Before confession, each person must attempt to recall all of his sins, voluntary and involuntary, must attentively go over his life in order, to the extent possible, to recall all of his sins, not only those committed since his last confession, but also those past sins which...

The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts may be characterized, without exaggeration, as the heart, the center of the services of Great Lent. In some ancient manuscripts of the service books, it is known as the “Liturgy of the Great Quadragesima.” In fact, it is the service which...

The Beginning of Great Lent & the Penitential Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

In the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete we see the images of Biblical characters pass before us one by one, both the just and sinners spoken of in the Old...

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...