Source: Patristic Tradition
March 6, 2019
Protopresbyter Peter Heers offers an enlightening talk that helps us understand sin and forgiveness, which we are called to concentrate on yet more during this Lenten period.
Source: Patristic Tradition
VIDEOS: Understanding Sin and Forgiveness
3/12/2019
See also
Forgiveness Sunday: Seven Stages of Forgiveness
Fr. Konstantin Kobelev
Forgiveness Sunday: Seven Stages of ForgivenessIs it possible to forgive everyone for everything in one day, and what should we do if it doesn’t work? Fr. Konstantin Kobelev, the rector of the Church of the Protection of the Mother of God in Butyrka Prison in Moscow, discusses the stages in the process of offering forgiveness.
To Become an Heir of God Himself
Bishop Tikhon (Shevkunov)
To Become an Heir of God HimselfA Sermon on the Expulsion of Adam—Forgiveness Sunday
Everyone should, if he makes an effort towards it, not just return to the first state, before the Fall, but moreover must become an heir of God Himself. This is what the Lord God created man for. It’s no wonder that Adam was seduced by the cunning promise to become “like God.” But this is God’s purpose in relation to man—the elevation to the infinite deity of a man filled with faith in Christ. This is the purpose of creation.
A Forgiveness Sermon on Forgiveness Sunday
Fr. Andrew Lemeshonok
A Forgiveness Sermon on Forgiveness SundayWithout doing anything we receive limitless love, which allows us to keep our head above the water. This love brings us to the Church and to the chalice. Our God is so great that we can speak about holiness, about Pascha and Resurrection. Our God is so great that we are allowed to attend His Great Supper, where everything is transfigured and becomes God-like. Maybe it lasts for just a second, but this second is so precious…