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[English Edition / Sretensky Monastery]

The Abbot of Sretensky Monastery and Brothers Greet all with Christ's Resurrection!

For nearly two centuries, with this Paschal greeting we celebrate the greatest of all feasts, Christ’s Bright Resurrection!

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Knocking Down the Gates of Hell

Fr. Stephen Freeman

In Orthodoxy, this imagery is the coin of the realm in the hymns surrounding Pascha. All of Holy Week is predicated on the notion of Christ descent into hell and radical actions of destroying death and setting free those held in captivity. St. John Chrysostom’s great Paschal Homily, read in every Orthodox Church on the night of Pascha, is an “alley, alley, in come free!” of salvation.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

From the font wholly cleansed

A discourse on the Mystery of Baptism

Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov

There are such events and milestones in the earthly life of man that define his future—both in the temporal and eternal perspectives. Baptism, undoubtedly, is just such a turning point in the historical progression of the world.

[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

What Christ Accomplished on the Cross

Hieromonk Damascene (Christensen)

The topic of today’s talk—what Christ accomplished on the Cross—is of course a prime subject of contemplation during the Lenten season, as we prepare to prayerfully commemorate Christ’s passion, death, and the inevitable consequence of His death: His holy Resurrection.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Sermon for the Beginning of Holy Week and the Raising of Lazarus

Fr. Maximos (Constas)

It is hope in the resurrection that enables us to live, that enables us to endure the trials that life brings us – otherwise our life is tragic and futile, because all our works, efforts, and accomplishments will be destroyed by death, swept away by time, as if we had never existed at all.

[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

Out of This World

Fr. John Whiteford

Before Christ went into the garden over the brook Cedron where he would be arrested by the band of men and officers sent by the chief priests and Pharisees, He prayed to the Father for His disciples: I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. Fr. John discusses the meaning of this verse.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Passing over to true knowledge of God

Commentary on Luke, Sermons 141 and 142

St. Cyril of Alexandria

So must we too, who have accepted the salvation that is in Christ, be willing no longer to abide in our former faults, nor continue in our evil ways, but manfully cross over the sea, as it were, of the vain trouble of this world, and the tempest of affairs that is therein. We pass over therefore from the love of the flesh to temperance; from our former ignorance to the true knowledge of God

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

“Friend and Devil.” A Homily at Matins for Holy Wednesday

Bishop Tikhon (Shevkunov) of Egorievsk

May God grant that no matter what our circumstances, no matter how badly we sin, we might always like the apostle Peter remember the one truth given to us by our only true teacher, our Lord Jesus Christ. May we remember that we can always return from our unrighteousness to Him, and that the Lord will always forgive us no matter what we did, if only in our heart would live not hatred but love for Him; not despair but sincere repentance.

[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

Holy Wednesday: “Deliver me from the filth of my works”

Fr. Seraphim Holland

Brothers and sisters this is the last Presanctified Liturgy for the year. We won’t have another one until Great Lent begins again if God grants us life next year. Today we commemorate the woman who anointed the Lord, preparing Him for His burial, and also Judas who betrayed the Lord.

[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

The Lord’s Anointed: Thoughts on Holy Wednesday

Hierodeacon Herman (Majkrzak)

“The Anointed”: this is everywhere a mark of kingship; it is also the very meaning of the title Messiah or Christ.

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Taking Custody of Your Thoughts

Prayer of the Heart in an Age of Technology and Distraction, Part 6

Fr. Maximos (Constas)

As we begin to enter into the practice of the Jesus Prayer to engage the presence of the Spirit within ourselves we began to encounter both passing and deeper, recurring thoughts that work to distract us from calling upon the name of the Lord. What is the origin of these thoughts, and what do they show us about ourselves and how we interact with the world? How does the Church teach us to deal with distracting thought as they come to us, and make room for Christ in our hearts?

[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

Holy and Great Tuesday: Hymn of Kassiani the Nun

Fr. George D. Konstantopoulos

The sinful soul laments, but not in the emptiness of an inexorable loneliness. From the beginning of the hymn, we hear the cry "Lord!" The sinful woman is not by herself in her pain. Traveling with her on this painful journey is the Lord, to Whom her confession is being made

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Triumph Through Humility: Homily for Palm Sunday in the Orthodox Church

Fr. Philip LeMasters

Holy Week reveals what kind of Savior Jesus Christ is, and unless we remain squarely focused on Him we will miss the point of these holy days, even as those crowds did. So it is time to tune out our usual distractions and excuses, and enter into the Passion of our Lord by worshiping Him in the services of the Church whenever possible, as well as in every thought, word, and deed this week.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

The Fruits of the Spirit

Bishop Tikhon (Shevkunov) of Egorievsk

Today we recall how when, as Jesus walked with His disciples, He warned them of one of the most difficult temptations of Christian life: fruitlessness. And along their path was a beautiful, green, blossoming fig tree. The tree was adorned with many leaves.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

On Holy Week: Humility is the cloak of the Godhead

Elder Ephraim of Arizona

The humility of our Christ is truly remarkable! It is awesome! We witness the God-man humbly and unpretentiously seated upon a young donkey. His holy example is such a beautiful lesson for us. As we proceed through the most sacred week of His Passion, His supreme humility becomes even more pronounced.

[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

Homily on Palm Sunday by St. Gregory Palamas

St. Gregory Palamas

The commemoration of Christ’s saving passion is at hand, and the new, great spiritual Passover, which is the reward for dispassion and the prelude of the world to come.

[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

The Pilgrimage of Holy Week

Fr. Stephen Freeman

The apex of the year for Orthodox Christians is easily Holy Week and Pascha. I had the opportunity in 2008 to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. To receive communion in the tomb of Christ, or to stand at Golgotha is no little thing. And yet, the services of Holy Week within one’s own parish are a greater thing.

[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

Lazarus Saturday

Fr. Ted Bobosh

The raising of Lazarus is celebrated in Orthodoxy as prefiguring the universal resurrection at the end of time. Additionally, this liturgical season is and was especially devoted to a time for baptism, uniting new believers to the Savior.

[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

Ten Things for Holy Week

Fr. Theophan Whitfield

Jesus says to you and to me, “but are you able and willing to drink the cup that I drink from? Are you able to walk with me through Holy Week? Are you willing to be by my side, and to carry my cross with me?”I hope your answer is yes. To help us prepare here is a list of 10 things to do during Holy Week. These are ten recommendations for how to be baptized with the same baptism with which our Lord is baptized.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Knocking at the Door of our own Hearts

Prayer of the Heart in an Age of Technology and Distraction, Part 5

Fr. Maximos (Constas)

To discover one’s heart is an act of reintegration, and when the heart and mind are reunited it’s an experience of tremendous spiritual joy and delight. The image that St. John Climacus uses is that it’s like a man returning home after a long journey and embracing his wife and children. We see often on the news about soldiers returning home and embracing their wives and children and it’s so tremendously powerful to see. Imagine that as an image of what takes place when all your fragmented and dispersed thoughts and wandering mind are reconnected to the deeper part of yourself.

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