The Christmas hymn (*), 1 - Christ was born and they glorified him. Christ came from the heavens and they received him. Christ came to earth and they glorified him. “Praise the Lord […]
On Theophany or the Birth of Christ - a sermon by Saint Gregory the Theologian Continue reading »
Our venerable father, Saint Alexis (Russian Alexius), lived in the period between (1378-1354) and was Metropolitan.
Alexy of Russia, Metropolitan of Moscow and all of Russia Continue reading »
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.”
Man cannot know the divine truth, that is, he cannot know the essence of God, but only knows the uncreated actions of God, that is, His effects. However, the Church tradition and the Holy Bible speak of specific appearances of God, the most important of which was His appearance to Abraham in the form of three angels. The Church Fathers say that this event is the first appearance of the Holy Trinity in the Old Testament.
A saint from Antioch, Sophronius, whose name means “chastity,” was born in Damascus, to two pious and chaste parents, Planthus and Myra. That was about
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
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
Eftimios was born around the year 377 AD in Malatya, Armenia. His father's name is Paul and his mother's name is Dionysia. Both were prominent and virtuous. But they are
Euthymius the Great, our righteous father who embraces God Continue reading »
The major church fasts that the Holy Church has determined are four: the Easter fast (which is the most famous and practiced by the Christians of our country) and the Apostles’ fast.
It is customary in our church for a mother to come with her child forty days after his birth, so that he can enter with her into the church where
Many people prefer to baptize their children on the day of the Epiphany. There is no doubt that they are asking for baptism for them, in
