July 19, 2020 194 0 The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost: The Healing of a Paralytic In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. When we read the Gospel passages about how Christ raised the…
July 6, 2020 86 0 On Trust in the Church Matthew 12:9-13 Romans 12:4-5, 15-21 Wishing to show how Christians should be united with one another, the Apostle gives an example of the unity…
June 30, 2020 123 0 The Light of the World Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle,…
June 25, 2020 140 0 On the Favorable Moment and the Thickening of Time Luke 19:45-48 2Tim.3:16-4:4 The apostle Paul wrote to Timothy: “I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the…
June 21, 2020 131 0 All Saints of Russia and America The present feast is an extension, or a prolongation of that one, with the exception that today we concentrate our attention and praise on…
June 7, 2020 78 0 Simply Dying for Christ: On Pentecost Every great feast in the Orthodox Church witnesses directly and unequivocally to a miracle. The Day of the Holy Trinity witnesses to the miracle…
June 5, 2020 73 0 Soul’s Own Circles or Absolute Value That Is Unmatched by Anything Mark 11:23-26 Ephesians 3:8-21 One day, the Lord said the following in response to the disciples’ astonishment that a barren fig tree had immediately…
May 29, 2020 182 0 It’s Not Always Possible to Judge Others by Yourself It happens that pious people who please God with various deeds are confused when they see people who are also pious, but who, in…
May 29, 2020 148 0 A True Friend or What Must Remain on this Side of the Grave? Saint Barlaam says in one of his parables, “One man had three friends. He loved the first two especially, and was ready to sacrifice…
May 28, 2020 127 0 The Ascension: a Beginning, Not an Ending If one read the four Gospels as if they were four separate biographies of Jesus, one might be forgiven for thinking that the Ascension…