The Pre-Sanctified Liturgy of the Lent for 2019 will be held at
Good Shepherd Convent Chapel
St Heliers Street, Abbotsford (next to the Abbotsford Convent).
Every Wednesday evening at 7:30pm
from 13th March 2019 until 17th April 2019
THE EXARCHATE OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA INVITES ALL TO COME AND PRAY WITH US DURING GREAT LENT AND HOLY WEEK TO REDISCOVER THE ANCIENT LITURGICAL PRACTICES AND MEDITATIONS IN ENGLISH!!!
THE LITURGY OF THE PRE-SANCTIFIED
The Divine Service of the pre Sanctification is the Rite of Evening Prayer with Holy Communion which is served - if possible on Wednesday and Friday EVENINGS of each week in Lent….the fast can be rather confronting and at times if one is not practical and prayerful about it – the means of bitterness and resentment may be the produce of such a harvest!
Hence, our Father amongst the Saints Gregory Pope of Old Rome (554-604 AD) perceived the need for the faithful and clergy to be strengthened through the grace of God by nourishment via the Lord’s very life in the awesome mystery of Communion.
Thus, with the mind settled from earthly cares via the elaborate form of Evening Prayer and various Scripture readings within its structure – the faithful can partake of the reserved Sacrament with a sense of renewal in the fast itself which is the springtime for our very persona!
Please enjoy some photographs from our pre-sanctified liturgies from 2019 A.D.
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