On Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent. A Teaching of St. John Chrysostom on the Veneration of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross Let us cast off despondency, brothers and sisters, now that we have reached the midpoint of the holy days of this honorable fast, and let us press on joyfully toward the remainder….
On Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent Question: “Are all the evils that foreign nations do to us carried out by the command of God?” Answer: The Lord said to Moses: “If ye walk in My statutes, and keep My commandments, and do them; then I will give you rain in due season, and the land…
On Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent, A Teaching of Saint John Chrysostom on Prayer Let all who hear these words take them to heart sincerely. When I say to you, “Pray to God and keep His commandments,” do not say, “I have prayed to Him many times, yet received nothing.” Do not give…
On the Fourth Monday of Lent. On the Nature of God, by Saint John Chrysostom God, in His infinite Wisdom, created all things and brought them out of non-existence into being through the Word—meaning, the Father by the Son. For to Him He said, “Sit thou at My right hand.” By Him were all things made—both visible…
By Metropolitan Korniliy (Titov) With words of consolation and encouragement, the Holy Church strengthens those among us, brethren, who bear the burden of the fast firmly and joyfully, a fast which brings peace to the soul and the awareness of a fulfilled Christian duty. Having now completed half of the Holy Fast and looking upon…
-Metropolitan Korniliy (Titov) We have already passed through four weeks of Great Lent—this is the greater part of it. Perhaps someone is beginning to feel weary, in body or in soul, and therefore the Holy Church now reminds us that the path of Great Lent is a difficult ascent unto God and into the Kingdom…
The third Sunday of Great Lent bears the name Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross. It is worth recalling that in Church Slavonic, the word nedelya refers not to a seven-day week, but to the day of Sunday itself. Nedelya means a day of rest, when “nothing is done,” that is, no work is performed. The modern sense of…
On the Third Sunday of the Fast: A Teaching of the Holy Fathers on the Great Fast and the Other Fasts Listen, brothers, sisters, children, the elderly and the young, and all faithful Christians, to what the Divine Scriptures say about fasting. The Lord our God Himself gave us an example by fasting for forty…
On the Saturday of the Third Week of the Fast: A Teaching of Our Holy Father Gregory the Theologian on the Holy and Divine Liturgy In the early days, the holy fathers once gathered around Saint Gregory the Theologian and said to him, “Father, tell us about the mystery of the Holy and Divine Liturgy.”…
On the Same Day [Friday of the Third Week of the Fast]: A Teaching of Saint John Chrysostom on the Reading of Books. Reading is a good and beneficial practice, especially for every Christian. “Blessed are they that search out His testimonies, that seek Him with the whole heart” (Psalm 118:2). What does it mean to “search…