February 21, 2021 281 0 Sunday Sermon: The Publican and the Pharisee Luke 18:10 – 14 2 Timothy 3:10 – 15 The preparation period for the Great Lent has started, and in today’s readings we hear…
April 16, 2020 770 0 The Last Supper: What It Was Like On Great Thursday, the Church remembers the Passover events that occurred two thousand years ago, when the Lord celebrated the last Passover with his…
April 14, 2020 144 0 Holy Tuesday Evening, Holy Wednesday Morning Holy Tuesday evening Bridegroom Matins Before we get into the Gospel story … Tonight we hear the Hymn of Kassiane, a ninth century nun and…
April 6, 2020 255 0 Is It More Sinful to Smoke or Eat Meat During the Lent? Question: Good afternoon, Father. What is more sinful during Lent – eating meat or smoking? I understand that both are sinful, but still? Answer:…
April 5, 2020 100 0 Sunday Themes for Great Lent While there is a popular notion about the unchanging nature of Orthodox liturgical practices, any study of history shows that Orthodox liturgical practice has…
March 22, 2020 120 0 Passion Service: To Serve or Not To Serve? The Passion is held four times during Lent – on the first, second, third, and fourth Sundays. For many people, the Passion, which means…
March 4, 2020 117 2 Metropolitan Pavel of Minsk and Zaslavl, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus Reads the Great Penitential Canon at our Convent On Tuesday of the Great Lent’s first week Metropolitan Pavel of Minsk and Zaslavl, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus headed Great Apodeipnon with reading…
March 3, 2020 249 0 Free and Creative Approach to the Lent Matthew 6:14-21 Romans 13:11-14:4 Prayer is to be addressed to God. Giving alms and fasting are also commanded by God. Therefore, when thou fastest, anoint thine…
February 27, 2020 469 0 Children and the Lent When I was a child, the beginning of the Lent was marked by our going to our village church, where we changed white towels…
May 5, 2019 327 1 Living through the Feast of Feasts: the Paschal Reflections of the Catalog of Good Deeds Team Christ is Risen! With the coming of Great and Holy Pascha, the time of Great Lent is over comes to its end, too. We…