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The Nativity of the Mother of God

The present feastday is for us the beginning of feastdays. Serving as boundary limit to the law and to foretypes, it at the same time serves as a doorway to grace and truth. "For Christ is the end of the law" (Rom 10:4), Who, having freed us from the writing, doth raise us to spirit.

9/20/2022

A Ladder From Earth to Heaven

The Nativity of the Most Holy Virgin Mary

Bishop Mitrophan (Znosko-Borovsky)

A Ladder From Earth to Heaven

The Nativity of the Most Holy Virgin Mary

Bishop Mitrophan (Znosko-Borovsky)

The Nativity of the Virgin Mary is the day that heralds the nearing to humanity of the awaited Light, which would lead mankind out from the power of darkness.

Because of Her Surpassing Purity…

On The Nativity of the Most Pure Theotokos

Priest Valery Dukhanin

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Because of Her Surpassing Purity…

On The Nativity of the Most Pure Theotokos

Priest Valery Dukhanin

Her purity is incomprehensible to us, just as the existence of the Cherubim and Seraphim are incomprehensible to us. But to put it simply: She never betrayed God, not even once.

The Nativity of the Nativity

Fr. Sever Negrescu

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The Nativity of the Nativity

Fr. Sever Negrescu

The Nativity of the Theotokos is the sweetest center of our existence, because it’s the birth of joy.

A Gift for the Mother of God

A sermon on the Nativity of the Theotokos

Hieromonk Nikon (Parimanchuk)

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A Gift for the Mother of God

A sermon on the Nativity of the Theotokos

Hieromonk Nikon (Parimanchuk)

There is a tradition of giving presents to a person on his birthday. We can give presents to the Mother of God as well.

Sermon for the Nativity of the Theotokos

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Sermon for the Nativity of the Theotokos

Where are we to begin in extolling her greatness and with what tongue can this be done?

“Today Mary is Born!”

A Laudation for the Nativity of the Theotokos

Archimandrite Iachint (Unciuleac)

Rating: 10|Votes: 14

“Today Mary is Born!”

A Laudation for the Nativity of the Theotokos

Archimandrite Iachint (Unciuleac)

Those repenting of their sins, remembering death, desiring by the path of Confession to lay a beginning of a new life—all of you come, venture, proceed: our Savior loves you. Come, repent, forgive one another, confess, rejoice: The Mother of God awaits you, whose birth we now celebrate. Come, cast aside the old, adorn yourself in new clothes: The saints in Heaven await you, the Church awaits, priests wait for you to come to them for help—just come.

“Wisdom hath builded her house.” The Mother of God and her Holy Parents, Joachim and Anna

Protosingel Ieremia

Rating: 8|Votes: 4

“Wisdom hath builded her house.” The Mother of God and her Holy Parents, Joachim and Anna

Protosingel Ieremia

No sinner, no matter how great, should not despond, should not lose hope if Mother of God defends him—for she will not desert him.

Open Unto Us the Doors of Mercy

A Homily on the Nativity of the Theotokos

Archimandrite Cleopa (Ilie)

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Rating: 4.3|Votes: 3

Open Unto Us the Doors of Mercy

A Homily on the Nativity of the Theotokos

Archimandrite Cleopa (Ilie)

In order to praise the Child and Virgin Mary, we must have good-natured hearts, as have infants, and a pure life untainted by carnal sins. To praise Her Who was to become the Mother of the Son of God we must have the heart of a mother, the tenderness and patience of a mother, and the love and compassion of a mother for all. Otherwise our prayers and our gifts, if they come from a heart full of sins, hatred and evil, will not be received by the Most Holy Virgin Mary.

The Mother of God is Paradise

Priest Ioan Valentin Istrati

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Rating: 5.5|Votes: 4

The Mother of God is Paradise

Priest Ioan Valentin Istrati

We see today the newly born girl-child and understand the great is love of God. We hear the cries of a small child and learn of the unutterable wisdom of the Trinity. We look at the human child and through our tears we se how exalted man becomes through love—exalted to the radiant light of the throne of Life.

Sermon for the Nativity of the Theokotos from the Hermitage of the Holy Cross

Rating: 10|Votes: 2

Sermon for the Nativity of the Theokotos from the Hermitage of the Holy Cross

There is no great event which is not proceeded with great longing and expectation. This Great Feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God is no exception. This first of Feasts, celebrated on the eighth day of the New Church Year, was certainly preceded by great longing and expectation.

Sermon on the Nativity of the Virgin Mary

St. Andrew, Archbisop of Crete

Rating: 2.1|Votes: 17

Sermon on the Nativity of the Virgin Mary

St. Andrew, Archbisop of Crete

The radiant and bright descent of God for people ought to have a joyous basis, opening to us the great gift of salvation. Such also is the present feastday, having as its basis the Nativity of the Theotokos, and as its purpose and end, the uniting of the Word with flesh, this most glorious of all miracles, unceasingly proclaimed, immeasurable and incomprehensible.

Feast of the Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary

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Rating: 6.4|Votes: 5

Feast of the Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary

The Feast of the Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary is celebrated on September 8 each year. The Feast commemorates the birth of the Mother of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Sermon on the Nativity of the Mother of God

Rating: 5.5|Votes: 2

Sermon on the Nativity of the Mother of God

The Mother of God so fully and vividly expressed herself concerning herself with the words of the hymn: My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior (Lk. 1:46-47). Her whole life lies in this: Her soul magnifies the Lord for the wisdom of creation, for love and goodness. And this regardless of the sorrows and suffering that filled her heart at the foot of the Cross.

The Nativity of the Theotokos Icon

Rating: 2.6|Votes: 20

The Nativity of the Theotokos Icon

Together, the Great Feasts serve to tell us the story of the Incarnation, which has its climax in the centre of the year with the celebration of the “Feast of Feasts” – Pascha. It is therefore fitting that the first Great Feast of the Church year, which begins in September, is that of the Nativity of the Theotokos.

Sorrow and Joy: A Homily on the Day of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God

St. John of Kronstadt

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Rating: 4.8|Votes: 21

Sorrow and Joy: A Homily on the Day of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God

St. John of Kronstadt

We solemnly celebrate, dear brothers and sisters, the Nativity of the Most Holy Virgin Mary from her barren parents, pious Joachim and Anna. The Holy Church established this feast during the first centuries of the Christian Faith.