Many parishioners were able to attend the pre-feast Vespers and Compline services which offered spiritual refuge from the hectic stress of the commercial, secular season and help us prepare to celebrate the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ. Father Christopher drew our attention to parallels between these services and those toward the end of Holy Week where we hear the same melody and related content, and also some parallels between the icon of the Nativity and that of Pascha.
