Celebratory speeches
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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The Dormition of the Mother of God. Transition to Life (2)
Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos
15 August 2022
After the resurrection of Christ, Our Lady was the support of the apostle...
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On the day of Pentecost
Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou
11 June 2022
On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came and instituted a feast that r...
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