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 and of...
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 and of...
подробнее...“O hills and valleys, the
multitude of men, and all
creation, weep and lament
with me, the Mother of your God.”
“Today the grace of the Holy Spirit has gathered us...
подробнее...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 Lord. And Jesus, when he...
подробнее...Sergei Khudiev
This week of Great Lent, the Church celebrates the memory of St. Mary of Egypt. The story of St. Mary is the story of a repentant harlot. Why does the Church find this story so important? Why does the...
подробнее...
GOSPEL Luke 1:26-38 The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David... |
(Second Sunday of Great Lent)
All the deviations of the Roman Catholic confession from the ideals of the ancient, undivided Church could not but affect its spiritual life. M.V. Lodyzhensky, in the second...
подробнее...The essence of Great Lent, which lasts six weeks and which leads us to Passion Week and to the Feast of Feasts, Pascha, can best be characterized as “sweet sorrow.” During this time period, which is sorrowful and at the same time exalted, the image of man’s sinfulness,...
подробнее...In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Today, on our preparation journey towards Lent, we have come to the ultimate stage: we are confronted with judgment. If we pay attention to it, next week our spiritual destiny will be in our...
подробнее...The theme of the 2nd Sunday of the period of preparation for Great Lent recalls the parable of the Prodigal Son.
The parable of the Prodigal Son is one of the most well known. Some of its expressions have passed into the ordinary, spoken language,...
подробнее...
The Feast of the Meeting of the Lord is one of those holidays that we for the most part allow to pass by with little thought or reflection, without delving into what takes place on that great day.
... подробнее...