Future clergy

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  1. LisaMay 16, 2014 at 3:30 PM

    Those boys are so cute.

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  2. Vampire RabbitMay 17, 2014 at 12:08 PM

    So cute!

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  3. mikeMay 17, 2014 at 2:52 PM

    as a HH admin I am glad HH is being read here

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    1. Byzantine, TXMay 17, 2014 at 3:30 PM

      It was sent to me by a reader. :) I saw you posted it too an hour or so after I put it up. I really need to put up an HH sidebar image to direct people over to your FB page. On to-do list for next week.

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    2. mikeMay 23, 2014 at 2:12 PM

      thanks, waiting for it :)

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  4. HjelleMay 17, 2014 at 10:00 PM

    Would someone be able to say which hymns the mother is singing? I don't understand Russian, but they sound familiar.

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  5. JesseMay 20, 2014 at 9:02 AM

    The first one she sings is "Having beheld the Resurrection of Christ, let us worship the holy Lord Jesus, the only sinless one. We venerate Thy cross, O Christ, and Thy holy Resurrection we praise and glorify. For Thou art our God, and we know none other than Thee. We call on Thy name. O come, all ye faithful, let us venerate Christ's holy Resurrection. For behold, through the cross joy hath come into all the world. Ever blessing the Lord, we praise his Resurrection: for by enduring the cross, he hath slain death by death."

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  6. HanMay 21, 2014 at 11:08 PM

    Best part of this: This is Matins, not Divine Liturgy. Based upon the fact that we can see the sun coming in through the window, I can only assume that they started with Little Vespers, moved on to Great Vespers, and decided not to abbreviate the Kathismata, Polyeleios, or Kanon. True All-night Vigil. These kids are hard core! :-)

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