Tomorrow (Sunday 11th) the approach of Lent draws nearer. Here is Saint John Chrysostom on the benefits of Fasting. 7. Let us not then despair of our safety, but let us pray; let us make invocation; let us supplicate; let us go on embassy to the King that is above with many tears! We have this […]
Services in early February 2018: The Meeting of Our Lord, Sunday of the Prodigal Son and more
This week we will celebrate Divine Liturgy on Friday 2nd February at 10.00 am, Saturday 3rd February at 10.00am and Sunday 4th February at 8.00 am. This means that our usual Thursday Liturgy will not take place. This Friday we will celebrate the Great Feast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple. It […]
The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
As we already have seen, the Eucharistic Divine Liturgy is not celebrated in the Orthodox Church on Lenten weekdays. In order for the faithful to sustain their Lenten effort by participation in Holy Communion, the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is served. The service is an ancient one in the Orthodox Church. We officially hear […]
4th Sunday of Great Lent: St John Climacus – hold on tight.
Saint John of the Ladder Our holy Father among the Saints St John Climacus is the author of a powerful spiritual work that is divided into about thirty chapters, called “steps”, as part of the overall book entitled, “The Ladder of Divine Ascent.” As the Great Fast is about our ascending to the things […]
Return from Exile (The Sunday of the Prodigal Son)
The Following is an excerpt from Great Lent, by Fr Alexander SchmemannFrom Chapter 2: Preparation for Lent On the third Sunday of preparation for Lent, we hear the parable of the Prodigal Son (LK. 15:11-32). Together with the hymns on this day, the parable reveals to us the time of repentance as man’s return from […]
The Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost!
Luke 19:1-10 Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. 2 Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 3 And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed up […]
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