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Find insights about a hymn from the January 1st service called the apolytikion (in Greek: ἀπολυτίκιον). Circumcision was something that God Himself commanded Abraham to implement, but why? And circumcision in the Old Testament gives way to what Holy Sacrament today? To find out, read this mini-sermon from the Department of Religious Education (DRE): www.goarch.org/departments/religioused/sermons