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| − | [[Image:Forefathers.JPG|frame|right|Holy Forefathers]]
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| − | The '''Sunday of the Holy Forefathers''' is the Sunday that falls between December 11-17, the second Sunday before the [[Nativity]]. The ancestors of [[Christ]] according to the flesh are remembered on this Sunday of the Nativity [[Fast]].
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| − | All the great Fathers and Mothers and [[Prophet]]s of the [[Old Testament]], starting with [[Adam]], [[Abraham]], the Righteous [[Sarah]], [[Isaac]] and [[Jacob]], including Holy Prophet [[Elias]] and [[Daniel]], and concluding with Holy Prophet [[Zechariah]] (Zachary), [[Joachim and Anna]], Holy Prophet and Forerunner [[John the Baptist]] and The [[Theotokos]]. They lived before the Law and under the Law, especially the Patriarch Abraham, to whom God said, "In thy seed shall all of the nations of the earth be blessed" ([[Genesis]] 12:3, 22:18).
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| − | ==Hymns==
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| − | [[Troparion]] (Tone 2)
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| − | :Through faith You justified the Forefathers,
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| − | :betrothing through them the Church of the gentiles.
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| − | :These saints exult in glory,
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| − | :for from their seed came forth a glorious fruit:
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| − | :She who bore You without seed.
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| − | :So by their prayers, O Christ God, have mercy on us!
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| − | [[Kontakion]] (Tone 6)
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| − | :You did not worship the graven image,
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| − | :O thrice-blessed ones,
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| − | :but armed with the immaterial Essence of God,
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| − | :you were glorified in a trial by fire.
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| − | :From the midst of unbearable flames you called on God, crying:
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| − | :Hasten, O compassionate One!
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| − | :Speedily come to our aid,
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| − | :for You are merciful and able to do as You will.
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| − | ==See also==
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| − | *[[Sunday of the Fathers]]
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | *[http://www.goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=1111&PCode=11LS&D=SA&DT=12/16/2001 11th Sunday of Luke] - [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]] website
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| − | *[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=80 Sunday of the Forefathers]] - [[OCA]] website
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| − | *[http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/sermhff.htm Sermon on Sunday of the Forefathers] - Orthodox England website
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| − | [[Category:Feasts]]
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