Feast of the Theophany: Abandan Ungodliness

[@mgpc.]

Amen.

[@choppyaussemsadventuressta3363]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@Gloria68]

This first icon is the same as this week's bulletin at Holy Cross Ukrainian Catholic Church in Astoria, Queens, NYC. Who are the two on the sea creatures?

[@elizabethdarley8646]

Dear Gloria, I will try to find out! No doubt lots of people know but I will try to find out who they are here. God bless you. Mrs D in Yorkshire

[@elizabethdarley8646]

Found it_ This is why in the bottom of most Theophany icons, little creatures, representations of the waters of the Jordan and of the sea, appear to be fleeing from the feet of Christ. The Angelus Nov and Dec 2020 SSPX

[@HisGraceIsSufficientForMe]

Mary was NOT an “unwedded Virgin”. She was betrothed to Saint Joseph and that was considered a true marriage in their time.

[@iteadjoe1842]

Thank you…what was that? A slip it tongue? Father perhaps you can correct this…

[@christopherpavesi7245]

​@@iteadjoe1842Unwedded Bride is an ancent title for the Blessed Virgin in the East.

[@christopherpavesi7245]

​​​Unwedded Bride is an ancient title in the east for the Blessed Virgin. It means that while she was betrothed to St. Joseph, she never consummated the marriage.

[@elizabethdarley8646]

But if it is the same as being married, then why get married?