Κατηγορία

In English

Inconceivably brief (Elder Tadej Vitovničk)

Κατηγορίες: In English

Life on earth is short, unbelievably short. But much has been given us in this small period of our lifetime, in order to help us to turn to God from the depths of our heart. It is He who can transform and resurrect our souls. We Christians are truly fortunate in having Our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God to pray for us before the throne of God.

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Sermon at the Vigil for Epiphany (Metropolitan Anthony Bloom †)

Κατηγορίες: In English

The day of the Theophany is the day when the whole world is being renewed and becomes a partaker of the sanctity of God. But at the same time, it is the day when Christ enters on the way to Calvary. He came to John the Baptist at the Jordan not in order to be cleansed, because He was free of sin—both as God and in His humanity made pure throughout the history of Israel by those ancestors who had given their lives to God and whose sanctity culminated in the all-purity of the Mother of God, who was so pure, so stainless that She could be brought into the Holy of Holies, which even the High Priest dared not enter ...

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The Mystery of Time (Mark 1, 1-8) (Archimandrite Nikanor Karayannis)

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‘The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ…’. Just the use of the word ‘beginning’ in today’s Gospel reading takes us, by association, to the start of a new year, the festal resonance of which we’re still experiencing, since we crossed the threshold a mere few days ago. The Christian concept of time In olden days, people were at a loss in the face of the dark enigma which is time. They tried to explain it with philosophy and science. As life passes and time rolls on, we’re horrified when we realize the vanity of yesterday, the transitory nature of today and the uncertainty of tomorrow. This is because the past is lost, the present fades, because every one of its moments ...

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