Search

Great Lent, the Welcome Time – ΙΙ Symeon, Metropolitan of New Smyrna 28 February 2023 B. But the hymnographer also calls Great Lent something else. He says it’s the time of repentance. If we want to understand better why he gives it this appellation, we need to define precisely what...

Love it Elder Ieronymos, Aegina 28 February 2023 And love prayer also. There was one person who prayed all night. The words of the prayer came to him one after the other, with no difficulty. Elder Ieronymos on Aegina...

Thoughts on Great Lent Metropolitan Ioïl (Frangkakos) of Edessa, Pella, and Almopia 27 February 2023 In this period, we have two fasts, as we all know. There are about seven weeks of strict fasting, eight if you include the Cheese-fare weekwhich precedes. For a lot of people this is an enjoyable and ...

Great Lent, the Welcome Time – Ι Symeon, Metropolitan of New Smyrna 27 February 2023 “Behold the welcome time, Behold the time of repentance; Let us reject the works of darkness and take up the weapons of light”. Apostichon at Vespers on the Sunday of Cheese-Fare. Time has always...

It’s trap 27 February 2023 Some people can talk about their sins and be proud, while others can talk about their virtues and be humble. We should be humble, but not falsely so. False humility is a trap of the devil which br...

The Struggle of Great Lent – Ι Elder Ephraim in Arizona † 26 February 2023 At this time we’re entering the great spiritual arena of the blessed Great Lent. Holy and Great Lent is a time of compunction, for repentance, for tears, for a change in ourselves, for a new stage in ...

Cheese Fare Sunday Metropolitan Panteleimon of Antinoes 26 February 2023 Today, is Cheese-fare Sunday, which sees the closing of the period of Triodion. Tomorrow, with God’s blessing and help, we embark upon the forty day Fast of Great Lent. Great Lent is a time of spirit...

Flee far away Saint Ignatios Brianchaninoff 26 February 2023 Cast out all hatred far from you; get rid of malice from within yourself; reject carnal love; acquire spiritual love. Flee far away from evil and do what is good. Saint Ignatij Brianchaninov...

Sunday of Cheese-Fare: are we ready to strive in the arena of the virtues? Sotirios Theologou 25 February 2023 We’ve arrived at the last Sunday before the start of holy and great Lent. As of the evening, the most penitential period of or Church begins. In today’s Gospel reading, Christ speaks of three charact...

Adam’s Lament Protopresbyter Vasileios Kalliakmanis, Professor of the Theological School, A.U.Th. 25 February 2023 a) The dominant theme in the hymnology of Cheese-fare Sunday is ‘Adam’s Lament’ since ‘on this day we keep the memory of the expulsion of Adam the First-created from the paradise of delight’. In Para...

Search Results for: ""