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St. Nicholas & Advent Vespers: Sunday December 5th, 2010

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Choral Prelude of Advent Hymns (MP3 -17MB)
Service of Great Vespers for St. Nicholas (MP3 - 45MB)
   

Fr. Brian Daley

Homily: (MP3 - 18MB) Fr. Brian Daley, Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame

TOMORROW I WILL COME:
ADVENT REFLECTIONS FROM THE UNDIVIDED CHURCH

Fr Brian is on sabbatical this year at the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton.  He is a historical theologian, who specializes in the study of the early Church, particularly the development of Christian doctrine from the fourth to the eighth centuries.  One of his books, On The Dormition of Mary:  Early Patristic Homilies, (1997) was published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press.

Fr. Brian is a past president of the North American Patristic Society, an editor of the scholarly journal Traditio, and is executive secretary of the Orthodox-Roman Catholic Consultation in North America.

Service of Great Vespers for St. Nicholas


Last Year: Advent Vespers: Sunday December 6th, 2009 [Download Flyer]

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Advent Service of Great Vespers (MP3 - 42MB)
Homily: (MP3 - 18MB) Dr. George Parsenios, Associate Professor of New Testament, Princeton Seminary.
Troparion of St Nicholas and Isaiah 35:1-10 (MP3 - 2.4MB)
Choral Prelude from Advent Vespers 2007 (MP3 -17MB)

“Prepare the way of the Lord, make His paths straight!”
            Gospel of Matthew 3: 3b


    As the season commemorating Christ’s birth approaches, it is so very easy for all of us to be caught up in the many preparations we make, and often deeply cherish, in anticipation of this joyous event.    It is also so very easy to lose sight of the source of our joy…the uncontainable love who deigns to be born in the manger in Bethlehem.

Let us take the time to prepare for His coming!
 

 

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