The Year of Grace of the Lord: A Scriptural and Liturgical Commentary on the Calendar of the Orthodox Church

The Year of Grace of the Lord: A Scriptural and Liturgical Commentary on the Calendar of the Orthodox Church[short]Author: A Monk of the Eastern Church, Pages: 246[ short][long] On the basis of the worship of the Orthodox Church, The Year of Grace of the Lord takes the reader through the Sundays and feast days from the beginning of the year in September to the time of its completion after Pentecost. It is a guide to the scriptural readings and prayers of the calendar year and reveals the spiritual growth in Christ that is opened to us in them. [ long]

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and author of 181 books and hundreds of journal articles on Biblical exegesis

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Part one deals with the historical and theological traditions of fasting

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as well as the thoughts of other great lights in the life of the early church such as Justin Martyr

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