January 31, 7534
Metropolitan Korniliy (Titov) Dear brothers and sisters, On the evening of Great Thursday, before the Jewish Passover celebrated on Saturday, Jesus Christ gathered His disciples in the upper room in Zion. The Lord washed His disciples’ feet and said, “Do you know what I have done for you? I have given you an example, that…
St. John Chrysostom “Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ” (1 Corinthians 11:1). For this reason, Christ took flesh of our same substance, to teach us virtue through it. “For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in…
On Holy and Great Thursday, a homily of Saint John Chrysostom on the Holy Communion, that is, on partaking of the Body and Blood of the Lord, addressed to kings and princes and all Orthodox Christians. When a king or prince comes to a city, the people of that city go out to meet him….
Great Thursday of Passion Week holds a special significance that sets it apart from all other days of the year and justifies its popular name — Pure Thursday. This purity is not to be understood in a physical sense, but rather as a spiritual cleansing, brought about by the Sacrament of Communion, instituted on this day…