Feast Day: May 12th
The Life of Saint Epiphanius: Saint Epiphanius won renown because of his great zeal for the Faith, his love and charity toward the poor, and his simplicity of character… Because of the purity of his life, Saint Epiphanius was permitted to see the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the Gifts at Divine Liturgy…
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Prayers
Troparion – Tone 4: O God of our Fathers, always act with kindness towards us; take not Your mercy from us, but guide our lives in peace through the Prayers of the Hierarchs Epiphanius and Germanus.
Kontakion – Tone 4: With faith, let us praise the pair of wonderful Hierarchs, the Divine Epiphanius and Germanus, for they subdued the godless pagans by proclaiming the wisest teachings to all, ever chanting the great Mystery of piety in an Orthodox manner.
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“Whoever honours the Lord also honours the Holy Vessel: who instead dishonours the Holy Vessel also dishonours his Master. Mary herself is that Holy Virgin, that is, the Holy Vessel.”
“And to Mary the title of “Virgin” is invariably added, for that Holy woman remains undefiled.”
“How will Holy Mary not possess the Kingdom of Heaven with her flesh, since she was not unchaste, nor dissolute, nor did she ever commit adultery, and since she never did anything wrong as far as fleshly actions are concerned, but remained stainless?”
“Is not the very name [Virgin] sufficient witness? Is it not enough to convince you, you quarrelsome fellow? Was there ever anyone who dared pronounce the name of Holy Mary without immediately adding the title ‘Virgin’?”
“We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of all things, both visible and invisible; and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God… Who for us men and for our Salvation came down and took flesh, that is, was born perfectly of the Holy Ever-Virgin Mary by the Holy Spirit.”
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“God – not only the Father, but also the Son and the Holy Spirit – is beyond every cause, with the Divinity of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit being confessed to be superior to every cause.”
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“We can tell the solution of any question not through our own reasonings but from what follows from the Scriptures.”
“It is needful also to make use of tradition, for not everything can be gotten from, Sacred Scripture. The Holy Apostles handed down some things in the Scriptures, other things in tradition.”
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