Listen to the Daily Reading for April 27, 2016, Holy Wednesday The Gospel according to John 12:17-50 At that time, the crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness. The reason why the crowd went to Read more…
Are you ready for the Big Day? During the Pascha/Easter season, the forty days between Jesus’ Resurrection and Ascension, a tradition of the Orthodox faithful is to greet one another with the words, “Christ is risen!” The standard response isn’t to repeat the greeting nor to say “Yes, I heard.” Read more…
“The dispassionate man isn’t the man who has no passions but the man who doesn’t act on them.” St. Isaac the Syrian As we close the last days of the Lenten season we might have found ourselves in uncharted territory. Was our thinking always clear? Were we as “in Read more…
Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto (Canada) 86 Overlea Blvd. (1 Patriarch Bartholomew Way) Toronto, ON M4H 1C6 Canada Hours of Operation 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Monday through Friday) Photo source: Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto (Canada), Facebook page Live Broadcast www.gometropolis.org/multimedia/live-broadcast/ Orthros & Divine Liturgy 8:45 – 11:45 (TIME Read more…
Jesus said, “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; but the wise took flasks of Read more…