Parish articles archive

24 May 2019

Christ is Risen!

Christ and the Samaritan Woman (Jn. 4: 4 - 27). Miniature from a 13th c. Gospels

Our friends, the feast of Holy Pascha has already reached Mid-Feast and is now approaching its...

ST NICHOLAS THE WONDER-WORKER “EVERY MIRACLE HAPPENS FOR A REASON.” A SERMON ON THE FEAST OF THE TRANSLATION OF THE RELICS OF ST. NICHOLAS THE WONDER-WORKER

20 May 2019

Archpriest Nicholai Agofonov

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The Fidelity and Love of the Myrrh-Bearing Women

10 May 2019

METROPOLITAN PHILARET...

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THE PASCHA OF THE LORD

27 Apr 2019

When the myrrh-bearing women came to the Lord’s Tomb in order to anoint His Most Pure Body, they did not find Him there. The Tomb was empty, for Christ had risen. An angel with a lightning-like appearance, who had rolled the stone away from the Tomb, announced this to them. “...

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TO DIE WITH CHRIST A Homily for Holy Saturday

26 Apr 2019

St. Seraphim (Sobolev)

Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him (Rom. 6:8)...

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Great Friday

26 Apr 2019

ARCHPRIEST ALEXANDER MEN (+1990)

The last Gospel of Christ, the Gospel according to John, tells of the Lord’s trial and of His suffering, death, and burial. Over the course of three short years the Lord preached daily. As the Apostle Mark says, He and...

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ON HOLY COMMUNION OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF THE SAVIOR

24 Apr 2019

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Volokalamsk
(For Great Thursday)

“Whoso eateth My Flesh, and drinketh My Blood, dwelleth in Me, and I in him.” [John 6:56] In those words, the Lord speaks of two things: of His being in us and of...

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HOLY WEEK AND EASTER IN THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

21 Apr 2019

“O hills and valleys, the
multitude of men, and all
creation, weep and lament
with me, the Mother of your God.”

Today the grace of the Holy Spirit has gathered us together.

“Today the grace of the Holy Spirit has gathered us...

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HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST, BLESSED IS HE THAT COMETH IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!

19 Apr 2019

On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. And Jesus, when he...

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FINDING FREEDOM

12 Apr 2019

Sergei Khudiev

This week of Great Lent, the Church celebrates the memory of St. Mary of Egypt. The story of St. Mary is the story of a repentant harlot. Why does the Church find this story so important? Why does the...

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