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.”

Ode to the Cassock that I Love

I still clearly remember after all these years my first fitting for you, done by a nun-seamstress! I thought I was being fitted for an imperial robe…and yes I was! You are the majestic robe that so many saints wore!…

“Many Shall Be Scandalized and Perish”

Then shall the creation of men come into the fire of trial, and many shall be scandalized and perish, but they that endure in the Faith shall be saved from under that curse. (Didache of the Holy Apostles, 16:5) Τότε ἥξει…

Referitor la chiliasm

+ Episcop Philaretos  Și am văzut un înger coborându-se din cer, având cheia abisului și un lanț mare în mână. Și a prins pe balaur, șarpele, pe cel vechi, care este Diavolul și Satana, cel care rătăcește lumea locuită, și…