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

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

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

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

"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

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

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

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