St. John Cassian
Rating: 10|Votes: 3
Wherefore let not this evil seem of no account or unimportant to anybody: for as it can easily be avoided, so if it has once got hold of any one, it scarcely suffers him to get at the remedies for curing it.
Metropolitan Tikhon (Mollard)
Rating: 8,3|Votes: 13
Christianity is about movement and vision (“come and see” as we heard in today’s Gospel), movement and vision that are not limited to the physical realm or in the confines of the mind, but rather take our hearts, which have been overshadowed by the grace of the Holy Spirit, on the journey that introduces us into the heavenly kingdom.
Fr. James Guirguis
Rating: 9,4|Votes: 19
The culmination of the great lenten struggle is found in the glorious events of the crucifixion and resurrection of Our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. According to Christian teaching these are the most important events in the entire history of the universe. Yet, in order for them to be understood as more than myth or legend, something must anchor them to reality.
Fr. Philip LeMasters
Rating: 8,2|Votes: 5
On this first Sunday of Great Lent, we commemorate the restoration of icons in the Byzantine Empire many centuries ago. We do so not for merely artistic reasons, but because the icons proclaim the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ and call us to share in our Lord’s holiness in every dimension of our lives.
Hieromonk Irenei (Pikovsky)
Rating: 10|Votes: 17
The beauty of our soul lets us admire the beauties of the Heavenly world, and the purity of our heart enables us to see God Himself.
Rating: 10|Votes: 32
What advice can we give to a person who is getting ready to fast properly for the first time in his life and to pass through the time of Great Lent with austerity? What does he need to be cautious about and to what should he pay particular attention?
Fr. Stephen Freeman
Rating: 9,3|Votes: 28
How is it that merely gazing at something, we are changed into its very image? This question takes us into the heart of Biblical and Orthodox understanding.
Rating: 10|Votes: 63
Forgiveness Sunday has come and gone, but the need to continue forgiving our offenders remains. How can we do this when we are greatly offended, when we mentally understand the need for forgiveness but our heart resists it in every way possible?
Monk Proclu Nicău
Rating: 9,6|Votes: 28
Whoever is cautious about little sins that you barely account as significant will not end up doing battle with big sins, because God protects him, seeing his struggle and humility.
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill
Rating: 9,6|Votes: 46
Speaking on the subject of vanity, St. John Chrysostom says, with his characteristic hidden irony and clarity of thought, a very simple phrase: There is no point in being vain because God knows everything.
Rating: 9,5|Votes: 19
How the occasions of these faults, being found in everybody, are ignored by everybody; and how we need the Lord’s help to make them plain.
Fr. Peter Alban Heers
Rating: 1,4|Votes: 5
Protopresbyter Peter Heers offers an enlightening talk that helps us understand sin and forgiveness.
Fr. John Palmer
Rating: 10|Votes: 2
Fr. John Palmer discusses the Patristic understanding of the holy Sacrament of Baptism.
Fr. Lawrence Farley
Rating: 9,6|Votes: 35
The disease the medicine is intended to cure is the one now afflicting large segments of our modern secular population—that of careless and serene self-righteousness.
Fr. Ted Bobosh
Rating: 8,3|Votes: 16
Whether you like to travel, like an adventure, or whether you like getting home, Great Lent is for you.
Patriarch Daniel of Romania
Rating: 8,5|Votes: 6
For those embarking on the annual Lenten journey, we’ve gathered 40 quotes of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel about fasting, spiritual growth and the power of prayer.
Rating: 10|Votes: 48
Now I would like to share with you some more practical tips for getting the most out of Great Lent.
Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov) of Pskov and Porkhov
Rating: 9,8|Votes: 16
The Lord God bestowed free will upon Adam, as He also has upon you and me. This is a very great but also very responsible gift. As a test of free will, as a confirmation of faithfulness to the Father, in Paradise grew the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Of course it was also intended for man, but the Lord foretold that the time had not yet come for young Adam to know about good and evil.
Fr. Konstantin Kobelev
Rating: 9,5|Votes: 74
Is 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.
Igumen Joseph (Kryukov)
Rating: 9,4|Votes: 25
“Forgive me…” Such easy, simple words! It doesn’t even take a deep breath to say them. It took mankind so many generations, tears, sins and so much suffering to respond to the call for repentance by the Holy Prophet and Forerunner John, the Baptist of the Lord, with the words: “Forgive me, O Lord!” and enter the waters of the Jordan.
