Homily for the Sunday of Orthodoxy. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)

Dear brothers and sisters! I congratulate you on the first Sunday of Great Lent—the Sunday of Orthodoxy! Fasting is the springtime of the renewal of our souls, a spiritually joyful time in which the radiant Sun—Jesus Christ—manifests His love, melting within us the ice of despondency, negligence, avarice, and idle talk, granting us the spirit…