On this day, the Holy Church, continuing to prepare us for the cleansing struggle of the Fast, offers a new moral lesson from the Gospel parables of Christ. Let us recount the content of the parable. A certain man had two sons. One day, the younger of them said to his father, “Give me the portion…
Dear brothers and sisters! The days of Great Lent—the Forty Days—are approaching, a time when every Christian must strive to offer repentance to God. We are all sinners, and our path to salvation lies through repentance, which will return us to our Father’s house—the Kingdom of Heaven. In recognizing ourselves as sinners, we must not…
A Teaching on the Sunday When the Gospel Parable of the Prodigal Son Is Read Behold, beloved, the days of the honorable, holy, and great fast are approaching, and for this reason, the Gospel speaks to us of repentance. Hear this parable: The Lord said: “A certain man had two sons” (Luke 15:11). Who is this man?—The…