Excerpt from the Homily on the Betrayal of Judas, by St. John Chrysostom
The Mystical Supper (source) Excerpt from the Homily on the Betrayal of Judas, by St. John ChrysostomTranslated by Monk Moses of the St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood from the original Greek, in...
View ArticleThe Ceremony of the Washing of the Feet on the Holy Island of Patmos
Christ washing the feet of the Disciples: "I came not to be served, but to serve..." (source) The Ceremony of the Washing of the Feet (The Niptir) on the Holy Island of PatmosFor the text of this...
View ArticleDiscourse On the Passion of the Saviour, by St. Ephraim the Syrian
The Crucifixion of Christ (source) Discourse On the Passion of the Saviour, by Our Venerable Father Ephrem the SyrianText copyright to Archimandrite Ephrem © (source) I am afraid to speakand touch...
View ArticleSt. Leo the Great on Christ's Passion
Christ carrying His Cross(source) St. Leo the Great on Christ's PassionIV. Christ Bearing His Own Cross is an Eternal Lesson to the Church...And so the Lord was handed over to their savage wishes,...
View ArticleA Paschal Homily by St. Justin Popovich
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!The Resurrection of Christ (source) A Paschal Homily by St. Justin PopovichMan sentenced God to death; by His Resurrection, He sentenced man to immortality. In...
View ArticleSt. Luke of Simferopol on St. George the Trophy-bearer
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!St. George the Great Martyr and Trophy-bearer - 12th Century Mosaic from Xenophontos Monastery, Mount Athos (source) St. Luke of Simferopol on St. George the...
View ArticleThe 179 Venerable Martyrs of Ntaou Penteli
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!The 179 Holy Martyrs of Ntaou Penteli Monastery - Commemorated on Bright Tuesday (source) The horrifying account of the martyrdom of the 179 holy martyrs of...
View ArticleSts. Raphael, Nicholas and Irene save a trauma patient
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!Sts. Raphael, Nicholas and Irene the Newly-revealed Martyrs - Commemorated on Bright Tuesday (source) How A Cerebrally Dead Greek Young Man Was Reanimated!On Bright...
View ArticleThe wondrous icon of Panagia Glykophilousa
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!The wondrous icon of Panagia Glykophilousa ("The Sweet-kissing"), treasured by the Holy Monastery of Philotheou, Mount Athos - Commemorated on the Sunday of St....
View ArticleElder Paisios on Panagia liberating the Holy Mountain from the Turks
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!Panagia Gerontissa ("The Abbess")(source) Elder Paisios on Panagia liberating the Holy Mountain from the Turks (amateur translation)Note: Between 1821 and 1830,...
View ArticleHomily on St. Thomas Sunday, by St. John of Kronstadt
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!St. Thomas touching the risen Christ(source) Homily on St. Thomas Sunday, by St. John of KronstadtChrist is Risen!Beloved brothers, so Bright Week has passed and...
View ArticleSt. Gregory the Great on St. Thomas Sunday
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!St. Thomas touching the risen Christ (source) Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. He was the only disciple absent; on his...
View ArticleHomily on the Sunday of the Myrrhbearers by St. Gregory Palamas
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!The Holy Myrrhbearers beholding the Angel at the Life-giving, empty Tomb of Christ after His Resurrection(source) Homily of Saint Gregory Palamas For the Sunday of...
View ArticleWhy was the Angel seated on the stone at the Resurrection of Christ?
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!The Myrrhbearers beholding the Angels seated at the Tomb of Christ after His Resurrection(source) Every word of the Holy Scriptures is placed appropriately with deep...
View ArticleExcerpt from a homily on the Paralytic by St. John Chrysostom
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!Christ healing the Paralytic by the Pool of Bethesda(source) Excerpt from a homily on the Paralytic by St. John Chrysostom (amateur translation)Having had the...
View ArticleThe Wisdom of God, by Metropolitan Ierotheos Vlachos, Part I
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!Jesus Christ, the Wisdom of God, the Angel of Great Counsel(source) The Wisdom of God, by Metropolitan Ierotheos (Vlachos) of Navpaktos and Agiou Vlasiou...
View ArticleA wondrous appearance of St. Spyridon
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!St. Spyridon the Wonderworker, Bishop of Trimethous - Commemorated December 12th(source) A wondrous appearance of St. Spyridon (amateur translation)This event that...
View ArticleMyrrhstreaming icon of St. Ephraim of Nea Makri in Romania
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!Myrrhstreaming icon of St. Ephraim of Nea Makri in Romania (source) For the benefit of any speakers of Romanian, I offer the link to several beautiful sites about...
View ArticleSt. Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain on Self-denial and Spiritual Perfection
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!Jesus Christ enthroned in majesty(source) St. Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain on Self-denial and the Spiritual StruggleI will tell you plainly: the greatest and most...
View ArticleExcerpt from St. John Chrysostom on the healing of the Blind Man
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!Christ healing the man born blind - Commemorated the Sixth Sunday of Pascha(source) Excerpt from St. John Chrysostom's homily: "On zeal and piety, and on the man...
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