Christmas: Orthodoxy Style

Christmas: Orthodoxy Style

What is Christmas?

Poll

When you hear Christmas, what do you think?

• Santa

• Gifts

• Holidays

Multiple Choice

When should Christmas Service be performed?

• Christmas Eve

• Christmas Early Morning (like 2 AM)

• Christmas Morning

• Christmas Afternoon

Multiple Choice

Bonus Question: Which prayers do we start with?

• Ramsho (Evening)

• Soutoro (Compline or Night)

• Lilio (Night Vigil)

• Sapro (Matins or Morning)

Hours of Prayer

• Ramsho (Vespers or Evening) - 6 PM

• Soutoro (Compline, Night) - 9 PM

• Lilio (Night Vigil) - Midnight

• Sapro (Matins, Morning) - 6 AM

• 3rd Hour - 9 AM

• 6th Hour - 12 PM

• 9th Hour - 3 PM

Multiple Choice

In the first Qolo, what are we singing about?

• Christ Death

• Story around Christ Birth

• Christ Resurrection

• Nothing

Who I am

* Describes a story of how the most amazing being became a feeble creature

* Became man just like us but helped us ascend to more than what man is

Multiple Choice

In the next qolo (page 32), what is it about?

• Joseph

• St. Mary

• Angels

• Shepards

Multiple Select

What happens specially during Christmas service?

• Incense is offered

• Processions

• Veneration of the Cross

Procession Song

• A lot of the lines begin with "What wonder..."

• It shows how amazing Christ's birth was

• It shows how much happened in just one moment

Three Gifts

• The gift of gold is taken as the sign that Jesus is the king of Israel, of the entire universe, and of the kingdom of God to come

• The gift of frankincense is taken by the liturgy to signify the fact that Jesus is God, since incense is for worship, and only God may be worshipped.

• The gift of myrrh is for the Lord Jesus who has come to die as the perfect sacrifice for the people. For the dea were anointed with myrrh, as Jesus Himself was anointed, according to the scriptures, at the time of His death (Jn 19:39-40).

Multiple Choice

Traditionally, is Holy Qurbana before or after Christmas Service

• Before

• After

Procession done, Do we go Home?

• Traditionally, people go home to sleep before we start morning Prayer

• Now a days, we jump straight into morning prayer

Sedro Prayer

• Wonderful is used over 30 times in the box

• Half the time used in this prayer

• That's how much we give praise and exaltation for what Christ has done for us

Poll

Midterm Style

• Quiz

• Essay

• Debate

• Something else that I will have next week