SEPT 7: VESPERS – 6:00 PM; SEPT 8: DIVINE LITURGY – 6:30 PM (LIVE-STREAMED ON FACEBOOK); SEPT 9: DIVINE LITURGY – 6:00 PM.
Father Vasyl’s Homily: Fr. Vasyl’s Homily for September 8 2022 Birth of the Theotokos
VESPERS for Nativity of Theotokos: 09-08_Nativity_Theotokos_Vespers
Propers for Divine Liturgy for Nativity of Theotokos: 09-08_Nativity_Theotokos_DL
Streaming via Facebook Live. https://www.facebook.com/saintscyrilandmethodius/
Parishes live-streaming in the Diocese can be found here: https://www.eparchyofpassaic.com/livestream
THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY according to THE BYZANTINE RITE (from the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh): https://archpitt.org/the-nativity-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-according-to-the-byzantine-rite/
On September 8, we celebrate the first major feast of the liturgical year: the Nativity (birth) of the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary. This is one of her four major feasts in the course of the year. The stories of the feast are taken from extra-Biblical writings and the Church’s tradition; the hymns of the Liturgy recall the longing of her parents, Joachim and Anna, for a child, but also place the Mother of God in her full context: as a descendent of King David, and the “cause of our joy.”
On September 9, we commemorate Joachim and Anna (or Synaxis of Joachim and Anna); the post-festive days of the Nativity of the Theotokos continue through September 12, the “leave-taking” of the feast.
