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SAINT MAXIMUS THE GREEK

By Dr. Vladimir Moss St. Maximus the Greek was an Athonite monk who was sent, according to Sir Steven Runciman, “by the Patriarch Theoleptus I to Russia in response to [Great Prince] Vassily III’s request for a skilled librarian. Maximus,…

Preek over de hemelvaart van onze Heer

door Protopresbyter Michael Pomazansky Het is moeilijk om het gevoel van verdriet te vermijden nu de apodose van Pascha is aangebroken en we niet langer “Christus is verrezen” zingen.  Ondertussen, op de feestdag de Hemelvaart van de Heer, roept de…

Sermon on the Ascension of our Lord

by Protopresbyter Michael Pomazansky It is difficult to avoid the feeling of sadness now that the apodosis of Pascha has arrived, and we no longer sing “Christ is Risen”. Meanwhile, on the feast day of the Ascension of the Lord,…

Sunday of the Man Born Blind

Last Sunday, the Sunday of the Samaritan woman, the Holy Church told us how Christ raises a person from an earthly, carnal state of mind to the state in which a human being thirsts to worship God and pray to…

Without Toil

St. Gregory Palamas reminds us: “Not even the earth gives us useful produce without toil, neither does the soul attain anything God-pleasing and salvific without spiritual struggles.”