New Year’s Day Divine Liturgy - Feast of Circumcision of Our Lord & St Basil

Schedule

Wed Jan 01 2025 at 09:00 am to 10:45 am

UTC-05:00

Location

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church | East Meadow, NY

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The Divine Liturgy for the feast day of the Circumcision of Our Lord & St. Basil the Great and the Civil New Year will be celebrated on Monday, January 1 at 9:00 AM at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, 369 Green Avenue, East Meadow. The service is conducted in English. Coffee hour and the cutting of the St. Basil’s Bread (Vasilopita) will follow.
ST. BASIL’S BREAD: The tradition of Saint Basil’s Bread dates to the fourth century, when St. Basil the Great, the father of philanthropy, wanted to distribute money to the poor in his diocese. He commissioned some women to bake sweetened bread, in which he placed gold coins. Thus the poor families in cutting the bread to nourish themselves were pleasantly surprised to find the coins. This custom is kept to this day among Orthodox Christians, who on Saint Basil’s Day, January 1st, place gold coins inside a loaf of sweetened bread in honor of the Saint’s care for the poor. The one who finds the coin in his or her piece is considered commissioned by St. Basil to carry on his work for the poor, and in exchange, he will ask the Lord for whatever is needful for the New Year.
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Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, 369 Green Ave, East Meadow, NY 11554-2309, United States,East Meadow, New York

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