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Sunday after the Elevation of the Honorable Cross: the Three Conditions for our Salvation Metropolitan Panteleimon of Veria, Naousa and Kampania 17 September 2023 ‘Let those who desire to come after me deny themselves, and take up their cross and follow me’ (Mark 8, 34). A few days ago, our Church celebrated the universal elevation of the honorable and life-gi...
Sermon on the Apostolic Reading for the Sunday after the Elevation of the Precious Cross (Galatians 2:16-20) Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios † 16 September 2023 Today, on this Sunday after the Elevation of the Holy Cross, we are once again reminded of the blessings that our Lord’s sacrifice on the Cross has given us. The Lord was crucified on Golgotha, and it...
Sunday before the Elevation of the Holy Cross (John 3:13-17) Metropolitan Panteleimon of Antinoes 10 September 2023 A week before the feast day of the Universal Elevation of the Holy Cross, the Orthodox Church prepares the faithful through Scriptural readings, prayer and acts of good deeds to celebrate the event of...
Sermon on the Sunday before the Exaltation of the Cross (John 3: 13-17) Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios † 10 September 2023 Today, on this Sunday before the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the Lord presents the central theme of the Gospel in a few words: God saves the world from the devil and sin driven by endle...
The Kontakio of the Indiction Theodore Rokas 1 September 2023 Apart from the saints who are remembered on the day, on September 1 our Holy Church also celebrates the beginning of the Indiction, that is the start of the new ecclesiastical year. Among the hymns fo...
The Grandeur of the Mother of God [3] Monk Arsenios of the Skete of Koutloumousiou, the Holy Mountain 31 August 2023 If we see that some saints enjoy greater glory than others, this is due to the fact they have even a little bit more of Christ’s humility within them, nothing else. There are saints who have astonis...
Discourse on the Deposition & Veneration of the Holy Belt of Ever-Virgin Mary – 2 Saint German, Patriarch of Constantinople 31 August 2023 And you, All-Pure and All-Good and Most-Merciful Lady, the consolation of Christians, the fervent comfort of those in distress, the immediate refuge of sinners, do not abandon us as orphans, without...
Discourse on the Deposition & Veneration of the Holy Belt of Ever-Virgin Mary-1 Saint German, Patriarch of Constantinople 30 August 2023 Discourse on the Deposition and Veneration of the Holy and Honourable Belt of Our Most Pure Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary Through the Holy Spirit, David, the Prophet and King, sang, “Gl...
The Grandeur of the Mother of God [2] Monk Arsenios of the Skete of Koutloumousiou, the Holy Mountain 30 August 2023 So humility which comes as a natural result after we sin, especially when these are mortal sins, is one thing, and the humility of Christ is another. For sinful people, humility’s absolutely necessa...
The Beheading of Saint John, the Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord – 2 Saint Justin Popovich 30 August 2023 Saint Justin Popovich Today (29th of August), we also specifically glorify the first Evangelist and Christian Confessor, the first to confess God in the New Testament world.  Consider how fearless...
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