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The Days of Great Week: Great Thursday
Ilias Economou, Professor Emeritus, Theological School, University of Athens
21 April 2022
‘On Holy and Great Thursday, the divine Fathers, who ordered all things aright, as successors to the divine Apostles and the sacred Gospels, have transmitted to us the tradition of celebrating four ev... 
The Cross and the Resurrection
Protopresbyter Vasileios Kalliakmanis, Professor of the Theological School, A.U.Th.
21 April 2022
a) The Cross leads to the Resurrection, Great Friday bears fruit on the bright Sunday of Easter. Sorrow, listlessness and despair make way for the joy and peace of the Resurrection. Without the Cross...
They’re hollow
Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos
21 April 2022
People are completed and validated as beings only when they find their inner persona, deep in their heart. That’s where everything begins. If people don’t have an internal life in Christ, if they...
From the humble colt of Palm Sunday to the stone of the tomb on Great Saturday
Apostolos Nikolaïdis Professor Emeritus, University of Athens, President of the ‘Saint Maxim the Greek’ Institute
20 April 2022
If, with due care and attention and in the spirit of a desire for knowledge, you follow the Biblical and hymnographical texts of the Orthodox Church, in an effort to proceed towards the passion and th...
Two Movements towards the Theanthropic Lord
Archimandrite Kyrillos Kostopoulos
20 April 2022
On Great Wednesday*, our Holy Church presents us with two people who both approach the theanthropic Lord with the same movement: they wanted to embrace him. One of these was Judas, who approached the ...
The Role of the Disciples in the Preparation of the Last Supper in Hymnological Tradition
Anastasios Aslanidis
20 April 2022
In their works, the hymnographers of the Orthodox Church express their approach and perception of events, as presented by Orthodox tradition, in a particular way. With the Gospel and hymnographical te...
It’s not easy
Abbess Gavriïlia
20 April 2022
We shouldn’t be the only ones to decide when we can take communion and when not. It’s not easy to see our ugly side. This is why we need a spiritual guide. We must also have confession where we c...
Red eggs, traditional method
James W. Lillie
19 April 2022
On Lazarus Saturday, I realized I couldn’t find my copy of the services for Great Week, so, naturally, I went down to the local supermarket and bought another copy. This ease of access to Church suppl...
Trample on it
Saint John of Kronstadt
19 April 2022
Subdue your flesh and its desires, trample on it. Put everything carnal on the same level as mud or muck and don’t concern yourself with it. When we count everything carnal and sinful as being not...
Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem
Metropolitan Ioïl (Frangkakos) of Edessa, Pella, and Almopia
18 April 2022
For three years in succession, Jesus Christ taught and performed miracles among the Israelite people. He wrought great signs and wonders and, at the same time, revealed important teachings. A theologi...
