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Church Mother of God
Welcome to the official website of the Orthodox Church of the Mother of God, Joy of all the Sorrowful, founded in 1966 We are a small parish in the Diocese of New York and New Jersey, of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA).
We are in historic Mays Landing, New Jersey, easily reachable near where Route 40 meets Route 50 in Atlantic County.
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 Icon Mother of God Joy of all who sorrow Icon Commemorated on October 24
The wonder working "Joy of All Who Sorrow" Icon of the Mother of God was glorified in the year 1688. Euphymia, the sister of Patriarch Joachim (1674-1690), lived at Moscow and suffered from an incurable illness for a long time. One morning during a time of prayer she heard a voice say, "Euphymia! Go to the temple of the Transfiguration of My Son; there you will find an icon called the "Joy of All Who Sorrow." Have the priest celebrate a Molieben with the blessing of water, and you will receive healing from sickness." Euphymia did as she was directed by the Most Holy Theotokos, and she was healed. This occurred on October 24, 1688. Icon Commemorated on November 19
Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" Icons of this type depict the Mother of God standing full-length, with a scepter in Her right hand. In some variants of this icon, She is also holding Christ in Her left arm. Icon Commemorated on July 23
The Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" (With Coins) was glorified in the year 1888 in Petersburg, when during the time of a terrible thunderstorm lightning struck in a chapel. All was burned or singed, except for this icon of the Queen of Heaven. It was knocked to the floor, and the poor box broke open at the same time. Somehow, twelve small coins (half-kopeck pieces), became attached to the icon. A church was built in 1898 on the site of the chapel. Icon
The Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All the Sorrowful" on the iconostas of our church.
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(Stamp-DG. 1863 god.Moskva. In a family with the birth in 1863 [prapradeda] Nikita.)
Thanks to: Alexander Vorozhbet
Icon Mother of God Joy of all who sorrow
HYMN OF PRAISE to the Icon of the Most-holy Theotokos,"Joy of All the Sorrowful" O Most-holy Mother of God, Joy of All the Sorrowful,
Grant thy mercy to us sinners.
Thy Son now sits on the throne of the Eternal Kingdom,
And all our troubles thou seest; thou knowest them as they occur.
Thou hast always prayed to Christ God for the faithful,
And hast relieved much pain and misery of the sorrowful.
O Holy Virgin, never cease, to the end of time,
To pray for the salvation of our race.
God hast made thee even more glorious than the Seraphim:
O hasten to us, O Joy of all the Sorrowful! Church of the Mother of God
115 Hudson St.
Mays Landing, New Jersey 08330 Our Rector, Rev. Boris Slootsky2B Pembrooke Lane
Manchester, New Jersey 08759 Our Bishop, The Most Blessed JonahArchbishop of Washington, Locum Tenens of New York and New Jersey
Metropolitan of All America and Canada
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Schedule Category
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Great Lent Services2010 Services for Great Lent
Sunday, February 14, after Sunday Liturgy -
| Forgiveness Vespers
| Friday, February 19, 6:00 PM -
| Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | Friday, February 26, 6:00 PM -
| Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | Friday, March 5, 6:00 PM -
| Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
| Friday, March 12, 6:00 PM -
| Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | Saturday March 13, 10:00 AM -
| Liturgy - Commemoration of the Departed | | Friday, March 19, 6:00 PM - | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | | Friday, March 26, 6:00 PM - | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | Saturday, March 27, 6:00 PM -
| Vespers - Saturday of Lazarus' Resurrection |
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Written by Fr. Alexander Schmemann
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GREAT LENT Its Meaning For Orthodox Christians by THE RT. REV. ALEXANDER SCHMEMANN (1970) GREAT LENT The Time of Repentance
"Brethren, while fasting bodily, let us,.also fast spiritually; let us loosen every bond of injustice; let us destroy the strong fetters of violence; let us tear up every unjust writing; let us give bread to the hungry and let us welcome the homeless poor to our houses, that from Christ our God we may receive the great mercy." (Stichira, Wednesday of the First Week)
We are approaching again the Great Lent- the time of repentance, the time of our reconciliation with God. Repentance is the beginning and also the condition of a truly Christian life. "Repent!" was the first word of Christ when He began to preach (Matt. 4:17). But what is repentance? |
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Purpose
As the local community of the Church of the Mother of God, this parish, exists for the purpose of worshiping God according to the Holy Scriptures and Tradition of the Holy Orthodox Church, to encourage union with God among the members of the parish, to seek out the lost, the searching, and the un-churched and to strive to bring them into union with the Church, to provide religious education and charitable
aid for its members and potential members, and to defend, promote, and witness to the Orthodox Christian Faith in southern New Jersey. This website is a tool to help in this purpose. Primarily to publicize our existence in southern New Jersey, and hopefully, encourage people to "come and see". The many pages on this website contain information we hope is helpful. |
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Lenten Prayer of St. Ephrem the Syrian
By Protopresbyter Alexander SchmemannWhy does this short and simple prayer occupy such an important position in the entire Lenten worship? Because it enumerates in a unique way all the "negative" and "positive" elements of repentance and constitutes, so to speak, a "check list" for our individual Lenten effort.The Lenten Prayer of St. Ephrem the Syrian |
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Feast of the Annunciationfrom The Orthodox Faith, by Fr. Thomas Hopko
The feast of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary comes nine months
before Christmas on the twenty-fifth of March. It is the celebration of
the announcing of the birth of Christ to the Virgin Mary as recorded in
the Gospel of Saint Luke. In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was
sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin
betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and
the virgin's name was Mary. And he came to her and said, "Hail, full of
grace, the Lord is with you!" But she was greatly troubled at the
saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be.
And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found
favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a
son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, and will be
called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the
throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob
forever; and of his kingdom there will be no end." And Mary said to the
angel, "How can this be, since I have no husband?" And the angel said
to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most
High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called
holy, the Son of God. And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old
age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who
was called barren. For with God nothing will be impossible." And Mary
said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according
to your word." And the angel departed from her (Lk 1:26-38). |
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Our Church Building Our church building, and the services celebrated within it, are from the tradition of the church, from the vision of St John the Apostle, as well as the Old Testament Temple. The interior of the Orthodox Church buildings are particularly styled to give the experience of the unity of all things in God. They are not constructed to reproduce the upper room of the Last Supper, nor to be simply a meeting hall for men whose life exists solely within the bounds of this earth. The church building itself, is an Icon of the world.
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