishop George of Cyprus visited Sinai for the feast of Saint Catherine, together with Metropolitan Gabriel of Nea Ionia (Church of Greece), and Archbishop Nicholas of Hermopolis (Patriarchate of Alexandria). Archimandrite Ieronymos, Patriarchal Exarch in Athens, represented the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. The church was filled with a multitude of pilgrims. Archbishop Damianos […] At four o’clock in the morning we begin Mesonyktikon, the Midnight Office. The icon of Christ on the iconostasion is lit by a single icon lamp. He is vested as the Great High Priest, and crowned as the King of Kings. At the four corners of His throne are the four living creatures beheld […] |
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