Celebratory speeches
Religion
Year 2021 Study the Past – Plan for the Future
Archbishop of Canada Sotirios
4 January 2021
An Encyclical for New Year’s Day
Let us sit and talk for a moment. Let us ... 
“Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, and good will to men”
Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios
28 December 2020
The message of the Angels from heaven to humanity is of particular importan...
On the Nativity of Our Saviour Jesus Christ
Saint John Chrysostom
25 December 2020
I see a strange and wondrous mystery.
Shepherds’ music reaches my ears: no...
The Incarnation of God as the Opposite to Today’s Sinfulness
Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery
25 December 2020
Beloved Fathers and brothers, today we celebrate the greatest event of all ...
The Synaxis of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel
Metropolitan Panteleimon of Antinoes
8 November 2020
The Synaxis of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel and all the Heavenly Powe...
The Exaltation of the Son of Man
Hierodeacon Rafael Misiaoulis, Theologian
15 September 2020
‘And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of m...
Sermon on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy and Life-giving Cross
Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios
14 September 2020
On September 14, the whole of the Orthodox world rejoices as we celebrate t...
Elevation of the Cross
Theodore Rokas
14 September 2020
In his first Epistle to the Corinthians, Saint Paul says that ‘the Jews see...
The Exaltation of the Precious Cross
Saint John Maximovich
14 September 2020
Before the time of Christ, the cross was an instrument of punishment; it ev...
Christ’s Discussion with Nicodemus – Sunday before the Elevation of the Cross
Archimandrite Ioïl Yiannakopoulos
12 September 2020
The Work of Redemption
As were the Jews when they gazed upon the bronze ...
