Reflections in Christ

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…

The holy fathers of the First Ecumenical Council are likened to the three-hundred and eighteen trained men of his house whom Abraham led out on a mission to rescue his nephew Lot…

“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God; believe also in me.” These words, from the Lord’s farewell discourse, were read at Divine Liturgy this morning. ...

“Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw him go into heaven.” So…