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Monday, December 8, 2008

Immaculate Conception


4 comments:

Mimi said...

Happy Feast Day to you.

Sarah - Kala said...

Thank you, Mimi.
I know this may sound daft, but I'm up for learning: do the Orthodox celebrate this, too? Do you have major feast days or days of obligation? Thanks,
Sarah

Mimi said...

We have 12 Major Feasts and many minor feasts, one of which is today - the Conception of the Theotokos. We do not have the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception - we believe that Mary was conceived in the traditional way, and chose to not sin, but was not sinless by nature.

While it is a blessing to attend a Festal Liturgy, and something I try to do as often as I can as schedules allow, there is no "day of Obligation" theory in Orthodoxy, in that if you miss it, it is not a confessionable offense. (is that the right term?)

Sarah - Kala said...

Mimi - sounds good to me. Thank you for enlightening me as to the Orthodox way of things. I suppose the theory is: we should WANT to be there and make EVERY effort to be. That's the point. But, I think many RC's are soft and in a way the Church has to INSIST on a few things to get people to do what they should want to do in the first place. It's all interesting to me.