Sunday of Orthodoxy First Sunday of Lent Hebrews 11:24–26,32–40 John 1:43–51 On the first Sunday of the Fast, the Church celebrates the restoration of the holy icons. As you know,
This year, Lent at St Andrew’s began with a blessed visit from His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Claudiopolis, who presided over the Vespers of Forgiveness, and Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou from
Forgiveness Sunday A talk by Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou of the Sacred Monastery of St John the Baptist, Essex Today we are entering Great Lent, which is, first and foremost, a
Cheesefare Sunday Romans 13:11–14;14:1–4 Matthew 6:14–21 As we today come to the threshold of the blessed and solemn period of Great Lent, the Sacred Gospel presents us with the following
In just a few days, we will begin the Lenten journey to Pascha. The Church once again, invites us to walk the sacred path of liturgical and personal preparation, as
+ BARTHOLOMEW BY GOD’S MERCY ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE-NEW ROME AND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH TO THE PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCH, MAY THE GRACE AND PEACE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST,
On this year’s feast of the Lord’s Circumcision and our father among the saints, Basil the Great, we had the blessing of marking the arrival of 2022 with the visit
Sunday before the Nativity Matthew 1:1–25 Today’s Gospel reading provides us with the Lord’s human genealogy. The reading is from the Gospel according to Matthew — which provides us with