Celebratory speeches

Sunday before the Elevation of the Holy Cross (John 3:13-17) Metropolitan Panteleimon of Antinoes 10 September 2023 A week before the feast day of the Universal Elevation of the Holy Cross, t...

Sermon on the Sunday before the Exaltation of the Cross (John 3: 13-17) Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios † 10 September 2023 Today, on this Sunday before the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross,...

The Grandeur of the Mother of God [3] Monk Arsenios of the Skete of Koutloumousiou, the Holy Mountain 31 August 2023 If we see that some saints enjoy greater glory than others, this is due t...

The Grandeur of the Mother of God [2] Monk Arsenios of the Skete of Koutloumousiou, the Holy Mountain 30 August 2023 So humility which comes as a natural result after we sin, especially when...

The Grandeur of the Mother of God Monk Arsenios of the Skete of Koutloumousiou, the Holy Mountain 28 August 2023 When the most glorious and richest kings on earth have in mind to build the...

Did Our Lady give birth to God? Was God born of a woman? Iraklis Filios 15 August 2023 Saint Cyril of Alexandria wrote that the Mother of God sanctified the Holy ...

Transfiguration Metropolitan Anthony Bloom † 6 August 2023 In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. There are blessed o...

The Feast of the Transfiguration Fr. Patrick H. Reardon 6 August 2023 In the biblical narratives of our Lord's Transfiguration it is easy to disc...

The Fourth Ecumenical Synod Metropolitan Ierotheos of Nafpaktos and Ayios Vlasios 15 July 2023 The 3rd Ecumenical Synod dealt with the heresy of Nestorios, the Patriarch ...

The Twelve Apostles: Timid Men who Won the World Saint John Chrysostom 30 June 2023 An excerpt from a homily by St. John Chrysostom (Hom. 4, 3.4: PG 61, 34-36)...