Celebratory speeches
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...

Sermon on the Sunday before the Exaltation of the Cross (John 3: 13-17)
Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios †
11 September 2022
Today, on this Sunday before the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross,...

On the Birth of Our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God – 2
Saint Photios the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople
8 September 2022
The Birth of the Mother of God, Russian Icon, 17th Century
But once He ...

On the Birth of Our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God – 1
Saint Photios the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople
7 September 2022
The Birth of the Mother of God, Russian Icon, 17th Century
Today, the Vir...

The Grandeur of the Mother of God [3]
Monk Arsenios of the Skete of Koutloumousiou, the Holy Mountain
31 August 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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
16 August 2022
Saint Cyril of Alexandria wrote that the Mother of God sanctified the Holy ...
