Possibilities and clarity, and the Kontakion of the feast.
2008
SYNOPSIS:Thoughts concering the Kontakion of the feast of the beheading of the Forerunner, and the precious gift of clarity of thought sometimes given especially during the early morning liutrgy. LISTEN NOW
Kontakion of the Beheading – Tone V.
The glorious beheading of the forerunner was a certain divine dispensation, that the coming of the Savior might also be preached to those in Hades; Lament, then, Herodias, that thou hast demanded a wicked murder, for thou didst love neither the law of God nor eternal life, but one false and fleeting.
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