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Beheading of Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John

Fri, Sep 11

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St. Markella Greek Orthodox Cathedral

The divine Baptist, the Prophet born of a Prophet, the seal of all the Prophets and beginning of the Apostles, the mediator between the Old and New Covenants, the voice of one crying in the wilderness, the God-sent Messenger of the incarnate Messiah, the forerunner of Christ's coming into the world

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Beheading of Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John
Beheading of Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John

Time & Location

Sep 11, 2020, 8:00 AM

St. Markella Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 22-68 26th St, Astoria, NY 11105, USA

About The Event

The divine Baptist, the Prophet born of a Prophet, the seal of all the Prophets and beginning of the Apostles, the mediator between the Old and New Covenants, the voice of one crying in the wilderness, the God-sent Messenger of the incarnate Messiah, the forerunner of Christ's coming into the world (Esaias 40: 3; Mal. 3: 1); who by many miracles was both conceived and born; who was filled with the Holy Spirit while yet in his mother's womb; who came forth like another Elias the Zealot, whose life in the wilderness and divine zeal for God's Law he imitated: this divine Prophet, after he had preached the baptism of repentance according to God's command; had taught men of low rank and high how they must order their lives; had admonished those whom he baptized and had filled them with the fear of God, teaching them that no one is…

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