April 16, 2013
We Shall Overcome
He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly...
Reflections in Christ
Manifesting the Divine Glory
The Vespers on the Sunday evenings of Great Lent provide our attentive ears with something like a running commentary on the course of the Fast that is both encouraging and challenging. Yesterday evening, the following hymn...
April 15, 2013
Birmingham
The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good. (Proverbs 15:3)
Metropolitan Tikhon and I are in Birmingham, Alabama today...
April 12, 2013
The Risk of Faith
So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him…And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. (Genesis 12:4)
Where there is no risk,...
Some Doubted
In a well-known passage from Saint Matthew’s Gospel about one of Christ’s resurrection appearances, the passage read at the baptismal service, we find the following words: “The eleven disciples proceeded to Galilee,...
April 11, 2013
Overcoming Babel
When the Most High came down and confused the tongues, he divided the nations. But when he distributed the tongues of fire, he called all to...
April 10, 2013
Slaying the Serpent
In that day the Lord with His severe sword, great and strong, will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan that twisted serpent; and He...
April 9, 2013
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...
A Call to Christians
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...
The Life-Giving Cross: Our strength in the midst of the Fast
“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...