1/26/2020
Bishop Mitrophan (Znosko-Borovsky)
The Nativity of the Virgin Mary is the day that heralds the nearing to humanity of the awaited Light, which would lead mankind out from the power of darkness.
The great righteous one reminds us that love for God is inseparable from standing in the truth.
Always concentrated, introspective, decisive, and brave, Andrew comes up in the Gospels at especially important and crucial instances.
The feast of the Meeting of the Lord tells us about an event that moves our souls—the aged elder Simeon holds in his arms the Divine Infant forty-days-old, and bids farewell to earthly life, raising the immortal hymn to God: Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace…”
Bishop Mitrophan Znosko-Borovsky
In Christ shone forth true life over the world, and this light is inextinguishable and unconquerable, although it is surrounded by an impenetrable, thick darkness; it is stubbornly surrounded from the light by the hidden evil will of the sons of rebellion.
