It is celebrated on the Sunday of Orthodoxy (the first Sunday of Lent). The Akathist Hymn is a profound, devotional poem, which sings the praises of the Holy Mother and Ever-Virgin Mary. It is one of ...

Lent is the 40-day period preceding Easter that focuses on ... an effort to get him to doubt that he was really the son of God or to renounce his devotion in exchange for wealth and glory. But instead ...