Sermon: Sunday of the Myrr-bearing Women
Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women Mark 15:43–47; 16:1–8 The story in today’s Gospel reading is one most of us are familiar with, not only because we are used to hearing
Sermon: Fifth Sunday of Lent
Fifth Sunday of Lent St Mary of Egypt We come today to the fifth and final Sunday of Great Lent, before we embark on the journey to Golgotha, which begins
Sermon: 4th Sunday of Lent
Fourth Sunday of Lent Mark 9:17–31 The story of the child possessed by a demon in today’s Gospel is an image of the spiritual state both of humanity in general
Sermon – 3rd Sunday of Lent
Third Sunday of Lent (Veneration of the Holy Cross) Mark 8:34–38; 9:1 “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth […] and the LORD God planted a garden
Sermon – Judgement (Meatfare) Sunday
Judgement (Meatfare) Sunday Matthew 25:31–46 When a person dies, when the soul is separated from the body, we know that the body, because it is composite — composed of various
Sermon – Sunday of the Prodigal Son
Sunday of the Prodigal Son Luke 15:11-32 If for some reason the entire Bible, every copy we had of the sacred Gospels, were to disappear, except for the parable of
Sermon – Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee
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
Sermon – 17th Sunday of Matthew
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
Sermon – 16th Sunday of Matthew
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
Sermon – The Meeting of the Lord in the Temple
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
Sermon – 15th Sunday of Luke
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
Sermon – 14th Sunday of Luke
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
Sermon – 12th Sunday of Luke
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
Sermon – Sunday after Theophany
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
Sermon – Theophany
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
Sermon – Circumcision of Christ
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
Sermon – Entry of the Mother of God
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,
Sermon – 13th Sunday of Luke
13th Sunday of Luke Luke 18:18-27 In today’s Gospel reading, we hear the well-known story of the rich man who came to Jesus to ask what one must do to
Sermon – Synaxis of the Holy Archangels
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
Sermon – 8th Sunday of Luke (Good Samaritan)
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
Sermon – 5th Sunday of Luke
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
Sermon – Feast of St Luke the Evangelist
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,
Sermon – Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council
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
Sermon – Nativity of the Mother of God
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
Sermon – 3rd Saturday of Luke
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
Sermon – The Dormition of the Mother of God
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
Sermon – 9th Sunday of Matthew
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
Sermon – 2nd Sunday of Matthew
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 – Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
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