2nd Resurrection Gospel Reading
(Mark 16:1-8)
When the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome had bought sweet spices that they might come and anoint him. And very early in the morning, the...
подробнее...2nd Resurrection Gospel Reading
(Mark 16:1-8)
When the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome had bought sweet spices that they might come and anoint him. And very early in the morning, the...
подробнее...9th Resurrection Gospel
(John 20:19-31)
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and...
подробнее...In accordance with the rite established by the Church, we exchange a Paschal kiss during Matins on the first day of Holy Pascha. The rite is both important and comforting.
Ordinarily, when we exchange that kiss, we say, “Christ is Risen!” and are...
подробнее...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...
подробнее...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...
подробнее...“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...
подробнее...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...
подробнее...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...
подробнее...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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