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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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Sermon for the Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt

28 Mar 2026

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

We have now reached the end of the most eventful week of the Forty Day Fast, as we celebrate the life of our...

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Third Sunday of the Great Lent. Adoration of the Holy Cross.

13 Mar 2026

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O Lord, save Your people, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victories to the Orthodox Christians, over their adversaries. And by virtue of Your Cross...

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The Pure in Heart Shall See God: On St. Gregory Palamas

08 Mar 2026

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

On the second Sunday of Great Lent the memory of St. Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica, is celebrated. Archbishop Gregory was an enlightened man and a remarkable theologian...

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The Triumph of Orthodoxy

27 Feb 2026