Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. There they made Him a supper; Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at table with Him. Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and anointed the Read more…
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met Him, while Mary sat in the house. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. And even now I know that whatever You ask from God, God will give You.” Jesus Read more…
Palm Sunday, the day that Christ entered Jerusalem. In the icon, you can see the children greeting Him; they even put their clothes on the ground so Jesus could ride on them. They waved palm branches to cheer Him on. They were on His team! But this coming Holy Week, Read more…
Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 Good morning Prayer Team! Holy Week begins tomorrow with the Saturday of Lazarus. Who Read more…
Efstathios Kefalouros The way the Church lives is in the end times. From the moment Christ ascended into heaven, the Church has never ceased to await His return to the world. The eschatological expectation manifests itself to the faithful in different ways in different eras. On the Sunday of Read more…
Fr. Bassam Nassif, Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology, University of Balamand Pemptousia, Orthodoxia News Agency stress need to unite our voices, strengthen presence of Orthodox world amid pandemic. The editors and staff of both the online magazine Pemptousia, which focuses on Orthodoxy, scholarly research and culture, as well as the Read more…
These are only a shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ. Colossians 2:17 Priests have been joking for years about how people flock to church during Holy Week for the services where they get a “gift.” They come Palm Sunday for the palm, Holy Wednesday Read more…
Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery This pandemic is not a chance occurrence allowed by God, but a sign of the times; it is a fruit of Divine indignation, as man is doing not what is natural, what is reasonable, but what is absurd and abnormal. Imagine how Read more…
“The hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship Him. God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” John 4: 23-24 Good morning Prayer Team! It’s Read more…
O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! Psalm 95:6 Good morning Prayer Team! As we prepare for Holy Week, we will each make decisions on which services to “virtually” attend this year. Here are some suggestions: There are six discernably Read more…
Luke Goodrich is the vice president and senior counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, where he has won multiple Supreme Court victories for clients like the Little Sisters of the Poor and Hobby Lobby. As one of America’s preeminent…
And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; and they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve again, He began to tell them what was to happen to Him, saying, “Behold, we are going up to Read more…