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St. Elias Church (Ukrainian Catholic–Eparchy of Toronto), Brampton, ON Canada.
A tonsure is the cutting of hair, and is a part of the sacrament of baptism–an offering of self to God.
t always consists of the cutting of four locks of hair in a cruciform pattern: at the front of head as the celebrant says “In the Name of the Father,” at the back of head at the words “and the Son,” and on either side of the head at the words “and the Holy Spirit.” In all cases, the hair is allowed to grow back; the tonsure as such is not adopted as a hairstyle. The hair which has been cut is burnt in the censer. (Source: http://orthodoxwiki.org/Tonsure)
On Sunday, March 1, Michalina Anna Korbabicz and Veronica Catherina Gouravski were baptized and Chrismated. Today, the 8th Day Ablution and Tonsure were performed. May God Grant them Many Years–Многая Літа!
(Raw footage by Maria-Lynn Turi)
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Another clip from Easter Byzantine chant sung in Arabic and Greek along with iconography. The music is from a recording of Catholic and Orthodox cantors. (Copyright www.melkite.com). The primary chanter here is Fr. Sleiman Hajjar. Byzantine Liturgy comes from the traditions of the Saints Chrysostom and Basil (4th Century) and is used by both the Orthodox and some Eastern Catholic churches. This work is in response to one of John Paul II’s intentions. For the unity of Catholic and Orthodox …
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