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My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIS IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. ON THE SATURDAY BEFORE PENTECOST OR MEMORIAL SATURDAY OR SATURDAY OF SOULS. On this day, Saturday before Pentecost the Holy Orthodox Church commemorates all those who reposed in ages past, in a godly manner, inContinue reading “ON THE SATURDAY BEFORE PENTECOST OR MEMORIAL SATURDAY”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIS IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. "I glorified Thee on the earth. I finished the work which Thou hast given Me that I should do" [John 17:4]. "And now, O Father, glorify Thou Me with Thyself, with the glory which IContinue reading “THE SEVENTH SUNDAY OF PASCHA: “I glorified Thee on the earth. I finished the work …” (John 17:5).”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. ON THE SEVENTH SUNDAY OF PASCHA THE HOLY ORTHODOX CHURCH COMMEMORATES THE FIRST ECUMENICAL SYNOD OF THE 318 GOD-BEARING FATHERS, THAT TOOK PLACE IN NICAEA IN THE YEAR 325 A.D. On the Seventh Sunday ofContinue reading “SEVENTH SUNDAY OF PASCHA: FIRST ECUMENICAL SYNOD OF THE 318 GOD-BEARING FATHERS”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. HOMILY ON THE DIVINE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST By Saint Gregory Palamas "…He rose again, according to the Scriptures, and ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN, and sits at the the right hand of the Father;Continue reading “HOMILY ON THE DIVINE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. A HOMILY, ON THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD, GOD, AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. In reviewing the prefiguration of the Ascent Into the Heavens, we begin with Saint Romanos who writes that "the faithful saw allContinue reading “A HOMILY, ON THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD, GOD, AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. On this day, Thursday of the Sixth Week of Pascha, the Holy Orthodox Church Commemorates the Holy ASCENSION into the Heavens of Our Lord and God and Savior JESUS CHRIST. Apolytikion (Dismissal) Hymn. Fourth ToneContinue reading “THURSDAY OF THE SIXTH WEEK: THE GREAT FEAST OF THE HOLY ASCENSION INTO HEAVEN OF OUR LORD”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Our Risen Lord, God, and SaviorJESUS CHRIST. On this day the service of the Light-bearing Resurrection is chanted. At Kalamais, it is chanted together with the service of the sacred Icon of the Mother of God known as the Meeting (Υπαπαντή) in the Temple. This holy icon of theContinue reading “THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE ASCENSION: THE LEAVE-TAKING (APODOSIS) OF PASCHA”

Saint Irenaeus, discussing the substance of our bodies and how the advent of the Logos/Word MADE THE IMAGE OF GOD IN US APPEAR CLEARER, writes: “Since Adam was molded from this earth in which we belong, the Scripture tells us that God said to him, ‘In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thyContinue reading “Epilogue for the Sunday of the Blind Man”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Our Risen Lord, God, and SaviorJESUS CHRIST. CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! On this day, the Sixth Sunday of Pascha, our Holy Church commemorates the Miracle of Our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ upon the MAN BORN BLIND. On this day we celebrate the miracleContinue reading “THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF PASCHA: THE MAN BORN BLIND”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Our Risen Lord, God, and SaviorJESUS CHRIST. CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! PHOTINE, the holy and Great Martyr of Christ, was a Samaritan woman of the city of Sychar. Our Lord Jesus Christ conversed at the well of the Patriarch Jacob. The well is situated on theContinue reading “THE SAMARITAN WOMAN”