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The Prophetic Feast of Palm Sunday and the Mystery of the Cross
Archimandrite Peter, Abbot of Monastery of St John the Baptist, Essex UK
18 April 2022
‘The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing.’ Through today’s epistle reading, the immaculate Church announces that the time of our Lord’s salvation has arrived; that the time has come for the faithf...
We’ve forgotten
Elder Gavriil Tsafos †
18 April 2022
We’ve forgotten ‘Glory to God’ and ‘Thank you’ and this is why things are so hard for us.
Elder Gavriil Tsafos...
Great Monday: The Bridegroom
18 April 2022
Burning love is the trade mark of our times. Wherever you are, wherever you go, this is what people talk about. Songs, films, plays, literature, advertisements, young, old, painting and cooking, all p...
Entering in Holy Week
Protopresbyter Vasileios Kalliakmanis, Professor of the Theological School, A.U.Th.
18 April 2022
a) Joseph the Fair leads the chorus of those celebrating God’s condescension in going to His voluntary passion, an event of universal significance. In his person, the Gospel messages of reconciliation...
True stars
Saint Paisios the Athonite
17 April 2022
Because they’re humble, people with a strong inner life are real stars that move at a dizzying rate, but quietly and humbly, without people realizing how they move, even though they’re great plane...
On the Holy Feast of the Palms
Saint John Chrysostom
17 April 2022
‘Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they made a meal for him’. Martha was serving and Lazarus ate. This was a sign of Laz...
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 into Jerusalem. From the whole of the narrative it’s clear that the entry into the holy city by Jesus is a triumph for the Chur...
Homily on Palm Sunday
Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios †
16 April 2022
Our Lord Jesus Christ with His triumphant entry in Jerusalem, for the first time in His three-year long public ministry, presents Himself to the people as the Messiah, Whose coming to the world was fo...
The raising of Lazarus: a description of the icon
Christos Gotsis
16 April 2022
The representation takes us outside the city to a place with rocks. In one of these, as was the custom of the Jews, the tomb of Lazarus had been hewn. The figure of Christ dominates the scene. We see ...
Traditions: remembering St. Lazarus
Sylvia Leontaritis
16 April 2022
I can remember jumping off the front porch steps in excitement as I hurried into the car to get to the church as quickly as possible to find out which group I was in. Every year the Jr. Choir of Arch...