THE MOST HONORABLE BRIDE OF THE VIRGIN MOTHER?
WE SEE that on the days of the Crucifixion when we fast, Wednesday and Friday, the troparia are also more ascetic and composed with joy and sorrow.
Even the Virgin Mary temporarily restrains her glory before the Holy Cross and her troparia no longer have the usual gravity of her greatness, like a feast and a feast, but only the sweet melancholy of Good Friday and that is why they are called the Stavrotheotokia.
How then, in these days of Christmas mourning, do some people celebrate weddings and dances in churches and in public, and what bride, adorned like a peacock, would dare to appear more glorious than the Virgin Mary, who stands out in respect for the day and this heavenly glory of Her?
Imagine what kind of blessing and success such marriages would receive from Christ.
Fr. Dionysios Tabakis
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