Beloved in Christ, Grace to you and peace from our Lord Jesus Christ, who, though He is King of heaven and earth, bowed His head in humility, and endured the wilderness for our salvation. Today, as we stand upon the threshold of the holy season of Lent, let us […]
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Today, the Temple receives Him whom heaven cannot contain.Today, the Lawgiver submits Himself to the Law.Today, the Ancient of Days is carried in the arms of the aged,And the Light unapproachable enters the shadowed courts of the Temple. Forty days after His ineffable birth from the Virgin, Christ our […]
Our Fathers among the Saints Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom Beloved brethren, Today the Church rejoices in a triple light, shining with one radiance, for she sets before us not one lamp but three—Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom—pillars of the Church, […]
Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Yesterday, We Beheld The Great And Fearful Mystery:The Heavens Were Opened,The Spirit Descended As A Dove,And the Voice Of The Father Thundered Forth,“This Is My Beloved Son, In Whom I Am Well Pleased.” Today, The Church Gathers Us In Holy Synaxis—Not To Repeat […]
Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, Today, the grace of the Holy Spirit has gathered us at the banks of the Jordan—not by foot, but by faith—to behold a mystery hidden from ages and now revealed in glory. Today the Lord is baptized, not to be cleansed, but to […]