Now as they went on their way, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha received Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to His teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving; and she went to Him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion, which shall not be taken away from her.”
Luke 10:38-42
The last prayer of each Divine Service of the Orthodox Church is called “The Dismissal.” It usually begins with the words “May Christ our true God, through the Intercessions of His most pure and spotless Holy Mother . . .” There are five names that are always read as part of the dismissal. They are Christ, the Virgin Mary, St. John the Baptist, St. Joachim and St. Anna. Of the thousands of saints…
