This Sunday is called the Sunday of the Blind Man, or of the healing of the man born blind. The Gospel reading today, from the Gospel according to John, recounts this great miracle. Jesus Christ, walking through the city of Jerusalem, saw a blind man who was begging for alms. The disciples asked the Lord,…
On the Sixth Sunday after Pascha, the Teaching of Saint John Chrysostom on the Gospel concerning the Blind Man Christ our God prepares for us a spiritual banquet from the words of the Gospel and summons the faithful that we all may delight in His wonders. At that time, Jesus, walking with His disciples, saw…
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…