September 20, 2022 Mary’s First and Final Sermon It is the feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos. As we commemorate it at Church, let us recall her only sermon brought to…
September 9, 2022 The Sayings of Christ Not Found in the Gospels The sayings ascribed to Christ but not found in the Gospels are also called the Agrapha. There are many known Agrapha, some of which…
August 17, 2022 Which New Testament Books Could Have Been Left Out of the Canon and Why? The ancient Church used apostolic writings and the Apocrypha, which have also co-existed with bogus texts claiming to be authentic. The Church had to…
June 27, 2022 Jesus calls His Apostles Commentary on the Gospel According to Matthew by Saint Theophylact of Ochrid Matthew 4:18. As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he…
May 4, 2022 Why Did Herod Have Jesus Clothed in the Attire of a Roman Civil Servant? Some fragments of the Gospel cannot be fully understood without an explanation. The end of the narration about Tetrarch Herod’s trial of Christ is one…
February 13, 2022 Comfort of the Unrighteous Everyone knows the parable of the publican and the Pharisee. For us, modern readers, the publican is a “good guy”, while the Pharisee is…
January 16, 2022 What Was the Real Age of Christ? The works of the Hieromartyr Irenaeus of Lyons contain a statement according to which Christ died not at the age of 33, as it…
January 2, 2022 Who Were the Wise Men? Despite the story of the Wise Men bringing their gifts to the Infant Christ being very popular, the bible contains but very limited information…
December 25, 2021 The Seed, the Yeast and the Narrow Door. About Three Universal Laws Luke 13: 18-29, Gal. 3: 8-12 The Apostle reading on the Nativity day says, “…When the fullness of time had come, God sent his…
November 7, 2021 The Rich Man, Lazarus, the Afterlife, and Asceticism The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31) is often treated quite differently than Christ’s other parables. None of the others have…
