Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee (Beginning of the Triodion) Luke 18:10-14 Today we begin the period of the Triodion: the period of solemnity, and, I would say, the most
17th Sunday of Matthew (the Canaanite Woman) Matthew 15:21–28 “But he answered her not a word” The meeting of the Lord with the Canaanite woman offers a description of perhaps
16th Sunday of Matthew (Parable of the Talents) Matthew 25:14-30 As we have said on other occasions, man’s role here on earth is to be the priest of creation, the
The Meeting of the Lord in the Temple (Candlemas) In the first Old Testament reading we heard yesterday evening at Vespers, God gives Moses the following commandment: “Sanctify unto Me
15th Sunday of Luke (Zacchaeus) Luke 19:1–10 “The Son of Man came to seek and to save that which hath been lost”. Today’s Gospel shows us how the love of
14th Sunday of Luke (Healing of the blind man) Luke 18:35–43 “Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed” — John 20:29 Many of the Sunday Gospel
12th Sunday of Luke (Healing of the Ten Lepers) In the parables of the Lord, we see three different groups of people, who symbolise the three types of believers: the
Sunday after Theophany In one of the prophecies we heard at the Great Blessing of the Waters at Theophany, a verse from Isaiah, the Lord says the following: “For as
Theophany Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7 Matthew 3:13-17 Dearly beloved brethren in Christ, In the apostolic reading, there is a key word: ‘heirs’. St Paul says that we became heirs of the
Circumcision of Christ Today, the secular world celebrates the beginning of the new year. For the Church, however, today is not the first day of the year — the Church year
Entry of the Mother of God The Church celebrates today the Entry of the Most Holy Mother of God into the Temple. The righteous forebears of God, Joachim and Anna,
Synaxis of the Holy Archangels Every morning and evening, as well as at every Divine Liturgy, faithful Christians recite the Symbol of Faith, the confession into which they were baptised
Yet again we celebrate the Divine Liturgy behind closed doors, beloved brethren. However, just as the Lord entered “the doors being shut” (John 20:19), so he went out (through closed
5th Sunday of Luke (The rich man and Lazarus) 1 Corinthians 12:27-13:8 Luke 16:19-31 “Brethren, you are all the Body of Christ, and individually members thereof” (1 Cor. 12:27). Thus
St Luke the Evangelist Colossians 4:5-11, 14-18 Today the Church celebrates the memory of the holy, glorious and all-famed apostle and evangelist Luke. As we learn from today’s Epistle reading,
Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council Titus 3:8-15 Luke 8:5-15 Today the Church commemorates the holy and godbearing fathers of the 7th Ecumenical Council, and of all the ecumenical councils
The Nativity of the Mother of God ‘Rejoice, heavenly ladder by which God came down’ At yesterday evening’s Great Vespers, we heard — in connection with today’s great feast of
3rd Saturday of Luke Luke 7:11-16 In today’s Gospel, we hear about the call of Levi, Matthew, one of the Twelve disciples and author of the first Gospel — the
The Dormition of the Mother of God Luke 10:38–42, 11:27–28 Today we celebrate the great feast of the Dormition and bodily Assumption of the Mother of God, often referred to
9th Sunday of Matthew 1 Corinthians 3:9-17 Matthew 14:22-34 In today’s Epistle reading, St Paul reminds us of the tremendous gift and privilege that has been given to us as
2nd Sunday of Matthew Matthew 4:18–23 We heard today the Gospel reading which is read on the feast day of our patron saint, St Andrew the Apostle. St Andrew is
Sermon on the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman John 4:5-42 Today’s Gospel reading begins: “Jesus came into a city of Samaria”. Samaria had originally been a Jewish region, but the