Hieromartyr Metropolitan St. Seraphim (Chichagov)
We have been forgiven and redeemed. Christ is Risen! In those three words, everything is said. In them lies the foundation of our faith, our hope, our love, the Christian life, all of our...
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Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Volokalamsk
(For Great Thursday)
“Whoso eateth My Flesh, and drinketh My Blood, dwelleth in Me, and I in him.” [John 6:56] In those words, the Lord speaks of two things: of His being in us...
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“O hills and valleys, the
multitude of men, and all
creation, weep and lament
with me, the Mother of your God.”
St. Luke, Archbishop of Crimea
Jerusalem was all astir with the news about the exceedingly great miracle of the resurrection of Lazarus the four-days-dead by the Lord Jesus Christ.
They needed to greet with glory this Miracle...
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Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann
The joy that permeates and enlightens the service of Lazarus Saturday stresses one major theme: the forthcoming victory of Christ over Hades. "Hades" is the Biblical term for Death and its universal power, for...
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ARCHPRIEST ALEXANDER ILIASHENKO
One week of Great Lent remains. The week after is Holy Week, for which we have been preparing for so long, and which will be dedicated entirely to the remembrance of the Savior’s Way of the Cross to...
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ARCHPRIEST ALEXANDER MEN (+1990)
On the fifth Sunday of Great Lent the Church celebrates the memory of St. Mary of Egypt, the holy ascetic struggler, who is an image of the deep and sincere repentance that brings forth great fruit.
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By His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Geron of America
1. Meditate on the History of Salvation
Think of the Lenten period as a time of meditating on the history of salvation. Think about the...
BODILY SICKNESS, THE RESULT of sinfulness, is inextricably intertwined in human life. Part of the mission of the Apostles and of the Church is the liberation of the children of the Kingdom from the bondage to sickness, sin, and death which is a consequence of the Fall. So it...
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“O Invincible and incomprehensible and divine power of the precious and life-giving Cross, forsake not us sinners.”
(From the order of Great Compline)
The Cross is the mighty and profound symbol of Christianity, a symbol whose...
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