Reflections in Christ

The twelve apostles shine as precious stones in the breastplate of the Great High Priest Jesus Christ; their ministry and martyrdom are the foundations of the Church forever, as the…

In the persons and lives of the holy chief apostles whom we celebrate today, we can discern any number of similarities, any number of parallels. Both took new names that signified their…

The two chief apostles of the Church are, to paraphrase one of the hymns of the day, the two wings upon which the Gospel of Christ is carried throughout the world. The complementarity of…

We are accustomed to speaking of twelve “great feasts” of the Church; at least one earlier traditional list contains only ten feasts and includes certain celebrations that we now consider…

Today marks the feast of all saints of North America, and our churches joyfully ring out with hymns in honor of this land’s saints: Herman, Innocent, Tikhon, Alexis, Nikolai, Alexander, John, Yakov, Sebastian, Mardarius, Barnabas, Seraphim. ...

Most of the Church year is made up of time “after Pentecost,” and this time is filled with the feasts of the saints. Today, we begin this time after Pentecost by celebrating all….

In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. According to the Gospel we have just heard, today is “the last day, that great day of the feast.” The work…

On holy Pentecost, this last and great feast, the Gospel that was previously preached to small crowds in Galilee and Judea is now preached to Parthians and Pamphylians, Libyans and Elamites, Cretans and Cappadocians, Medes…

Your Eminences, Very Reverend and Reverence Fathers, Venerable Monastics, and all you faithful pilgrims, beloved in Christ the Lord: With joy I welcome all of you to the…

In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Joyous feast of the Ascension of Christ! In today’s Gospel, the Lord tell us, his disciples…