The Nativity of the Theotokos ( source )     The heavier the burdens we’ve got to lift in this world, the greater God’s blessing will be, a...

The Dormition of the Theotokos ( source )     The Gospel of Matins says, “For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden”. It is sai...

Christ is risen! Truly He is risen! Christ healing the Paralytic ( source )     "The sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is ...

The Nativity of Christ ( source )    God the Father gives us His Son for a gift. What shall we offer to God? We think we do something...

Christ being taken down from His Cross ( source )    How good it would have been if we did not let pain go to waste! One way or anoth...

Icon of the Parable of the Prodigal Son ( source )    Are we recipients of God’s compassion? The prodigal son from the first momen...

Sts. Peter and Paul the Holy Apostles ( source )    5th Sunday of June ( June 29th, 2014) Some main points in the life of the leade...

Synaxis of All Saints ( source )    1st Sunday of Matthew  June 15th, 2014   Bl. Augustine Matthew 10: 32-33, 37-38; 19: 27-30 ...

Christ is risen! Truly He is risen! Christ healing the Blind Man ( source )    5th Sunday After Pascha - May 25, 2014 (John 9: 1-3...

Jesus Christ crucified ( source )    Only God knows what every one of us should go through. And not only should we get prepared for i...

Icon depicting the Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise ( source )    Great Lent is a forty-day period for us to return to God . D...

The Baptism of Christ, Holy Theophany ( source )    Sunday after Theophany (Matt. 4, 12-17, Eph. 4, 7-13) Elder Symeon Kragiopoulos: ...

The Parable of the Wedding Feast (Luke 14:16-24)  ( source )    Elder Symeon Kragiopoulos: God sees into the heart of every man (On t...

Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Savior ( source )    Every now and then, some people ask: “But, what is God’s will? I don’t know the...