{"id":910,"date":"2010-06-24T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-24T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2010\/06\/nativity-of-st-john-the-forerunner\/"},"modified":"2017-01-25T20:01:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T01:01:02","slug":"nativity-of-st-john-the-forerunner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2010\/06\/nativity-of-st-john-the-forerunner.html","title":{"rendered":"nativity of St. John the Forerunner&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i26.photobucket.com\/albums\/c145\/solekat205\/art\/Nativity_john_baptist.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>TROPARION (TONE 4)<br>O Prophet and Forerunner of the coming of Christ, in spite of our eagerness to render you due honor, we fall short when singing your praise. Your glorious birth saved your mother from the shame of barrenness, returned to your father the power of speech, and proclaimed to the world the Incarnation of the Son of God.<\/p>\n<p>KONTAKION (TONE 3)<br>The woman who had been barren becomes fertile and gives birth today to the Forerunner of Christ. 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