tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974528.post4856869112166373425..comments2023-06-20T11:16:33.611-04:00Comments on on the temple doorstep: most holy Theotokos, save us!abuianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14177125847519190290noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974528.post-73843677514158474832008-04-20T06:00:00.000-04:002008-04-20T06:00:00.000-04:00Thanks. I think I've covered a lot of ground since...Thanks. I think I've covered a lot of ground since I wrote this. Now I pray the <A HREF="http://abuian.blogspot.com/2008/02/paraklesis.html" REL="nofollow">Paraklesis</A> just about every day (which includes the same phrase), and my new favorite hymn is the Troparion of the Akathist, particularly as sung by Fr. Apostolos Hill on Gates of Repentance.abuianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14177125847519190290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974528.post-15857446076980695942008-04-20T05:45:00.000-04:002008-04-20T05:45:00.000-04:00A search on "holy theotokos save us" brought your ...A search on "holy theotokos save us" brought your comment up. Nice<BR/>Sitting in Swtizerland today on work trip - internet keeps us connected with Church wherever we are.<BR/><BR/>Anne TAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974528.post-67475936493207954242007-02-25T22:11:00.000-05:002007-02-25T22:11:00.000-05:00But I began to see it less as a request and more a...<I>But I began to see it less as a request and more as an exhortation. In some sense, when we say that line, we're cheering her on, to say "yes" to God's plan for her.</I><BR/><BR/>This had never occurred to me before, but I like it! I'll have to "try it on" the next time I attend an Akathist.Arimatheanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06783088995172601340noreply@blogger.com