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Overcoming Our Differences. A Homily on the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul

09 Jul 2026

In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Today the Church sets before us the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul: the two mighty pillars of the Church; St. Peter, the Apostle to the Jewish Nation...

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The Healing of the Centurion’s Servant: What Faith Was Christ Looking For?

28 Jun 2026

ARCHPRIEST PAVEL VELIKANOV | 17 JULY 2016

Fasting, attending Divine services, reading prayers – which...

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THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

20 Jun 2026

In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Today's Gospel is taken from the Sermon on the Mount, the first piece of preaching in Christ's public life.

In it Our Lord says that the light of the body is...

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Pentecost. Trinity Sunday. Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles

30 May 2026

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto...

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Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council

22 May 2026

The Orthodox Church today prayerfully remembers the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, which once met in the city of Nicaea in order to investigate and judge the heresy of Arius. We know that in the first centuries of Christianity...

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Let Us Look at Each Other with Compassion: On the Sunday of the Paralytic

02 May 2026

So we are surrounded, all of us, by people who are in the situation of this paralytic man. If we think of ourselves we will see that many of us are paralyzed, incapable of fulfilling all their aspirations; incapable of being what they longed...

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Sincerity and Honesty of Faith: On Thomas Sunday

17 Apr 2026

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit!

This Sunday, dear brothers and sisters, is called Antipascha or Thomas Sunday. There is something...

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Holy Pascha

11 Apr 2026

Khristos Voskrese! Christos Anesti! Christ is Risen!

Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto...

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HOLY WEEK: AN EXPLANATION

06 Apr 2026

Great Lent and Holy Week are two separate fasts, and two separate celebrations. Great Lent ends on Friday of the fifth week (the day before Lazarus Saturday). Holy Week begins immediately thereafter. Let's explore the meaning of each of the solemn days of Passion Week. ...

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The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem

05 Apr 2026

On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the...

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