Sermons for the Triodi time
Section Three: Sermons for the Time of the Triodi His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius IV (Hazim) (*) One of the Pharisees and the publican, O God, give us the grace of the Pharisee humbler […]
Entering into fasting
The Monday following Cheesefare Sunday is the first day of Lent. So here we are in this series of
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
The first section: The Triodi Book
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
Andrew of Crete of Jerusalem, Archbishop of Crete (Crete)
Saint Andrew was born in Damascus, Syria, during the days of the Arab invasion, around the year 660, from a virtuous, pious family. His father’s name was George.
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