Nativity Sermon and Presentation (song and music) of the Metropolis of Oropos and Phyle

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Subject: Nativity Sermon and Presentation (song and music) of the Metropolis of Oropos and Phyle

Date: 9 January 2015

Clergy, Faithful, and Friends of the Metropolis of Etna,

Χριστὸς γεννᾶται! Δοξάσατε! • Христос Рождается! Славите!

Христос се роди! Ваистину се роди! • Hristos se naşte! Slăviţi-L!

Christ is Born! Glorify Him!

In the spirit of these continuing days of the Nativity Season, which will culminate with the Feast of Light (Ἑορτὴ τῶν Φώτων), Theophany (Epiphany), or the Baptism of Christ, we would like to distribute two items from the website of the Metropolis of Oropos and Phyle, which is headquartered at our Mother Monastery of Sts. Cyprian and Justina, just outside Athens, Greece.

I. The first item is a beautiful sermon for the Feast of the Nativity by His Eminence, the Most Rev. Cyprian, Metropolitan of Oropos and Phyle

a. The text in English, translated here at our monastery, may be found at:

http://www.hsir.org/pdfs/2014/01/06/E20140106aMinimaXristougennon2014 Folder/E20140106aMinimaXristougennon2014.pdf

b. The original Greek text may be found at:

http://www.hsir.org/pdfs/2015/01/06/20140106aMinimaXristougennon2014.pdf

II. The second item is a short video of the annual Nativity Program (Χριστουγεννιάτικη Ἐκδήλωσις) of the Metropolis of Oropos and Phyle, featuring the children of the Metropolis, who are students in the schools of iconography, traditional folk music, and chanting at our Mother Monastery. They present a selection of κάλαντα (carols sung from house to house during this Nativity period) that can be found at:

http://www.hsir.org/Publications_el/Video/Diafora/Xrist 014.mp4

For those without Greek, you can simply forward past the spoken portions and readings. At the beginning of the film you will see Metropolitan Cyprian as he enters the hall, in downtown Phyle, where the program was presented. The musical director is Hieromonk Dionysios, a gifted musicologist, chanter, and musician, who is the First Psalte[i]s (Cantor or Chanter) of our Mother Monastery's choir, which is well known in Greece.

We convey to the blessings of His Eminence, Metropolitan Chrysostomos and His Grace, Bishop Auxentios, as well as those of our Abbot and brotherhood of the Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies.