Great Holy Week: Holy Tuesday – so be prepared…
Good Tuesday continues to reflect on the theme of Christ's return and the judgment that He will exercise upon humanity. But there is some difference between the method [...]
Good Tuesday continues to reflect on the theme of Christ's return and the judgment that He will exercise upon humanity. But there is some difference between the method [...]
There is a clear difference between the atmosphere of Palm Sunday and the atmosphere of Holy Monday. While Palm Sunday was talking about the coming of the King,
From the first day of the Great Week, we must (receive) Jesus Christ, and accept that His will dominates us. In this reception of Christ
We now enter into the holiest week of the year (23). It is at the forefront of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, which along with the resurrection of Lazarus constitutes an introduction
Fasting, in its exclusive sense, ends on the Friday following the fifth Sunday of Lent, when the forty-day period ends. The period of pain extends
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