Archimandrite Varnavas Lambropoulos The most prominent ‘torchbearer’ in the Church, Saint Paul the Apostle, lit his torch from the uncreated light of Christ, though he lost his bodily sight: ‘he who is to illumine the world is darkened’, says one of the hymns from his feast-day. God the giver Read more…
CONCLUSION PART XI: Swimming Against the Current On the way to Jerusalem, He was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. And as He entered a village, He was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” Read more…
CONCLUSION: PART X The Encouragement Walk Experiment:The Gift is You So when they were sent off, they went down to Antioch, and having gathered the congregation together, they delivered the letter. And when they had read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement. And Judas and Silas, who were themselves Read more…
Dying to the Law & Living for Christ SUNDAY EPISTLES & GOSPELS Saturday After the Holy Cross Brethren, knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith Read more…
I Wish the Best For You CONCLUSION PART IX May you be blessed by the Lord, Who made heaven and earth! Psalm 115:15 There is nothing wrong with competition. When we compete against other people, it drives us to be better. For instance, if you are running a race against Read more…
Fr. Dimitrios Bokos The Elevation of the Precious Cross belongs to the feasts of the Lord. It centers on the person of Christ, because the Cross became ‘the sign of the Son of Man’. Once Christ had determined that the means of his voluntary Passion would be death on Read more…
Part VIII: Positive In, Positive Out. Negative In, Negative Out. Nothing In, Negative Out. Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. Colossians 3:21 One of the most critical points to take away from this study on “The Heart of Encouragement” is what happens when we are indifferent Read more…
Metropolitan Agathangelos of Fanari At the sacrament of the bloodless sacrifice, we interact with the Cross of the Savior, since the Cross is the glory of Christ and the glory of the Church. But the Lord says that those who wish to follow him must first deny themselves and Read more…
CONCLUSION Part VII: It’s Not Goodness, but Godliness We Are Aiming For A ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, “Why to do you call Me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do Read more…
Gospel of the Feast of the Holy Cross When the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no crime in Him.” The Jews answered Him, “We have a law, and Read more…
Feast Day Epistles & Gospels A Matter of Perspective Forefeast of the Exaltation of the Venerable & Life-Giving Cross I Corinthians 1:18-24 Epistle of Feast of Holy Cross For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is Read more…
A Short Reading, a Succinct Summary Jesus said, “No one has ascended into heaven but He who descended from heaven, the Son of man. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him may have Read more…