March 2, 7534
For the Third Sunday after Pascha: A Teaching of Saint John Chrysostom on the Commemoration of Saint Joseph, and Nicodemus, and the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women. Beloved, when the sun shines forth in splendor through the clouds, it is pleasing to those who behold it. In like manner, after the crucifixion and death of Christ, the…
On this day—the third Sunday after Pascha—the Church commemorates the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women, the disciples of Christ who were the first to be deemed worthy to receive the news of the Resurrection of their Divine Teacher. Under cover of night, unafraid of the armed guard, they went to anoint with spices His much-suffering body, which…
Brothers and sisters, today we commemorate the holy Apostle Thomas. The Gospel read at the Divine Liturgy tells us of a significant and instructive event. On the evening of the day of Christ’s Resurrection, when the doors of the house where the disciples had gathered were shut for fear of the Jews, Jesus Christ suddenly…
The Church, desiring to adorn this feast, requires a great teacher and a wise preacher — but we are poor in word and clouded in mind, and we do not possess the fire of the Holy Spirit to compose words profitable to the soul. Yet, for the love of the brethren who are with me,…
Today’s Sunday bears several names in the Church’s tradition: Antipascha, New Sunday, and the Sunday of Thomas. The name “Antipascha” in Greek means “in place of Pascha,” just as the prosphora, distributed to the faithful after the Liturgy, are called “antidoron,” meaning “that which is given instead of the Holy Gifts.” Likewise, today is the…
Among Orthodox Christians, it is well known that all of Bright Week is honored with the same reverence as the day of the Bright Resurrection of Christ itself—as though this day were magnified sevenfold in accordance with the greatness of the work of our redemption accomplished therein. On the following Sunday, known as Thomas Sunday,…
Metropolitan Korniliy (Titov) Christ Resurrected! Dear brothers and sisters, Today we sing of the Resurrection of Christ. In the Paschal night, with the words of St. John Chrysostom, we proclaimed the victory of life over death: “O hell, where is thy sting? O death, where is thy victory?” St. John Chrysostom exclaims: “Christ resurrected—and not one dead…
Bishop Mikhail (Semyonov) For seven weeks we fast and mourn, awaiting the great joy—the coming of the Risen Lord. And now the Radiant Bridal Chamber has opened before us. Are we not, even now, in the golden halls of the Lord? What joy surrounds us! Are not the angelic choirs singing the triumphant hymn together…
“Let the heavens indeed rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the whole world, both visible and invisible, keep festival: for Christ our God is risen, bringing eternal joy.” “Now all things are filled with light — heaven, earth, and the netherworld. Let all creation therefore celebrate the Resurrection of Christ, through whom we…
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, revealing the wonders of Christ. The image of Lazarus’ four-day resurrection bears the fruit of…