On the Test of Thomas by St Nikolai (Velimirovich)
"My Lord and my God!” (St. John 20:28) When the Apostle Thomas felt the wounds of the Lord Jesus, he cried out: "My Lord and my God!"...
The Hours of Pascha (Sung in Bright Week in place of Morning and Evening Prayers)
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life. (3x) (Tone 6) Having beheld the...
Before Holy Week
And so, brothers and sisters, we come to Holy Week. Having passed through the forty days of the Great Fast for better or worse, we arrive...
Die Before You Die
This Sunday is the Lenten feast of Saint Mary of Egypt, while this past Wednesday we heard her life read in its entirety in conjunction...
The City of God and the City of Man
Our lenten readings in Genesis have brought us thus far from creation and the Paradise of God, where Adam and Eve dwell with God, through...
“From the Cross one does not come down, one is taken down.”
If you want to reign with Christ then overcome passions. There is no other way. What is happening to you now is nothing other than...