Sunday of Saint Mary of Egypt (fifth Sunday of Lent)
One cannot prove with certainty what is the share of history and what is the share of myth in the traditions related to Saint Mary of Egypt […]
Sunday of Saint John of the Ladder (Fourth Sunday of Lent)
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
Sunday of the Adoration of the Holy Cross (Third Sunday of Lent)
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
Forgiveness (one of the cheese raisers)
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
When the Son of Man comes (one of the meat raisers)
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.
Return to the Father (One of the Prodigal Son)
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.
Gates of Repentance (Sun of the Pharisee and the Publican)
(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.
the big fasting
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
Anna the prophetess and Simon the friend who accepts God
“When Anna, who was contemplating God, and Simon, who was most happy, when they shone with prophecy and appeared faultless in the law, they now saw the Giver of the Law manifest.
Chapter Three: Belonging to the Church through rituals
1- The importance of rituals, their principle, and their nature in the church. We belong to the church by rituals in general, that is, by a set of symbols and movements (from candles, incense, and cycles).
Theophanus of Singrian the Confessor, the Righteous Saint
Saint Theophanes was born in Constantinople in the year 759 AD, during the time of Emperor Constantine V, known as “Al-Zubli” (742-775 AD), into a family of
Individual worship and group worship
Introduction In two different places in the Gospel of Matthew, two phrases about prayer appear that seem to contradict each other. In the Sermon on the Mount