DOMUS PATRIS
Vvedensky Church
New Church in Moscow [3:00]
On 4 December, in a temple full of believers and local authorities, Patriarch Kirill consecrated the Church of the Presentation of the Blessed Mary - the main building of the religious complex at Ryazansky Avenue, south of Moscow.
The youngest pupils of the Parish school gave bread and salt – a traditional sign of hospitality and joy – and flowers to the Patriarch, and the Rector Father Victor Sundar presented an icon of the Mother of God to the Patriarch in name of the clergy and parishioners.
The Holiest Patriarch Kirill addressed the believers with this message: "After the consecration of new churches we feel a special force of God’s grace. The Lord gives inspiration and talent to architects for creating the external beauty of churches, and prayer helps us to create the spiritual beauty in our lives".
The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin in Church Tradition
The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos (Mother of God) into the Temple, better known in Western Countries as the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is one of the twelve Great Feasts celebrated by the Eastern Orthodox Church. Four of them are dedicated to the Holy Virgin: the Annunciation, the Nativity of the Theotokos, the Dormition of the Theotokos - the Feast of Assumption in the West - and the Presentation of the Theotokos. For the East...
Symbolism in Orthodox Churches
Russian stone art of building was inherited from Byzantium. It gave the Russian Orthodox Church all the symbolism of its temples and cathedrals. The basis of the church is a cross, symbol of Christianity and salvation. The dome is the “head” of the building, and Christ Pantocrator is frequently represented in it, the drum is a “neck" that usually rests upon representations of the Apostles.
The temple is strictly oriented from West to East. The ...
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