Ornament - Parted Sea
Materials - Paper/ wave printed card stock from Hobby Lobby, a square of sand paper, hot glue, twine
(Vespers of 22nd Sunday after Pentecost)
Once the image of the Bride who knoweth not wedlock was inscribed in the Red Sea. There it was
Moses who parted the waters; and here Gabriel is the minister of a miracle. There Israel traversed the
deep dry-shod; and now the Virgin giveth birth unto Christ without seed. The sea remained impassable
after Israel had crossed; and the immaculate one remaineth incorrupt after the birth of Emmanuel. O
God Who hast appeared as a man, Who existeth and hast existed from the beginning: Have mercy
upon us!
(Ode I, Eighth Tone, Paraklesis to the Most Holy Mother of God)
Traversing the water as on dry land, and thereby escaping from the toils of Egypt's land, the Israelites
cried aloud. Proclaiming unto our God and Redeemer, let us now sing. O Most Holy Theotokos, save
us.
See also Law of God, Sacred History Chapter 26, The Hebrews Pass Through the Red Sea and Other
Miracles
http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/law_of_god_slobodskoy_1.htm#_Toc36163705
(excerpt below):
The Hebrews’ passing through the Red Sea, whose waters separated and delivered the Hebrews from
iniquity and bondage in Egypt, foreshadowed Baptism by which we are freed from the power of the
Devil and slavery to sin.
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