Church Feasts
Religion
Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday)
Vasileios Stoyiannos, Professor A.U.Th. and Civil Governor of Mount Athos (†)
17 April 2022
Today’s Gospel reading describes what is known as Jesus’ triumphal entry in... 
The raising of four-day dead Saint Lazarus- a symbol of the general Resurrection
Hierodeacon Rafael Misiaoulis, Theologian
15 April 2022
Great Lent has been completed and ends with two splendid festal days. These...
The Annunciation (Luke 1, 26-33)
Archimandrite Vasileios Bakoyannis
24 March 2022
About six months had passed from the time when Mary had gone to live in Naz...
The Reception of Christ: A Sign to be Spoken Against
Metropolitan Ierotheos of Nafpaktos and Ayios Vlasios
4 February 2022
‘Behold, this child is set for the fall and resurrection of many in Israel,...
The Reception of Christ in the Temple
Metropolitan Ierotheos of Nafpaktos and Ayios Vlasios
3 February 2022
Forty days after his nativity in the flesh, Christ was brought to the Templ...
The Reception of the Lord in the Temple (Candlemas)
Metropolitan Nikodemos (Vallindras) of Patras †
31 January 2022
With great emotion, Symeon the righteous holds the divine infant in his arm...
The Icon of the Feast of Holy Theophany
7 January 2022
The feast of the Holy Theophany is one of the greatest in Christianity.
It...
The Fast on the Eve of Theophany
Ioannis Foundoulis Professor of the Theological School A. U. Th. †
4 January 2022
It’s often said that the fast on the eve of Theophany has to do with the co...
Sunday before Theophany: The Work of Christ Requires Preparation
Archimandrite Symeon Krayiopoulos †
2 January 2022
Today’s Gospel reading (Mark 1, 1-8) is from the beginning of Mark’s Gospel...
What is the meaning of New Year?
Metropolitan Ierotheos of Nafpaktos and Ayios Vlasios
2 January 2022
Beloved brothers and sisters,
Today is the beginning of the new civil year...
