Pascha

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 who was stumbling, and who had been born that way, having only the outlines of eyes and…

Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, Christ Resurrected! This Paschal greeting reminds us that during the weeks from the Resurrection of Christ until His Ascension, we continue to celebrate His rising from the dead. This most prolonged celebration testifies to the preeminence of the Feast of feasts and the Triumph of triumphs — the Pascha of…

On the Fifth Sunday after Pascha, a teaching of Saint John Chrysostom, on the Gospel concerning the Samaritan Woman. John, Gospel reading 12 The Lord draws all things to Himself not only by miracles, but also by teaching: for by means of prophecy, He revealed His power to the woman. At that time, it says, Jesus…

Each Sunday from the day of Christ’s Resurrection until the leave-taking of Pascha is dedicated to a particular event that revealed His divine-human nature. The Apostle who touched His wounds and exclaimed, “My Lord and my God!”; the myrrh-bearing women who beheld the dazzling vision of angels at His life-giving tomb; the paralytic and the blind…

On the Wednesday of the Fourth Week after Pascha, at the Mid-feast of the Lord, a homily of Saint John Chrysostom. There were three great feasts among the Jews: Pascha, Pentecost, and Mid-feast, during which the Lord worked wondrous and glorious miracles. The present feast is the Lord’s, and He granted it a double measure of grace from…

In today’s Gospel, we hear the account of how Jesus Christ healed the paralytic at the Sheep’s Pool. This miracle took place during the feast of Pascha in Jerusalem, when many people from all Judea had gathered in the city. In Jerusalem there was a pool called the Sheep Pool, located near the temple and…

For the Fourth Sunday after Pascha: A Teaching of the Blessed Kirill of Turov on the Paralytic at the Sheep Pool, and how our Lord Jesus Christ healed him by His word. Unmeasurable is the height of the heavens, unsearchable the depths of the abyss, and incomprehensible is the mystery of God’s providence. For great…

On the third Sunday after Pascha, the Church commemorates the healing by the Lord of the paralytic—a man who had long lain helpless on a stretcher near the Sheep Pool in Jerusalem. This miracle, described in the Gospel according to John, is now remembered because, as commentators on Scripture conclude, it took place shortly after…