Reflections in Christ

• Isaiah 25:1-9
• Genesis 9:8-17
• Proverbs 12:8-22

And it will be said in that day: “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for Him; we will be glad and rejoice...

By Metropolitan Georges [Khodr] of Lebanon

This article, recently translated by Archpriest Alexis Vinogradov, appears in a collection of talks and essays titled L’Appel de l’Esprit, Église et Société, les Editions...

“Before Thy Cross, we bow down in worship, O Master, and Thy Holy Resurrection, we glorify.”

This hymn – together with the accompanying rite of venerating the Cross – replaces the usual Trisagion hymn during the...

Isaiah 11:10-12:2
Genesis 7:11-8:3
Proverbs 10:1-22

Love Covers All Sins

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins. (Proverbs 10:12)

Scripture is often the best commentary on Scripture. Take this verse from...

In the rough and tumble of world of online polemics against Christians, it is common for our detractors to object that our Faith is fatally simplistic and essentially violent.  Many say that religion is the cause of all the...

• Isaiah 9:9-10:4
• Genesis 7:1-15
• Proverbs 8:32-9:11

Ark of Salvation, House of Wisdom

“Wisdom has built her house…” (Proverbs 9:1)

All this week the readings from Genesis recount the story of Noah and the ark. For...

Having come to the middle point of the path of the Fast that leads to Thy precious Cross, grant that we may see Thy day that Abraham saw and rejoiced, when on the mountain he received Isaac back alive as from the tomb....

• Isaiah 6:1-12
• Genesis 5:1-24
• Proverbs 6:3-20

At a Passover Seder

I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.
Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with...

• Isaiah 5:7-16
• Genesis 4:8-15g
• Proverbs 5:1-15

A New Triumph of Orthodoxy?

Now Cain talked with Abel his brother and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him....

On March 25, we celebrate the Great Feast of the Annunciation to the Most Holy Theotokos.  This great feast always falls during Great Lent, and when it falls on a weekday, it is the only instance during that season for which...