Sunday of the Expulsion

The cycle of Sundays in Great Lent begins this weekend with the Sunday of the Expulsion—a reference to the exile of Adam and Eve from Paradise. This day reminds us of the loss of man’s happiness due to his disobedience. During this day’s service the hymn of St. Nersess the Graceful, Vor Zorenes Serpoutian, describes man’s Fall: how Adam and Eve experienced the bitterness of sin and death, how they first felt “fear” in their hearts, and “hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees in the garden.”

Thereafter, the re-establishment of the friendship between God and man had to await God’s entry into our lives. Through this act of grace, man is able to search his heart, perceive his condition as an exile of “paradise lost,” and see that God has given human beings the opportunity to regain their former status.

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