Homily on Akathist Saturday
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Today Saint Paul offers us a sobering reminder: “It is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment.” ...
by Metropolitan Tikhon · by Lenten Reflections
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Today Saint Paul offers us a sobering reminder: “It is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment.” ...
by Metropolitan Tikhon · by Lenten Reflections
Saint Gregory Palamas is famed for articulating the distinction between God’s essence and his energies and for his discussion of the uncreated Light. His doctrines…
by Metropolitan Tikhon · by Lenten Reflections
Today, an angel stands in fear and awe in the presence of woman, she who is “more honorable than the cherubim and more glorious beyond compare than the seraphim.” This is…
by Metropolitan Tikhon · by Lenten Reflections
Today, as we celebrate the triumph of Orthodoxy, we remember the countless confessors who suffered on account of their veneration for the holy icons. Now these…
by Metropolitan Tikhon · by Lenten Reflections
The rite of forgiveness takes place once a year in most parishes, but in some monasteries, it is a daily practice. Forgiveness, after all, should not be limited to one day in the…
by Metropolitan Tikhon · by Lenten Reflections
On this Sunday, we remember the end of the world. “Pondering upon that fearful day,” as the hymns exhort us to do, we realize that we have no righteousness, no worthy deeds, nothing by which we might…
by Metropolitan Tikhon · by Lenten Reflections
This week, we begin our Lenten efforts by making no efforts to fast whatsoever. This is an important reminder: God does not need our fast, but we always stand in need of his…
by Metropolitan Tikhon
Today’s feast may seem quaint, confusing, or even off-putting, but in the Middle Ages, the commemoration of the finding of the Forerunner’s head was a major…
by Metropolitan Tikhon
Zacchaeus Sunday marks the end of the season “after Pentecost” and points us toward the beginning of the pre-Lenten season a week from now. Climbing the sycamore with Zacchaeus, we…
by Metropolitan Tikhon
One of the great wonderworkers among the saints is the holy hierarch Alexis of Moscow, whose icon is fairly ubiquitous in our older churches in the northeastern part…