Church Worship as a Journey to Heaven
What are the most important occasions in the month of Koiak (Kiahk, the month of vigil and praise)?
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- a. The Archangel Raphael (13[th] Kiahk / 22[nd] December).
- b. Midnight praises of the “ Seven and Four ” and the Sundays of Kiahk.
- c. Paramoun of the Nativity : the day before the Nativity feast (sometimes two or three days).
- d. The Glorious Feast of the Nativity (29[th] Kiahk / 7[th] January), We pray in the joyful tune from 29[th] Kiahk (the Nativity) until the Feast of the Circumcision on 6[th] Tobe — an invitation to behold God and enter into a dialogue with Him, becoming more aware of our authority over the devil, sin, and darkness, and opposing injustice and death.