Andronicus, Bishop of Perm, the great saint of martyrs
The Great Martyr Andronicus, Bishop of Perm, was one of the bishops of the Russian Church during the Tsarist and Bolshevik rule in Russia, […]
Chapter Twenty-Eight - The Ritual Year
The life of the saints is the life of Christ himself, continuing throughout the ages. We are united to them on the basis of the human nature that Christ reformed through his incarnation, death and resurrection. In the divine liturgy, and especially the Eucharist, we participate in the life of Christ and its events and in the life of the saints, because we are all one body, Christ, the saints and ourselves, and we are all “one in Christ Jesus.”
Great Holy Week: Good Friday - Calvary
On Holy Thursday we followed Jesus into the upper room. Today, on Good Friday (49), we will follow him to Calvary. We will not follow him
Great Holy Week: Holy Thursday - Cenacle
Holy Thursday brings us into the Paschal Mystery (38), as it revives and brings before us the first part of this Mystery, which took place in
Great Holy Week: Holy Tuesday – so be prepared…
Holy Tuesday continues the meditation on the subject of Christ's return and the judgment he will exercise on mankind. But there are some differences between the method
Great Holy Week: Holy Monday - just as lightning comes out of the east
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,
Great Holy Week
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