Sunday, January 30, 2022
4th Sunday after Epiphany. 2nd Throne of Peter. Symbolism, Allegory, and Icons.
Proper
Blessing of the Day by a Bishop
May the Lord remove from you dangers of all temptations, and may
He mercifully exclude you from disturbances of gales. Amen.
May He dissolve all the frauds, indeed the exertions of the
tempter, and make you cautious and indeed invincible against him. Amen.
May He grant unto you continuous gifts of peace, and may He be
satisfied to set you apart in a harbor that is tranquil and indeed secure.
Amen.
May He Whose Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased
to sustain us unto ages of ages. Amen.
May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy
Spirit and the peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen.
Sunday, January 23, 2022
Bishop's Blessing. 3rd Sunday after Epiphany! 1st Throne of Peter
Bishop's Blessing
May the Lord remove from you dangers of all temptations, and may He mercifully exclude you from disturbances of gales. Amen.Amen.
Sunday, January 16, 2022
Bishop's Blessing. 2nd Sunday after Epiphany! Everyone goes to Hell!
Bishop's Blessing
May Almighty
God cleanse you from all the stain of sins, who Himself was pleased to cleanse
by His enduring touch, the begging leper. Amen.
And may He who
did not spurn to visit (heal) the servant of the Centurion, mercifully be
pleased to enter into the hospitality of your heart. Amen.
Thus may He
inform you by the plentitude of His faith, so that He might grant unto you a
place at His table with His Saints in the kingdom of the heavens. Amen.
May He Whose Kingdom
and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of ages.
Amen.
May the
blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of
the Lord be ever with you. Amen.
Blessings,
+William
Sunday, January 9, 2022
Bishop's Blessing! 1st Sunday after Epiphany! On Your Knees!
Proper Blessing of the Day by a Bishop
[First Sunday after Epiphany]
May Almighty God, who miraculously was
able to change water into wine, grant unto you to remove from you the old man, and transfer you into newness of a blessed life.
Amen.
And May He who is willing to attend unto the newlyweds so that His presence
might be unto their good, confer unto you the gift of perpetual discipline and sobriety.
Amen.
Moreover, may He Himself grant unto you spiritual understanding of the Holy
Scriptures, who was Himself pleased to indicate Himself by changing water into wine. Amen.
May He Whose Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us
unto ages of ages. Amen.
May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the
peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen.
Sunday, January 2, 2022
Bishop's Blessing. 1st Sunday after Circumcision. The Religion of Trees
Bishop's Blessing
1st Sunday after Circumcision. The Religion of Trees.
May Almighty God Whose
Only-begotten Son did not dissolve the law, but rather came to fulfill it,
receiving circumcision in the flesh; by spiritual circumcision purge your minds
from all of the attractions of sins, and pour forth into you His blessing.
Amen.
And may He Who
gave the law through Moses, so that He might give blessing through our Mediator,
remove from you the mortification of sins, and make you to persevere in newness
of virtues. Amen.
This one [as a
human] in perfection of the sixth in number [day of creation of man] may you
live in this age and the seventh [day of creation] in number may you rest among
the flock of spirits of the Saints, since renewed in the eight-fold
Resurrection [the eighth day of creation], and enriched in the remission of the
jubilee [eight days after Christmas], may you enter into joys that remain
without end. Amen.
May He Whose
Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of
ages. Amen.
May the blessing
of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Lord be
ever with you. Amen.