{"id":5167,"date":"2024-01-04T22:56:47","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T06:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holyres.org\/en\/?p=5167"},"modified":"2024-01-05T20:10:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T04:10:52","slug":"christmas-greetings-from-the-rector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holyres.org\/en\/?p=5167","title":{"rendered":"Christmas greetings from the rector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.holyres.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/365750449.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christ is born &#8211; glorify Him! Christ from heaven &#8211; welcome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May the gates of heaven open on this day and the Good News come to your home. Let your soul become light, and God\u2019s grace and warmth descend upon you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May you look at each other with eyes full of love on this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wish you peace on this bright holiday. So that the Guardian Angels take care of you, your family and loved ones. So that your friends are nearby, and you always feel their support, support and love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wish you peace of mind and goodness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Christmas blessings and love,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mitred Archpriest Mikhail Fourik<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 6 \u2013 Christmas Eve before Christmas. 6 pm &#8211; Vigil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 7 \u2013 Christmas. 10 am &#8211; Divine Liturgy. After the service &#8211; Pot-lock lunch. Please bring 1-2 dishes for the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 14 \u2013 Circumcision of the Lord according to the flesh and St. Basil the Great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 18 \u2013 Epiphany Christmas Eve. Great consecration of Water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 19 \u2013 Epiphany of the Lord. 10am &#8211; Liturgy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 19 &#8211; 6 pm &#8211; Blessing of the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christmastide (holy days) is the period from the Feast of the Nativity of Christ to Epiphany Eve. They are also called holy evenings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The holidays of Epiphany and the Nativity of Christ, united by Christmastide, constitute, as it were, one big celebration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christ is born &#8211; glorify Him! Christ from heaven &#8211; welcome!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May the gates of heaven open on this day and the Good News come to your home. Let your soul become light, and God\u2019s grace and warmth descend upon you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May you look at each other with eyes full of <\/p>\n<p>Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyres.org\/en\/?p=5167\">Christmas greetings from the rector<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holyres.org\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holyres.org\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holyres.org\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holyres.org\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holyres.org\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5167"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.holyres.org\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5170,"href":"https:\/\/www.holyres.org\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5167\/revisions\/5170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holyres.org\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holyres.org\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holyres.org\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}