[VawSwaspamups]

I was just reading the text of the Father Alexander link I posted above.

I found this in confirmation of how we think of the Theotokos in Greece.

"The Theotokos (Mother of God) is venerated and honored because of her Son and never apart from Him. She is the Panaghia, the first and fullest of the Saints, leading the Church in a continuous intercession to the Trinity."

Panayia : first and fullest of the Saints.

Also reading some of the words of the Liturgy in this same text, I couldn't help feeling once again the wondrous joy of it. It is so special that I wonder how anyone who has really heard and felt the words could ever think of either changing or "adapting" it.

Effie