01.02.2023
6:30 pm
St. Marys Indian Orthodox Church
Mayaltho Service (Jesus entry into the temple of Jerusalem) will be celebrated on 1st February 2023 at 6:30pm along with 3 day lent. There will be an evening prayer followed by Holy Qurbana.
This feast, celebrated on February 2, is known in the Orthodox Church as The Presentation of Christ in the Temple. Another name for the feast is The Meeting of our Lord.
We request all of you to join the service with prayers.
We commemorate the great event of the exaltation of St. Mary and celebrate our faith on her departure to heavenly abode, following an observance of a fifteen days of fasting and lent , seeking the blessing of God through the special intercession of Saint Mary.
On the Feast of the Holy Cross or Exaltation of the Cross (or Triumph of the Cross), we honour the Holy Cross by which Christ redeemed the world.
Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter that marks the beginning of Holy Week, the holiest of weeks, in which the most important moments of Christ's life take place, which includes the suffering and torture.