One cannot prove with certainty what share history has and what share superstition has in the traditions concerning the saint (Mary of Egypt).

Today the Church calls our attention to Saint John of Climacus (19) because this father, who lived in the seventh century, achieved in his life

In the middle of Lent, the Church sets up before us the Cross of Christ. It does this twice more a year, on September 14 and August 1, marking the

The Gospel of the First Sunday of Lent ends with an allusion to the ministry of angels. Today’s Epistle (Hebrews 10:1-3:2) also mentions angels.

When this holiday was established in 842, the word “Orthodoxy” referred to the defeat of the fight against icons and the declaring of the legitimacy of honoring them (15). And expand the meaning

The Monday following Cheesefare Sunday is the first day of Lent. So here we are in this series of

This Sunday is the fourth Sunday of preparation for fasting, and it concludes this period of preparation. It is the last day of it, as we enter

Saturday, the eve of this Sunday, is specially dedicated to the memory of the faithful who have departed. There is a clear connection between this memory and the remembrance of the Last Judgment.

This Sunday continues the expansion on the topic of repentance and repentance that we touched on during the Sunday of the Pharisee and the Publican. But the letter (1 Cor.

(Open for me the doors of repentance, O Giver of Life…). This is how the Church chants in the Matins prayer of the first of the four Sundays that prepare us for the coming of the Lord.

Easter, meaning the remembrance of the Lord’s Passion and Resurrection together, is the climax of the Orthodox liturgical year. But the Church has long prepared us for this painful period

The characteristics of Orthodox spirituality appear in the book Al-Tariudi {Al-Nour Publications has reprinted it in partnership with the Saint John of Damascus Institute in Balamand