Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center Great Feast of the Holy Theophany of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ

Celebration
Day	Commemorate	Date	Day of Theo- phany Cele- bration	Day of Nativty Cele- bration	Apostolos	Gospel
Holy Theophany	Jesus Christ's baptism	6	1	13	Gal. 4:4-7 Titus 2:11-14 3:4-7	Mt. 2:1-12 Mt. 3:13-17
Second Day Celebration	Synaxis of Prophet and Glorious Forerunner John the Baptist	7	2	14	Acts 19:1-8	Jn. 1:29-34
Saturday after Theophany		Between 7 and 13			Eph. 6:10-17	Mt. 4:1-11
Sunday after Theophany		Between 7 and 13			Eph. 4:7-14	Mt. 4:12-17
Third Day Celebration	our Venerable Mother Dominica; our Holy Father George the Chosebite	8	3	15	James 3:1-10	Jn. 5:24-30
Fourth Day Celebration	Holy Martyr Polyeuctus	9	4	16	James 3:11-4:6 2 Tim. 2:1-10	Jn 6:35-39 Mk. 1:9-1
Sixth Day Celebration	our Holy Father Theodosius, Founder of Monasteries	11	6	18	Heb. 13:7-16	Mt. 11:27-30 Lk. 4:1-15
Seventh Day Celebration	Holy Woman Martyr Tatiana	12	7	19	Heb. 11:33-12:1	Jn. 6:40-48
Eighth Day Celebration	Holy Martyrs Ermylus Stratonicus	13	8	20	1 Cor. 1:18-24	Jn. 48-55
Leave- taking Holy Theophany	our Holy Fathers who were martyred in Sinai and Raitho	14	9	21	Heb. 10:32-38a	Lk. 12:32-40

Trisagion Hymn

During the Divine Liturgy, the Trisagion Hymn is the the Baptismal Hymn.

English

All of you who have been baptised into Christ have put on Christ. Alleluia!
As many as have been baptised into Christ have put on Christ. Alleluia!

Arabic phonetic transliteration:

Antom ol-ladheen bli-Maseeh i'tamadtom al-Maseeh qad labistom, Allilouia

Greek Phonetic transliteration:

Ossi ees Christon evaptisthiteh, Christon enedheesasthen, Allilouia

This Trisagion Hymn is said during the Nine Day Celebration for the Great Feast of the Holy Theophany of Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ. This Celebration begins at the beginning of Vespers of the Great Feast of the Holy Theophany of Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ (6 January) on 5 January evening. Celebration ends just before Vespers on 14 January evening.

Feast Period

This is a time of feasting and celebration. Feasting begins at the beginning of Vespers of the Great Feast of the Nativity According to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ (25 December) on 24 December evening. Feasting ends just before Vespers on the Great Feast of Holy Hypapanty of Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ and the Great Feast of the Purification of The Theotokos (2 February) on 1 February evening.
For 40-days, we celebrate! We feast for Forty Days! We do not fast, not even on Fridays. Fasting is forbidden.
The one day exception is The Paramony of The Great Feast of Holy Theophany of Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ. The Paramony of Holy Theophany is a day of strict fasting.

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O God of all spirits and of all flesh, who have destroyed death, overcome the devil, and given life to the world: grant, O Lord, to the souls of your servants Bucky and Shirley, who has departed from this life, that it may rest in a place of light, in a place of happiness, in a place of peace, where there is no pain, no grief, no sighing. And since You are a gracious God and the Lover of Mankind, forgive him/her every sin he/she has committed by thought, or word, or deed, for there is not a man who lives and does not sin : You alone are without sin, your righteousness is everlasting, and your word is true. You are the Resurrection and the Life, and the repose of your departed servants Bucky and Shirley. O Christ our God, and we send up glory to You, together with your eternal Father and your all-holy, good and life-giving Spirit, now and always and for ages upon ages. Amen.

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