Forefeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple

Commemorated on February 1.

The Typikon should be consulted if the Forefeast falls on the Sunday of the Pharisee, the Publican, or Meatfare.

Because of the Forefeast of the Meeting of the Lord, the service to Saint Tryphon (February 1) may be moved to Compline or to another day, as the rector decides, unless the parish is dedicated to Saint Tryphon, or there is a particular devotion to him.

Troparion

The celestial choir of heavenly angels
bends down to the earth
and sees the First-born of all creation
being carried into the Temple as a babe
by a Mother who has not known man,
and in amazement sings with us
a pre-festal hymn.

Kontakion

The Word, unseen with the Father,
now is seen in the flesh, ineffably born of the Virgin,
and is given into the arms of the priest and Elder.
Let us worship Him, our True God.