Posted By Macedon on September 20, 2023
THE MOST-HOLY THEOTOKOS
THE SOURCE OF LIFE
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Especially for our Most-Holy, Most-Pure, Most-Blessed
glorious Lady, the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary[1]
Truly it is worthy
to call You blessed, Mother of God,
ever-Blessed and Most-Pure,
and the Mother of our God.
More honourable than the Cherubim and
incomparably more glorious than the Seraphim,
thou, who without corruption didst bring forth God the Word,
and art indeed Mother of God,
thee do we magnify.
When we talk about the One through whom the salvation of the world came and was worthy to become the Mother of God, and we describe Her life, it is better for us to remain silent, for we will not find words that can be used to describe Her. That is why we cannot make a better introduction to Her except the liturgical voice – that She is immaculate, more honourable and more glorious than any creation.
Our Metropolitan of Strumica Nahum, with special admiration for Her, writes:
“She taught us what is (Who Is) the meaning of our life.
She taught us what is (Who Is) the true faith.
She taught us what is (Who Is) the absolute obedience.
She taught us what is (Who Is) the renunciation of this world.
She taught us what is (Who Is) the ultimate alienation.
She taught us what is (Who Is) the heavenly humility.
She taught us what is (Who Is) the non-delusional circular movement of the mind in God, that is, a graceful prayer of the mind in the heart.
She taught us what is (Who Is) love.
She taught us what is (Who Is) perfect communion with God.
She is the perfect vessel of the God’s Tradition.
She permitted the incarnation of the Only-begotten Son of God in Her – of the Holy Spirit.
She gave birth to our Lord, the God-Man Jesus Christ.
She suffered reluctantly under the Cross of Christ, like no other human being – be that at any time.
She, from all of us, was the first to be resurrected.
She is the boundary between the uncreated and the created.
Through Her we receive every gift of God.
Every one of our gifts to God, He receives through Her.
She gave birth to the Church.
She is our Mother, and we are Her children.
“She is our Sovereign Lady the Theotokos and the Ever-Virgin Mary.”[2]
Very little is written about the Most-Holy Theotokos in the Gospel. She is mentioned in the most important moments of Christ’s life and His salvific dispensation. . Without Her participation, the dispensation of salvation would be impossible, and only through Her was it fulfilled. She is the One for whom the whole human race waited to be born, in order to give birth to our Saviour, and to be delivered from sin, death, and eternal corruption. That is why we respect and mention Her so much on every exclamation of the Liturgy: “Most Holy Theotokos, save us”, and that saving exclamation is written above the holy doors of the iconostasis in every Orthodox Church.
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