Our Lord Jesus Christ, for forty days after His Resurrection, remained with His disciples, teaching them “the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven” and preparing them for the reception of Divine grace. For forty days we have glorified the Risen…
On the Ascension of the Lord, preached by our Holy Father John Chrysostom on the Thursday of the Sixth Week after Pascha. Three exceedingly glorious wonders of the Lord took place from the beginning: the first was His descent to…
From the Book of the Acts of the Holy Apostles, we know that after His Resurrection, the Lord appeared to the disciples repeatedly over the course of forty days, “with many infallible proofs, […] speaking of the kingdom of God”…
This Sunday is called the Sunday of the Blind Man, or of the healing of the man born blind. The Gospel reading today, from the Gospel according to John, recounts this great miracle. Jesus Christ, walking through the city of…
On the Sixth Sunday after Pascha, the Teaching of Saint John Chrysostom on the Gospel concerning the Blind Man Christ our God prepares for us a spiritual banquet from the words of the Gospel and summons the faithful that we…
On the final Sunday of the Paschal feast, the Church commemorates the healing of the man born blind by the Lord. As the Synaxarion for this day recounts, as Christ was leaving the temple, He once saw “a blind man…
On the Saturday of the Sixth Week of Lent, on the Resurrection of Christ’s Friend Lazarus: a Homily by John Chrysostom. Behold, this is the radiant forerunner of the triumph of Christ’s Resurrection. Behold, the remembrance of Lazarus shines forth,…
On the Friday of the Sixth Week of Lent: A teaching by John Chrysostom on Repentance, and on How Sins Are Forgiven. Therefore, considering this, let us never despise anyone, and never, when we sin, fall into despair, nor let…