Τετάρτη 29 Νοεμβρίου 2017

Παναγία η Αγία Σκέπη - Panagia Agia Skepi (Holy protection)

21x26cm - 8.3x10.2inch.
Egg tempera on a well prepared piece of pine tree.


+ Η Αγία Σκέπη της Υπεραγίας Θεοτόκου εν Βλαχερνώ εορτάζει την 1η Οκτωβρίου όπου και το βιογραφικό σημείωμα. Η Εκκλησία της Ελλάδος όμως, την έχει μεταθέσει στις 28 Οκτωβρίου, όπου η Ελλάδα γιορτάζει το μεγάλο γεγονός της διασώσεως και απελευθερώσεως της από τον Ιταλογερμανικό ζυγό. Την Ακολουθία που ψάλλεται αυτή την ημέρα την έγραψε ο Αγιορείτης Μοναχός Γεράσιμος Μικραγιαννανίτης και εγκρίθηκε από την Ιερά Σύνοδο της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος στις 21 Οκτωβρίου 1952 μ.Χ. όπου και αποφασίστηκε ο συνεορτασμός της εορτής της Αγίας Σκέπης και της Εθνικής επετείου του «ΟΧΙ» (Συνοδικές Εγκύκλιοι, Τόμος Β', Αθήνα 1956, σελ. 649).

Ἀπολυτίκιον
Ἦχος α’. Τῆς ἐρήμου πολίτης.
Τῆς Σκέπης σου Παρθένε, ἀvuμνοῦμεν τάς χαρίτας, ἣν ὡς φωτοφόρον νεφέλην, ἐφαπλοῖς ὑπὲρ ἔννοιαν, καὶ σκέπεις τὸν λαόν σου νοερῶς, ἐκ πάσης τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἐπιβουλῆς. Σὲ γὰρ σκέπην καὶ προστάτιν καὶ βοηθόν, κεκτήμεθα βοῶντές σοι· Δόξα τοῖς μεγαλείοις σου Ἁγνή, δόξα τῇ θείᾳ Σκέπῃ σου, δόξα τῇ πρὸς ἡμᾶς σου, προμηθείᾳ Ἄχραντε.


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+The Protection of the Mother of God is one of the most beloved feast days on the Orthodox calendar among the Slavic peoples, commemorated on October 1. The feast is celebrated additionally on October 28 in the Greek tradition. It is also known as the feast of the Virgin Mary's Cerement.
In most Slavic languages the word "cerement" has a dual meaning of "veil" and "protection." The Russian word Pokrov (Покров), like the Greek Skepi (Σκέπη), has a complex meaning. First of all, it refers to a cloak or shroud, but it also means protection or intercession. For this reason, the name of the feast is variously translated as the Veil of Our Lady, the Protecting Veil of the Theotokos, the Protection of the Theotokos, or the Intercession of the Theotokos.

In recent years, the Feast of the Protection has become associated with thanksgiving for the deliverance of the Greek nation from the Italian invasion of 1940. These events are commemorated in Greece in a national holiday known as "Ochi Day" or "No Day," referring to the response of the Greek leader Metaxas to Mussolini's ultimatum.
In recognition of this, and because of the many miracles of the Holy Virgin which were reported by Greek soldiers during the Greco-Italian War of 1940-1941, the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece elected in 1952 to transfer the Feast from October 1 to October 28.
The Ecumenical Patriarchate also provides for this usage in its parishes in Greece and in the Greek diaspora, and it is generally observed now throughout the Greek-speaking world. The observance includes the chanting of a Doxology incorporating hymns recognizing the Protection of the Theotokos over the Greek nation, as well as the kontakion "O Champion Leader."


Troparion (Tone 4)
Today the faithful celebrate the feast with joy
illumined by your coming, O Mother of God.
Beholding your pure image we fervently cry to you:
"Encompass us beneath the precious veil of your protection;
deliver us from every form of evil by entreating Christ,
your Son and our God that He may save our souls."


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