Publications
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Sermon on The Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ
LITURGY II PETER 1
10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; 11 for so an entrance will be supplied … more
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Sermon on the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Feeding the Five Thousand
“Give ye them to eat!” said Christ to His disciples. And He said this to them as if answering their advice: “This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the … more
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The Royal Martyrs of Russia
In 1981 Metropolitan Philaret issued the following epistle just before The Council of the Archbishops and Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad glorified the New Martyrs of the Communist … more
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Sermon on Holy Trinity Sunday
Brothers and sisters! See how the Holy Church teaches our conscience. The flowers today represent our conscience. Because when all of nature was still dead, when the time of our yearly cycle was … more
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Pascha
This is the day of the Resurrection. Let us offer to God a sacrifice - which is ourselves. Let us, as His most precious acquisition, give to the Image [God], that which was created in His … more
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Sermon on Palm Sunday
Brothers and sisters! So the holy church indicates for us spiritual spring. Winter is over. Ended is the state in which our heart was like ice, as if dead in languor, thirsting for Grace. And now, … more
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Fifth Sunday of Great Lent - St. Mary of Egypt
"This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting (Mk. 9:29). So if you will remember, last Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Great Lent, the Gospel proclaimed to us: "This … more
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Fourth Sunday of Great Lent, St. John of the Ladder
Two Gospels were read today. The first was about the healing of the one possessed. The disciples of Christ asked Him when they were alone: “Why could we not cast him … more
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Third Sunday of Great Lent
Before us is the Cross. This is the Cross of Christ. But on Golgotha there were two more crosses: Christ in the middle and on either side of Him were crucified two thieves. & … more
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On the Second Sunday of Great Lent, A Sermon
THE SECOND SUNDAY OF GREAT LENT, St. Gregory Palamas
Brothers and sisters, we have lived this week in the light of last Sunday — the Triumph of Orthodoxy. A wonderful … more