Celebratory speeches
Sermon on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son [Part I]
Georgios Patronos, Emeritus Professor of Theology, University of Athens
11 February 2023
Introduction
The parable of the Prodigal Son, which is the Gospel reading ...

The Feast of the Reception of the Lord as the Fulfilment of the Rite of Mosaic Law
Theodore Rokas
2 February 2023
The feast of the Reception of the Lord (Candlemas, the Meeting of the Lord)...

The Three Hierarchs and Modern Atheism
Bishop Efthymios of Aheloos †
30 January 2023
‘The Impudence of the Heresies is Defeated’
The phenomenon of atheism aros...

Holy Theophany: beyond the symbols
Athanassios Stogiannidis
6 January 2023
The celebration of Holy Theophany certainly has a most important place in t...

On the Nativity of Our Saviour Jesus Christ
Saint John Chrysostom
25 December 2022
I see a strange and wondrous mystery.
Shepherds’ music reaches my ears: no...

Encomium on the two Great Archangels Michael and Gabriel – 2
Saint Nikodimos the Athonite
9 November 2022
Secondly, God created the perceptible world in six days. He bedecked the he...

The Synaxis of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel
Metropolitan Panteleimon of Antinoes
8 November 2022
The Synaxis of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel and all the Heavenly Powe...

Encomium on the two Great Archangels Michael and Gabriel – 1
Saint Nikodimos the Athonite
8 November 2022
If, my beloved fathers and brethren, I were granted the gift of acquiring o...

Sermon on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy and Life-giving Cross
Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios †
14 September 2022
On September 14, the whole of the Orthodox world rejoices as we celebrate t...

The Exaltation of the Precious Cross
Saint John Maximovich
14 September 2022
Before the time of Christ, the cross was an instrument of punishment; it ev...
